Japanese Art of Bagel Head Saline Body Modification

Japanese Art of Bagel Head Saline Body Modification

People who get tattoos are not necessarily into body modification, but I saw this Bagel Head technique on Taboo tonight and had to make a post.

This Bagelhead practice originated in Japan for the purposes of producing a bizarre effect for photography.  Since then it's something fun to do that distorts the forehead temporarily. The Bagel Head is for those who want the look of a body implant without the commitment.

Basically, participants have a needle inserted under the skin of the forehead---not a vein.

They sit still as saline drips, up to 400cc,  inflating their foreheads like a bubble. In the program, the administrator said that the dripping produces a calming euphoric sensation, as if floating in water.

The final step is for the administrator to press an indentation into this bubble with the thumb to create the bagel or donut shape.   One of the participants in the show said that this part of the process felt like a thumb was being pressed into his brain.

Participants end up with a misshapen, distorted forehead in the shape of a bagel or donut like this:

The saline is absorbed by the body in 16-24 hours so there is no worry that the forehead will remain like this .  The Bagel Head is just a way to have a little fun and a little laugh among a social circle.  Unfortunately a small few people do end up with stretched skin in their foreheads due to this.