Kala Kaiwi, a tattoo and body modification artist from Hawaii, recently set the Guinness record for the largest non-surgically made earlobe rings in the world. Also known as ‘flesh tunnels’, the earlobe stretches measure a whopping 4.3 inches in diameter – so large that you could fit your hand right through them, according to odditycentral.com.
Kaiwi has modified almost every part of his body, having silicone horn implants in his forehead, stretches in his nostrils, tattooed eyebrows, studs all over his face, and bolt holes on his forehead with spikes screwed in. He also managed to split his own tongue using dental floss.
The young man, who trained in body art in Las Vegas in 1999, before he moved back to Hawaii to open his own business called the Sin City Body Modification and Tattoo shop, started his bizarre addiction only a few years ago.
“For me, you know, I started about two-and-a-half, almost three years now, doing extreme body modification,” Kaiwi said. “Like my horns are silicone, my spikes on my head are titanium, and obviously, the rest of the piercings are all surgical steel.”
Kaiwi says that body modification is more of a spiritual act for him. He also predicts that the art might get more extreme in the future and emerge as a sub culture in its own right.
“The envelope is always being pushed, there’s always more extreme stuff being invented. A lot of times it would be what a person would consider normal. For a normal person, tongue piercing would be extreme. For us, being around the industry for a long time, our tongues are split – to us that’s a norm. It’s just an evolution of body art.”
Kaiwi has modified almost every part of his body, having silicone horn implants in his forehead, stretches in his nostrils, tattooed eyebrows, studs all over his face, and bolt holes on his forehead with spikes screwed in. He also managed to split his own tongue using dental floss.
The young man, who trained in body art in Las Vegas in 1999, before he moved back to Hawaii to open his own business called the Sin City Body Modification and Tattoo shop, started his bizarre addiction only a few years ago.
“For me, you know, I started about two-and-a-half, almost three years now, doing extreme body modification,” Kaiwi said. “Like my horns are silicone, my spikes on my head are titanium, and obviously, the rest of the piercings are all surgical steel.”
Kaiwi says that body modification is more of a spiritual act for him. He also predicts that the art might get more extreme in the future and emerge as a sub culture in its own right.
“The envelope is always being pushed, there’s always more extreme stuff being invented. A lot of times it would be what a person would consider normal. For a normal person, tongue piercing would be extreme. For us, being around the industry for a long time, our tongues are split – to us that’s a norm. It’s just an evolution of body art.”
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