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By: Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Leg Pocketing Update (NSFW?)

Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Leg Pocketing Update (NSFW?) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:29:47 +0000

[...] wanted to update everyone on my leg pocketing. Since first writing about it, I have done two more pocketings above the first one using an identical procedure and, currently at [...]

By: Iris

Iris — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:11:38 +0000

What an amazing post, I really enjoyed reading this. I’m really curious about what you use to get the surrounding skin healthier?

By: jon cobb

jon cobb — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:30:13 +0000

I can’t help but think a magnet cored base to allow free moving, break away style heads would be real cool down the road if these work. Something strong enough should be reasonably easy, especially if there’s some locator peg too. Seeing a pocket be so large is sobering (laugh). We have some nerve huh old friend?

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:22:50 +0000

Do you think you could encapsulate magnets so you would get the same sense as before but with less risk of the magnets breaking down?

By: Miss Liss

Miss Liss — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:15:05 +0000

I too am looking forward to your jewellery ideas. How about a “crystal ball” – with an image inside painted of bones and muscle: a little window into your leg? Maybe the image enclosed in the material for safety of course. Or a snowglobe!?

Hope you’re having fun with your little girly, and that the repercussions on your body aren’t too bad. x

By: quinnn

quinnn — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:22:17 +0000

There are so many different kinds of silicone. I work with it and make silicone medical equipment. We have some that is highly inflexible and smooth as glass (smoother than some of the glass jewelry I have for sure) and some is very flexible and while not porous, it is highly textured and I can see skin growing onto it easily (this silicone is used to make things that don’t enter the body).

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:47:37 +0000

ohh ok. that makes much more sense then. thanks! :]

By: starbadger

starbadger — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:19:43 +0000

http://www.deathclock.com/

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:46:35 +0000

Andrew – Definitely not, silicone is inert and when properly made, relatively non-porous. The body should not be able to grow into it or adhere to it.

It’s possible that what you experienced is more due to the fact that with silicone it is possible to maintain a piercing in an “unhealed” state longterm, with it acting like an occlusive bandage over the wound. That MIGHT be what happened to you. Alternately, because of the way that silicone puts constant pressure on a piercing if your jewelry is larger than where the body wants to relax to, it can do far more damage than overstretching with other materials. If your body really did grow into the silicone, rather than just giving the illusion of having done so, that’s rather troubling!!! Sorry to hear you had that complication. But no, I don’t expect to have anything like that happen.

Either way I’m watching it closely, and have the ability to make jewelry here so worst case I can always create something more appropriate.

By: m. "gus" alexandra

m. "gus" alexandra — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:24:22 +0000

reading this article really touched me shannon, thank you so much for being brave enough to show us a part of your body you do not like.
i think this is an absolutely interesting modification and something only someone with your type of knowledge and experience (and possibly your type of disease) should ever try.
i love the ideas coming from people to sculpt wonderful “ends” for the jewellery. i cannot WAIT to see what you come up with and hope to see more of it if you are comfortable sharing.
much love and admiration. xx.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:22:08 +0000

This? Is lovely. Reclaiming the body is such an important part of body modification work. “This body which has brought me such trouble and stress? This. This is mine.” Good on you for creating a new (?) bod-mod. I’m sure someone somewhere has done this before, but I’ve never seen.

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:34:52 +0000

will your flesh grow into the silicone while its healing like ears do? i put silicone plugs in my ears for the healing stage after i got em pierced.. the skin grew into the silicone and ripped a large chunk of skin out when i pulled it out.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:05:03 +0000

I thought about that, Mike, but I’m not sure if the anatomy allows for it because there is more prominent and active musculature and connective tissue on the outside that I’d be worried about damaging since it’s rather invasive.

I am however loving the ideas put forward by Dresden and DNA and will probably do some sculpting based on those concepts.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:55:40 +0000

You could have another one on the opposite side of the leg so it looks straight though…

By: dna

dna — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:34:06 +0000

i was thinking the same as dresden, though the possibilities are endless – a little arm reaching out, a twisty turny earthworm, a mushroom. sign me up! :)

By: Dresden

Dresden — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:03:13 +0000

I’d make a piece of jewelry with a chestburster head at the end from Aliens. That’d be pretty metal.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:17:32 +0000

This not crazy at allllll. Psh. Glad you are happier with it now.

By: erika

erika — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:33:39 +0000

i think the way this mod is leading you through healing is absolutely beautiful. i hope i don’t miss the updates.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:45:03 +0000

Well, Tobias, it’s largely a personal project about reclaiming a part of my body that has betrayed me… taking it back and turning it into something that I like again. So my end goal is somewhat “virtual” in comparison to something more public.

In terms of jewelry, I don’t know. It’s not my priority really, but it would be easy to make a “pretty” fitting of some sort for the exposed end.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:11:03 +0000

I’m curious, what’s the your end result goal?