A blind man known for having his eyeballs tattooed has opened up about a painful complication he experienced after getting transdermal implants placed on his head.
According to him, one of the metal implants became severely infected, eventually forcing him to undergo surgery to have it removed.
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Speaking about his body modifications and the experience, he said:
“My eyeball tattoos, my split tongue, and most of my tattoos, I don’t regret them at all.
“They were conscious decisions, made after I had already lost my sight, and they helped me reclaim a sense of control and identity that the disease had stripped from me.
“The transdermal implants, the metal pieces on my head, are a different story.
“I didn’t regret getting them at the time, but they now cause frequent inflammation and pain.
“One of them had to be surgically removed, because the infection became so severe that pus encapsulated around it and it could no longer be managed conservatively.
“Honestly, I would now prefer to have all of them taken out.”
The man also reflected on the tattoos covering his face, admitting that he would have approached the process differently if he had the opportunity to do it again.
“As for my face tattoos, I wish I had thought everything through more carefully from the start.
“Back then, my motto was essentially ‘full coverage as fast as possible,’ and in retrospect that was a mistake.
“Now I have a bit of a patchwork look on my face rather than one cohesive design.
“I would have much preferred a proper, coherent zombie or monster aesthetic from the beginning.
“I’ve already discussed with my tattoo artist the idea of lasering the tribal parts lighter so we can cover them with something better.
“So the overall lesson, the one I would pass on, is that I should have gone slower, and thought longer, instead of rushing.”
He explained that while he remains comfortable with many of the modifications he chose after losing his sight, his experience with the infected implants has made him reconsider some of the procedures.