In addition to micro dermal implants, other popular types and styles include:. Skin divers. Implants of this type are very similar to the standard micro dermal anchor, except that instead of having a long base, they have a pointed and small base shaped like an arrow. Based on the actual gem itself, the base should be of the same size. In addition, removing skin divers is much easier and more efficient, and less damaging to the surrounding tissue because there are no holes. Unlike basic anchors, skin divers are unable to attach or remove their tops, making it impossible to replace the jewel as easily as they can with a basic anchor.
Skin diver wheels. They are considered hybrids of traditional micro dermal implants and skin divers. Although the stem ankle is the same, the base is different and in the shape of a rudder, hence the name. In addition to the large holes in the base of these implants, they contain a series of small holes to allow the tissue to grow through and anchor itself. As well as the top, the bottom can be interchanged.
If you are considering one of the following options, please speak to your piercer:. In a nutshell, micro dermal implants are considered so popular for a few reasons, though the two main reasons are: the ability to implant them onto practically any flat surface on the body, and the simplicity of changing the jewels heads. By simply screwing on or off a jewel onto or off of the anchor, you can easily adjust the type of jewel you wish to wear at any time, using the little time and effort you have.
Despite being popular and highly versatile, dermal piercings also carry a significant risk of complications. One to three months is usually required for dermal piercings to heal. The piercing may take longer to heal if you fail to follow the aftercare directions given by your piercer. During the first two weeks, there is usually some crusting around the jewelry top and slight swelling.
As the healing process proceeds, these symptoms will slowly diminish. You must take care of your dermal piercing properly for it to last. Although minor swelling and crustiness may be expected with any new piercing, other symptoms may indicate a more severe health issue. The following signs of rejection or infection should be reported to your piercer:. A dermal piercing does not have a defined timeline. However, over time your skin will grow and the anchor will come up until it falls out.
Not all cutters use a dermal elevator, but it's considered the right tool for the job -- as opposed to the butter knife, which some use instead [source: Stokes ]. And all of this, um, art, is carried out by a cutter who may or may not possess any medical training, with equipment that may or may not be properly sterilized, and usually in a room in someone's house [source: Stokes ]. Transdermal implants have multiple medical applications, including chemotherapy "ports," which run from outside the body to a vein and remain in place for the duration of cancer treatment, making intravenous administration easier [source: Cancer.
Net ]. Transdermal implants anchored in bone have been used to attach prosthetic limbs [source: Higgins ]. Infection can be an issue with these high-tech, professionally implanted devices, though research into animal horns natural transdermals that don't suffer such complications has led to advances that reduce the likelihood of infection [source: Higgins ].
A body-mod wiki user tells of a man with a transdermal mohawk who developed an infection at an implant site. It briefly hurt but then seemed fine, and while he went about his life the infection quietly left the surface and traveled inward, eating a hole in his skull that finally left him in so much pain he went to the hospital , where he traded out his implants for a metal plate in his head [source: BMEzine Encyclopedia ].
Transdermal implants have an estimated "success rate" of 20 percent, which might be high [source: Philips ]. Even in the extreme-mod community, they're considered high-risk — more so than subdermal implants, which often heal quite nicely [source: Beyond Body Modification ].
The big problem with transdermals is that the implant site is open to the environment [source: Beyond Body Modification ]. Infection is pretty likely [source: CBSNews ].
Infection is one of the biggest risks associated with transdermals, especially the inward-traveling kind that can eat a hole in a skull.
Others include deep transdermal placement, in which the artist places the anchor too deep, potentially damaging muscle and bone and leaving the area particularly vulnerable to inward-traveling infection; rejection, in which the body pushes the implant out; migration, in which the implant changes location; and various types of scarring, bubbling, oozing and bruising [sources: BMEzine Encyclopedia , Philips ].
Almost all transdermal implants eventually need to come out typically due to complications, though a necessary MRI would mean removal, too , and getting them out is a lot harder than getting them in. Scar tissue has grown through the anchor base. Removal can mean huge incisions that leave prominent scars, and if inward traveling infection or deep transdermal placement is involved, removal can require major surgery [source: BMEzine Encyclopedia ].
Transdermals' risks and poor track record have led to a general sense of ill-advisement in the extreme-mod community, especially with the development of microdermals[source: Philips ].
Microdermal implants protrude through the skin but sit on anchors small enough to be implanted using piercing techniques, as opposed to surgery [source: Beyond Body Modification ]. They don't support the jewelry sizes seen in some transdermals, though, like the spikes in Joe Aylward's metal mohawk. As for that groundbreaking implant, it lasted a full decade before Aylward had it removed "for personal reasons" [source: BMEzine Encyclopedia ].
All in all, not a bad run. Respectable artists will only work on people they consider to be in good mental health and who fully understand the risks, both health and social, associated with extreme modification.
It's rare that I come across a topic with so little in-depth coverage by traditional media. Extreme body mods in general have gotten a lot of press, though details of procedures are often vague, perhaps because of legality issues, though I have to wonder if "let's not encourage people to do this" plays a part as well.
I personally had several questions about the procedure that went unanswered -- I contacted several artists, but none responded. My detailing of the procedure, then, is not comprehensive and, even if it were comprehensive, should not be viewed as instructions. Serious complications occur even when a highly experienced, skilled artist with medical knowledge performs the procedure, so imagine how bad things can get when a novice has a go at it.
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