BEAUTY isn’t just skin deep anymore. For a small community in Singapore, it’s under-the-skin deep.
Tattoos and piercings aren’t enough for them. This is definitely not for the squeamish: What they do is customise their flesh with ‘body jewellery’.Implants of silicone or Teflon beads are inserted under their skin, forming raised designs and patterns.
Yes, it is very painful, and also potentially hazardous to their health as infections can easily set in. Yet that has not deterred 28 year old Alexx Ng, whose 10 or so friends all have such implants.
Tags: Alexx, alien, art, beads, fangs, implants, mutilation, NTUC, silicone, Singapore, Singaporean, skin, telfon, YoungNTUC
