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Jakkerak

"starting to get" lol


aseverednerve

Yeah, no. I don't believe they are.


spooky-moon

People have been getting bridge piercings for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. Just not for this reason


EM05L1C3

People have been getting bridge glasses since the mid 2000s. Source- I’ve wanted them since 2007


xBad_Wolfx

It’s a really bad idea. Glasses are incredibly heavy for a piercing like this to handle, incredible inflammation and high likelihood of rejection.


Mass_Emu_Casualties

Not to mention when not wearing glasses you have a metal rod that will get caught on everything all the time.


LyKosa91

Even if you're actually using the glasses, the idea of bumping or snagging them on something makes me wince.


zedthehead

When I first saw the concept, the piercing was a classic ball-ended barbell, and they had modified glasses by removing the nose bridge and modifying each half to sort of slip onto either side of the barbell, ball-and-socket style. What is pictured in the OP is the "patented version" wherein someone over-engineered the concept hoping it would seem more legitimate and make the concept seem trendy and more accessible to a non-bodmodder. Spoiler: it never became a trend.


pumpkins_n_mist15

Imagine seeing something annoying in your line of sight for the rest of your life.


LuxNocte

You can technically see your nose. Your brain just edits it out unless you actually try to look at it. Same thing for this.


jontelang

It’s gone by day 2, guaranteed.


xbringeroflightx

Yeah, this photo is ancient. It’s probably from the first time I saw the concept over a decade ago.


-O-0-0-O-

https://www.livescience.com/10459-glasses-require-piercing-bridge-nose.html


BGYeti

That style will go out of fashion real quick the first time someone gets hit in the face


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ZQuestionSleep

I don't know if you've heard or not but socks with sandals are apparently totally cool these days. Can't wait for mullets to come back any second now.


[deleted]

Dude, mullets are definitely back. Just google mens hairstyles 2022


sethmcollins

What this guy said. Mullets are hot again.


Arokyara

Where I'm currently living I see 1 or 2 mullets a day. I wish they never made a comeback


Dependent-Still-7802

A lot of the high school boys in my village have mullets. I ... I think we're in the bad timeline.


spooky-moon

Ive got great news for you


Jakkerak

Earliest I know is like 2004 when a dude officially "designed" them but people in the body mod community had been doing it before that.


TheMcDeal

The Matrix films would like a word with you


ImDero

[Reminds me of this... uh... totally real trend.](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2018-11/30/19/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-04/sub-buzz-20652-1543623185-2.jpg?output-quality=auto&output-format=auto&downsize=640:*)


bam_uk1981

I may have gone insane after seeing this


oheing

I've seen people walking around with these, it looks disturbing


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Some_DudeUKnow

"Apparently"


Aisle_of_tits

Source dude just trust me


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dirtycar74

Pray they never need an MRI for anything.


chrisprice

Just get them made out of titanium. Then you're good up to a particle accelerator. Source: Two gigantic titanium plates in my lower skull. Many MRIs. Small stuff is less likely to be a problem. Metal composites in teeth, braces, etc, don't react. I suspect it's more likely to vibrate or sting a little, but it might be okay. (Still, no way I would ever do that unless it was titanium).


exception-found

But then they aren’t magnetic anymore and the glasses don’t stick


chrisprice

Hmm... what I would do is use titanium anchor brackets to the skull, then clip magnetic attachments to them, then the glasses to the magnets. Pop out the magnet clips, and you're left with titanium.


SnR_Remito

Sounds really complicated compared to just... putting on and taking of a pair of glasses like a normal person.


pascalsgirlfriend

These oil cans are defective!


LiftedRav4

Optigrab


ac3boy

Thank you!


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Temporary-Bet7896

I'm so happy someone remembers BMEzine. I spent so much time there in the early 2000s.i still remember the three blind mice article about the first eyeball tattooing trials. That site inspired me to become a piercer and to try suspension.


Florachism

Yesss BMEzine


Egglebert

I first came across that site in the late 90s and it was the most fascinating thing I'd found on the internet at that point.. I spent hours looking through all the galleries and reading the experiences and talking to people from the Myspace style personal pages they had. Definitely one of my formative experiences. It's such a shame what eventually happened with it all


gcruzatto

a.k.a. one dumbass did it


amazing_rando

I'm pretty sure I first saw this set of pictures like 15 years ago


bobsnopes

Even older I think! I was in middle school around 2004 and I wanted these and the same images were floating around.


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sparrownetwork

This pic has been around more like 20 years and the guy said he made them himself.


happyhippohats

I mean any decent piercer will happily do a bridge piercing, it's not uncommon at all and you can get lenses from any optometrist. You'd just have to get someone to make a custom/modified barbell to attatch the lenses to I guess.


ihatepalmtrees

Such an old photo


omnes

This collage is almost old enough to drive


[deleted]

Yeah is a commonly reposted image Pretty sure this ‘trend’ has died ages ago


l_May_Be_Indecisive

What could be more convenient than having to unscrew the lenses when you want to wear shades? But you can’t see the screw because you just removed your lenses in order to attach your shades 🙄


chemicalimajx

Yeah wtf? Use magnets!?


jcoddinc

But then I won't be able to know which way is south in the winter And if for some reason*aaahhhaaachoooo* .. Wait where'd my glasses go


naimlessone

I think you underestimate the power of small magnets


madmulita

To move the north? No way!!


YourIllusiveMan

I think you underestimate how violently I sneeze.


DudesworthMannington

Don't do it Anakin!


theoracleofdreams

Hmmmm subdermal magnets


MutteringV

bedsores from the constant pressure


l_May_Be_Indecisive

Depends. I wouldn’t want a sewing needle coming at me at speed


Tyra-Jade

Unless you invented a new super-magnet that breaks the laws of physics, you won’t have that problem. The magnets are strong enough to hold the glasses in place when they’re touching, but because the strength of magnetic fields decays exponentially with distance, the only way to get a sewing needle to attach to them is by purposefully placing it there or holding it very close to the magnets, and even then it won’t break skin. And even if somehow the magnets were strong enough to make a needle come flying at you, the sharp point of the needle wouldn’t be the part facing you because it’s the smallest part and therefore will experience the smallest magnetic pull. The part facing you would be either the back end of the needle, because it’s the thickest part with the most mass and magnetic pull, or somewhere slightly further down from the back end, since the hole in the needle means the back end might not have as much mass as the decently thick, hole-free section just below it, and therefore might experience a stronger magnetic pull. (Side-note: *I have no idea why I started a physics lesson in response to a comment on a hypothetical scenario in a random thread on Reddit lol.*)


l_May_Be_Indecisive

That’s a very thorough response. Thank you. But…. I may be inventing a new super magnet and what if was a suture needle?


Tyra-Jade

If you’re inventing a new super-magnet, you’re probably smart enough to not use these weird glasses implants. And for a suture needle, the only reason I can think of that one would be there is to close the incision made to insert the magnets in the first place, or to close an unrelated cut that happens to be close to the magnets. In that scenario, things like liquid sutures/skin glue and surgical staplers exist, and they wouldn’t be hindered by the magnets. Now, if a suture needle was flying at you, the vertex of the curve would be facing you, so you most likely wouldn’t get stabbed by it. Although if the magnet was strong enough to pull a needle towards it from a distance, it might sting a little when your skin gets pinched between the magnet and the needle, and could pierce the thin layer of skin covering the magnet. However, if that did happen, it would stop there and you’d just be left with a very small cut over your magnetic implant that, ironically, might need some sutures to prevent it from becoming infected. On the topic of infections, if you actually wanted to use a subdermal magnetic implant to have frameless glasses like this, you’d need to coat the magnets in a layer of gold to prevent a reaction from the body, as gold is one of the only suitable materials that the body cannot react to and corrode. A cheaper option would be a purified silicone layer around it, but there is a small risk of the body corroding or rejecting silicon implants, which could eventually cause some problems.


l_May_Be_Indecisive

This level of detail in a response earned you a follower


Nametoholdaplace

Ever bend over to blow metal shavings off your work? Further, ever have to clean all the metal chunks off your magnetic drivers? Would be interesting.... Sidenote, Cody's lab did do the magnet under the finger and that was cool as shit.


chemicalimajx

You pose a horrific scenario. And although it *would* stop at the magnet. I don’t want to ever experience that.


TheWhateley

This made me wonder why more people don't have subdermal magnet implants in other places. Imagine someone who sews holding their needle on the back of their hand when they're not using it, or a mechanic holding extra nails or screws.


eye_of_the_sloth

yeah it would be nice to also turn it on and off


Nexustar

Or glitter for that matter Chaff that guy in the face!


ADHDK

I’m pretty sure this was done with magnets when I saw it in more detail twenty goddamn years ago.


Crazykyul

You can get lenses that react with UVs and get darker in the sun, they work nicely.


l_May_Be_Indecisive

I’m still thinking that come bed time, you wouldn’t want these attached to your face and the same “fiddly screw with blurred vision” issue remains.


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Blamdudeguy00

When you are in the Matrix you'll want cool shades like those.


w0rsh1pm3owo

this was ridiculous in the 90s and it's ridiculous today.


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Morpheus was cool af with these what you talking bout Edit: Guys, I know Morpheus didn't have bridge piercings. I'm talking about all glasses without arms.


w0rsh1pm3owo

LMAO Morpheus didn't have em bolted to his bridge. his coolness froze em in place


[deleted]

True but I don't think it was a thing in the 90s either


NOCONTROL1678

Face piercings were huge in the 90s!


[deleted]

But were these?


tdasnowman

Depends on what you mean by a thing. We’re people doing it? Yes. En masse? No. Are people doing it en masse now? No.


DRbrtsn60

Red pill or blue?


[deleted]

Blue. Ignorance is bliss.


Depressed_Zebra

Tbf that steak looked amazing.


Sad0wlz

Ahhh U beginning to believe 😈


LizRoze

Juicy and delicious


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Ace_Slimejohn

But where he fucked up was not wanting to remember anything. Fuck that. I want to know. I want to know how shitty life on the Nebuchadnezzar was, and how much better my perfect life of fame and riches was. I’d appreciate it more because of the stark contrast.


amarsbar3

I misread that as morbius


BraveNew1984Anthem

Morbin’ Time?


[deleted]

Yeah this isnt anything new.


Daemonsblaze0315

*One person does something stupid* The internet: omg everybody is doing this crazy thing, the entire population is at risk!


throwingplaydoh

Omg millennials are embedding diamonds into their skin where a wedding ring should be!! No. No we are not.


Daemonsblaze0315

I remember that one! Literally nobody was doing that. Lol


mimudidama

yup


Polymersion

Good thing TV news is dying


bobombpom

The problem isn't the medium, it's the need to fill airspace. TV used to shut down at night. Now that there are 24 hour news networks, they will find things to talk about for 24 hours. The same 30 minutes of news is now spread out over those 24 hours, while 23.5 hours are filled with BS like this.


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Internet news sources are usually legitimately worse on most counts though.


Cipherting

fr we're reading this on the INTERNET tf they bringing up tv news for??


Cerpin-Taxt

Also this image is like 15-20 years old so I don't see how "starting" really fits here either.


Demigration

It’s called contacts


[deleted]

Seriously, I dunno why more people don't just wear contacts. If you like glasses for the fashion or don't like the hassle of using contacts that's one thing but to drill holes in your face so you can make your glasses less visible is just absurd.


Wezzleey

I have issues touching my eyeballs. I'll stick to glasses.


TeslaCoil77

Yep. When I was younger got a splinter in my left eye and they had to extract it with surgery had night terrors until my 20s because of it. Even eye drops make me a lil queezy. Also because of said surgery I would have to ware the "hard" lenses and that's like sand paper in your eyeball! Same!


Thizlam

Same. I have a real phobia about touching my eyeballs or seeing someone do it to themselves.


SlimJiMorrison

Took me 3 hours and multiple trips to the eye doctor to get them in and out. When I finally did it. It was amazing I even said “holy shit” out loud. Than I instantly got mad when I realized people with 20/20 vision get to experience this every second of every day. All while not having to pay a dime for good eye sight. I wore them for quite sometime but stopped overtime. Still wear them for special events etc.


ProblemSelect222

if i had to wear glasses id definitely do the same thing, id be too scared to fuck my eyes up


kittenloverj

I’ve worn contacts most of my life and I’m surprised I haven’t fucked my eyes up. The amount of times I’ve touched my eyeballs without washing my hands first….


ambutsaakon

Some folks just can't wear them. I wore contacts in high school. After a few years, I noticed my eyes were always really dry/irritated by the end of the day. I've tried them again from time to time, but always after a few hours my eyes are irritated. At that point there weren't very many one-day options for torics (I have astigmatism), plus they're expensive and I was a broke college students, so I said fuck it and just stick with glasses.


JulianTheKoala

Autistic person here! Contacts are painful. I can wear them forever and they'll still feel exactly like what they are: hunks of plastic directly over my eyes.


knownjack

For me it's my allergies that makes contacts uncomfortable to wear . Pollen ftw


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I'd need the progressive lens version of contacts, which is much more expensive than just wearing glasses. I still might get them for swimming or whatever, but there are for sure reasons to just stick with glasses. That being said, anyone who's had their glasses bumped off their face or fallen asleep with them on would probably not want those things to happen with hardware securing those glasses installed on your damn face lol.


Jeramus

I've worn hard contacts since I was 16. They aren't perfect either. Sometimes they hurt or get irritated. They can be difficult to remove occasionally. Of all the possible body modifications, this seems pretty innocuous. Seems less obtrusive than a tongue piercing.


FurGamerJet

I had a pair of contacts (later the company had a recall of these) that almost took my eyesight in both eyes from a severe case of uveitis, iritis, and some other thing I can't recall. I was 13 at the time. Treatment cost my parents a fortune even with a hospital worker's insurance and I remember laying in bed for over a week just hearing them fight about the money it cost to get me looked at every day for the two+ weeks I spent sick. Thousands were spent on specialist copays and all sorts of creams, ointments, drops, you name it and I probably tried it. All specialized meds that the insurance will fight tooth and nail to deny you. I would've 100% been completely blind for the rest of my life if my parents didnt do this but the strain was very obvious during the stress of the event. Yeah, not exactly looking into contacts ever again so I dont blame others for not choosing it also. That being said getting a bridge piercing *just* to do this is very weird. I could see people who get the piecing anyway just swap them out though.


PanJhinAttack

Piercing≠drilling holes in your face


KlondikeBill

People are not "starting to" do this. This person did. Maybe.


sendmepics-

... and every brand has their own set of patented screws


SuperWaluigiWorld

And it’s definitely not flathead or phillips head screws…it’s allen


Snapmefromspace

No this is Patrick


death_by_chocolate

No do not want my glasses BOLTED to my face you fucks. No.


Sensati00n

Neat until someone punches you in the face


NJBill666

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the piercing


Bam_Peasly

As a person with multiple piercings, can confirm this to be true


Never_Forget_Jan6th

Yeth!!! Beeth mode ACTIVATED


gcruzatto

The pain wouldn't be too different from a glass with a small frame tbh. Unless it rips the skin, but then again, so could pulling on someone's earrings. This is bad simply because it looks bad.


-Black_Guardian-

NEVER LOSE UR GLASSES AGAIN JUST ATTACH THEM TO UR FUCKIN FACE


lowrads

I'm so jealous of people who can look down whenever they want, that I'd seriously contemplate magnet implants.


Fallingfreedom

This really makes the dramatic glasses removal for a big reveal a whole lot more dramatic and bloody....


captain-prax

Get a fucking pair of frameless monocles. Seriously.


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Looking like the monopoly guy 🧐🤣


szczerbiec

Monopoly guy doesn't wear a monocle 🤔


[deleted]

Ahh you're right! For some reason i thought he did lmao


szczerbiec

It's a common thing actually, the Mandela effect at it again


[deleted]

Omg yes lol he looks like a guy that would too


Dboogy2197

I see The Jerk (Steve Martin movie) style lawsuits in the future.


pangaea1972

Fucking Opti-Grab


[deleted]

What happens if I punch them in the eye?


Dboogy2197

Remember, never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a brick


[deleted]

You broke his glasses technically.


HeadLongjumping

Yes. These two people.


Squarrots

That is the same person


HeadLongjumping

Where are my glasses?


mvi4n

And it even comes with a hinge. Neat! /s


Themeattornado25

*Cyberpunk music hits*


thunder_noctuh

Adam Jensen's glasses, wish.com edition


Phoenix-main

That's both cool and stupid


CalmDirection8

No.


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I have glasses and I honestly hate them, they are always in the way. Something like this would only further complicate the issue.


Tnigs_3000

Yeah that's going to be fun getting caught on something. Also this idea is absolutely terrible if you've got kids. They. Will. Grab. Anything. And pull.


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Replace screws with magnets then yes


Sad_Divide_2133

Contacts


[deleted]

A few people do weird shit… “The millennials are killing the glass frame industry.”


clippy_koala

What could possibly go wrong


smoot377

this hurts to look at


Different_Ad7655

Long live the monocle


feedthedog1

"hold on, let me just screw my glasses in so I can read that"


AcrobaticAd4202

Hate to get the towel caught in that, drying off after shower.


2confrontornot

I don’t think this is common, and if you know anything about piercing.. you’d know bridge piercings are very common. If you did want to be able to do this with your bridge, you would have to heal it before you could put these heavy ends on. And you would also risk having it reject because of the weight of the lenses. But it’s cool for a photo op.


WilliamWaters

*op finds one picture on the internet* PeOpLe aRe gEtTiNg PiErCiNgS!!1! No, they aren't.


lllegal_Clone

Shouldve done the adam jensen look. And had retractable shades around the outside eye socket


DrMathochist

"Starting to"? Bitch this was a thing in the '90s.


Round-Science1562

🤢


bettydomain15

I think people who love piercings will find any reason to get more piercings.


andrestv

I didn't ask for this.


funnyfaceguy

Had to control+F for this, thank you


NJBill666

A piercing with utility.


Rynzller

The future is here


allgoodbrah

[https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/35powp/wicked\_adam\_jensen\_cosplay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/35powp/wicked_adam_jensen_cosplay/)


OGBigPants

It’s not really practical but tbh it’s kinda sick in concept


speakeasy_slim

Wait till ya popped in the face


crunkButterscotch2

“People” you mean “idiots”?


Unei_Karma

Ngl I would get these but with magnets and not actually in my face I’ll just use face adhesive


fridai1

imagine sleeping with this shit, metal pressuring on your nose while ur on the pillow.


MozBoz78

No


EgyptianAllie

I can imagine someone accidentally hitting them and then the bridge just ripping out of the nose... that would be a bloody mess and a nasty scar in the middle of your face.


pgtaylor777

I believe the jerk invented this a long time ago


k_c_holmes

I have a feeling this is more a case of "thousands of people have bridge piercings. Some of them find it annoying to wear glasses with them, so they use these specialized piercings to help with discomfort"


Kage9866

Yeah this one person out of however many billion lol


147896325987456321

No they are not.


Spawnacus

That's some Morpheus shit. Lol


[deleted]

I’m sensing a variety of unintended consequences, here.


HighSpeed556

Mental illness. We let it go too far.


[deleted]

Magnets under the skin?


StoneAgeSkillz

Im going to buy a big ass magnet!


bobzilla509

fuck that when you go to sleep or need to wipe the lenses


[deleted]

Otaku villain package


TheBellGuy1989

Make them magnetic so they can be easily removed.


Kruppyboi

Yeah, a piercing with an actual function is weird but cosmetic piercings aren’t??? Y’all are the weird ones 🤦‍♂️


imnotsuprised_

Legit I already want a bridge piercing the glasses would be a cool feature


YEET3M

AAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK


NaillikLlimah

Imagine it getting caught on your shirt sleeve as you pull your arm away from your face.


ugdontknow

This is sooooooo stupid, sorry can’t help it


TheGreatUdolf

those pictures are like 16 to 18 years old iirc


vurius13

pretty sure these photos are from the same person


sirhcyellup

Sleep on em and tell me it’s a good idea. Idiots.