Bod Mod Trend: The Bagelheads
Posted by: Simcha Whitehill
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7:00AM, Monday June 29th 2009
Bagelheads isn’t a slang term for my people, the Jews, it’s actually a bizarre new beauty trend in Japan. The country that brought you the husband hunting bra and nose stretcher has now spawned a new body modification trend that looks straight out of a delicatessen.
These extreme fetishists have been inflating their boobs, booty, arms and even face to get a cartoonish look that drives the opposite sex wild…or away. Using a saline solution drip, bagelheads are injected by professional piercers in a specific location, which causes over-the-top inflammation and swelling. Then the area can be molded and dented in to their liking. Using food dye, you can even color your bump! The mod process is called “inflating” and it only lasts one night…just like anything you pick up at club. So don’t worry mom, it’s not permanent! The stylization dates back to the 1990’s, but it was popularized by a performance artist Jerome Abramovitch at the turn of the century. And now, it’s big in Osaka and Tokyo.
Side affects may include headache, infection, skin stretching, a pressure sensation, a slight case of wonky eye, oh yeah, and a swollen body part that looks like it needs some cream cheese. [Bizarre Mag via WOW]
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jojo32
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 07:28 am: [report]
That is so gross. I dont get it at all.
Chebs
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 07:36 am: [report]
I think I’m going to go vomit now. I don’t understand it either.
lalaland
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 07:53 am: [report]
“Ooo baby, is that a bagel or are you just happy to see me?”
amorsalado
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 08:43 am: [report]
Wow. As someone who is both tattooed and pierced, let me just say that even I find that freaking terrifying!
assilem
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 09:43 am: [report]
Perhaps it isn’t only for use on the forehead…
GreenAura
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 10:28 am: [report]
I am definitely a supporter of artistic expression, especially through body alterations (tatts, piercings, mods whatever). And one of my favorite things to say to people who judge the fact that I have tatts is “My body is a house for my soul and I’m just decorating”. However… these body mods just creep me out! It looks like these guys are suffering from an allergic reaction to a sting by a hornet the size of a football.
mlyway
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 11:14 am: [report]
It reminds me of the Coneheads—so weird.
tattooed_redhead
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 03:22 pm: [report]
OMG that looks like a bad alien from Star Trek. If some guy in a bar tried to approach me looking like that I’d either be running away screaming or calling 911 because I’d think they needed medical attention!
LadyGlitter
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 07:14 am: [report]
Although people should express them selves physically however they want-that is really gross.
Tim
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 08:45 am: [report]
Whatever floats your boat but for me, this is a “Titanic” look.
VannaMarie
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 09:10 am: [report]
Aaahh! It is something you would see on Star Trek! Kinda makes me like it a tiny bit more…
kmatter
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 12:19 pm: [report]
...ew.
bumbler
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 04:31 pm: [report]
Very Cro Magnon.
PinkRanger
wrote on July 1 2009 @ 03:48 pm: [report]
I’m pretty relieved to hear that this isn’t permanent, and since it’s only temporary I can get behind it slightly more. Unattractive as it may be in my mind, at least they won’t look like this when they’re 80.
Jewelz1188
wrote on July 2 2009 @ 12:01 pm: [report]
How is this in anyway attractive?
Antiquity
wrote on July 2 2009 @ 07:13 pm: [report]
Ummm.. What the huh? I was somewhat relieved to see it was only a temp thing because its ridiculous.
jimnist10
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 11:03 am: [report]
I’m going to puke! Thank god it’s temporary!
NaeNae78
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 12:49 pm: [report]
guy on the right: “does it look cool? I can’t see it through my swollen eyes”
...ridiculous
eden
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 03:18 pm: [report]
As a tattooed and pierced person….. eeeeew! This looks awful. People do insert things under their skin, which I don’t like personally, but at least they look sharp, even and don’t, you know, close your eyes up. Gross.
Kati-Anne
wrote on July 3 2009 @ 03:28 pm: [report]
Bahaha! Ok… not that I think this is attractive, but I think I get it. I mean, how hilarious would it be to run around with a giant, temporary, bagel-shaped lump on your head? Really hilarious! It’s strange, but I bet it’s fun.
keana019
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 11:55 pm: [report]
kati-anne i totally agree! haha man if one of my dumb ass friends thought they wanted to do that just for the hell of it, and which lasts a few hours, i’d think i was disgustingly hilarious. and to see others faces lmfao…
keana019
wrote on July 4 2009 @ 11:57 pm: [report]
it* was disgustingly hilarious. lol my bad.
StephanieSays
wrote on July 5 2009 @ 12:36 am: [report]
I don’t even want to know where the cream cheese goes.
Shasta
wrote on July 5 2009 @ 05:15 pm: [report]
This is so disgusting. Can you please replace the picture with a cute pair of shoes. Yuk.
I don’t come to the Frisky for that. Ewww.
asanada
wrote on July 6 2009 @ 09:09 am: [report]
I guess stuff like this just ends up being newsworthy since it is extremely gross and weird but I think it’s even more weird (or funny?) that I find out about this on an English website when I actually live in Tokyo, sigh. So not sure how to react to the “And now, it’s big in Osaka and Tokyo.” comment when I haven’t seen it around yet over here with my own eyes lol. O-well that’s what the internet and the media is all about. :p Oh and this is the same way I found out about that bra thing too. Haven’t found the actual thing yet but I suppose that’s harder to find since it’s more hidden lol and not “in your face” ew! Lol. God help me if I see that bagel face on the train! Yuck!