Steve Haworth

I have had a magnetic implant for just over 1 year in my left ring finger. It is a second generation injection coated silicone implant. When I got it I was more nervous from the cutting than would the magnet last. Now after a year, the scar is almost invisible and the magnet is stable. I have not had any degrading effects nor any other negative side effects.

I work as a full time web designer and I use my fingers A LOT. For the first week it was uncomfy with the stich in there (1 stich). And it did require me to be careful not to high five too hard or root through my pockets. BUT it has not negatively impacted my work, play or daily life. In 30 years who knows, but I strongly disagree that it will cause “serious side effects to the functionality of your hand” as earlier mentioned in BMEzine. I suspect if the implant was in every finger that may happen but as far as I know, that has not occurred. OR if you are doing a profession that requires constant touching of magnets or steel that may happen. But as a web designer it hasn’t yet and I type A LOT with the implant right in the tip of my finger.

I love the magnetic vision and I love knowing this is steel and this is aluminum with my eyes closed (because steel is magnetic) I love putting my finger near an electrical socket and feeling the magnetic impulses flow. This wont change your life, it simply adds a new perspective to it

I went to the VNV Nation concert tonight and was surrounded by hundreds of modified peoples of all walks of life, professions, characters, religions and such. I had this unbelievable urge to get more brandings. It was like a burning in my soul to be more unique. Not different because I think that is a negative; but more unique. Maybe it is semantics depending on the perspective. I know that I am definitely craving it. I am not addicted to the branding, I am addicted to the changing. I don’t like that it hurts but I like that every time it is done I change a bit more mentally, physically, emotionally. Just some random thoughts for tonight.

Many know me as the guy that has the brandings and part of the AZFetishball (Horns n Halos)..the big project I am working on that will take about 3 years. I like showing them off and people like looking at them. I am not the only one that has electro cauterary branding; CooKie, Amanda, JD, Mercedes, April and Steve’s son plus at least 30 more I know of have them. I know they all like to show off their brandings too. So to answer the question for the masses, yes it fucking hurt..usually “why?” is the next question…It’s not a simple answer but I hope in reading my blog you may find out some things about me that help you answer “why” for yourself and maybe open a new vision of you at the same time.

Steve and I are at the Tampa Tattoofest which is an amazing event put on by Bruce Ripley. We spent a lot of time at the H2Ocean booth which really is one of the all time best healing aids out there and works super awesome on brandings too. We saw some extra-ordinary tattoos but Florida is a fucked up state where flesh hook suspension, scarification, implants and dare I say brandings are illegal. This is due to some very narrow-minded legislators that think these activities should be done by the medical profession even though that same medical profession doesnt want anything to do with them here. See the catch-22? Therefore we were unable to do any “work” Mark from Ft Lauderdale got a new set of extra long horns for his 8 year old transdermals. Anyone that says transdermals are “temporary” should see Mark and how his have healed so great that even with the extra weight there was zero sag.

So here we are on Saturday night going home on Monday, got a whole day to chill and sleep and look at the hotties. Tampa is kind of fun though I miss Phoenix and the hotties there (you know who you are)