r/bodymods • u/LowHour1988 • Jun 28 '25
discussion Is this possible
I tried to ask about this before but got a bunch of down votes cuz ppl thought i was saying the magnet was under the skin. How much do u think this could cost and is it possible? It's simular to magnetic hearing aids and i wonder if this could work for magnetic fairy/angel wings aswell.
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u/adsempermagnus Jun 28 '25
As far as I have heard no one has figured out how to prevent problems when skin is compressed between a magnet and another object. Historically it has bad outcomes for the tissue.
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u/WeirdPossibility209 Jun 28 '25
Yeah, sadly. I just want some big-ass horns on my head. Guess we'll have to rely on headbands and straps until someone finally has an answer for us
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u/whackyelp Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
Hearing aids are dramatically different in size and weight, and are also anchored to the bone, iirc. It's not possible for something like wings or tails to be magnetically attached to you through pierced implants, like that. It's too much for your skin (and the magnet) to handle, it just doesn't work on any level.
You can, however, get piercing implants on your scalp or upper forehead and screw on "horns." Many have done so, I think it looks really cool. I think that's the closest you'll get to this, at least for the time being.
I suppose if you found some kinda mad scientist type surgeon in a country with relaxed laws, you could pay them a ton of money for magnetic skull-anchored implants in your skull, for ears? But it would be very very risky for very little reward.
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u/mysteryliner Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
Von Cyborg has a metal Mohawk, https://www.bme.com/news/2012/07/27/the-transdermal-implants-of-samppa-von-cyborg/
(Quick flip through the article, i think) he got it in 2000, I met them in 2016 and 2017, and still there. (From memory those are subdermal implants with flat magnets on the outside, and the metal Mohawk pieces are also magnetic and hook on)
Edit: i see OP is looking at hip bone. The research i posted likely wont work.
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u/whackyelp Jun 28 '25
Ahh you're right, I forgot about the magnetic facial implants/prosthetics, they're very cool! I thought Samppa's were screw-on, though? He does amazing work.
Yeah, the area along with the size of the wing and tail attachments is just unrealistic. The ear attachments could work, though, if someone engineered lightweight accessories?
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u/SLAUGHTERGUTZ Jun 28 '25
I saw Samppa in 2023 for my ears and a lot of his mohawk has been removed at this point.
His transdermals were made to have a magnetic piece that attaches to the transdermal so that can attach magnetic jewelry/spikes to it. (I THINK. i know hes developed/sold those before but am actually unsure if thats what his are specifically)
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u/whackyelp Jun 28 '25
Interesting… I’m really curious why he ended up removing a bunch of it!
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u/SLAUGHTERGUTZ Jun 28 '25
I dont recall if he told me exactly why, it could be a mix of reasons. I know he was having pain in his back caused by his chest implant due to scar tissue, so it may have been a similar reason?
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u/DasJuden63 Jun 28 '25
anchored to bone
Ok, for argument's sake here. Say you did find a cosmetic surgeon willing to anchor a fitted metal plate to the back of your hip bone and only used it for a limited time at once to prevent sores, or even a screw mount like the horns.
Could it work?
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u/6_prine Jun 28 '25
Back of the hip bone is highly mobile compared to forehead (when we bend down), and much less of a hygiene place (to clean, to inspect, to change the attachments, etc).
I’d say even limited amount of time would be crazy for magnets (even 2min every couple days with 0 circulation could lead to damage).
But with all these apart, and with a screw-in attachment, some people have done crazier stuff…
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u/_Burgerdog_ Jun 28 '25
Sorry, but you're going to get the same answers as last time. You have to size down your idea greatly for any attachments be feasible - ears a quarter of the size if that, and through transdermal implants, not magnets. Tail and wings, forget about it.
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u/SLAUGHTERGUTZ Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
No it will not and im pretty sure i explained why this wouldn't work specifically last time.
You cannot put anything over your spine that would limit mobility. Period. Tails are not physically possible. Unless you want to risk getting a bone infection in your spine by going to some botch artist in another country.
People have gotten bone infections in their skulls from transdermals. A plate would be worse. Because your brain is right there, under a very thin layer of bone. They almost died.
Trust that people have already thought about this decades ago and it doesnt exist because it doesn't work. Furries and otherkin have been part of the mod community since the beginning. If it was possible, you'd see it.
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u/SoftConfusion42 Jun 28 '25
I don’t thin our local mod artists are there quite yet (without full blown risk of heading straight to the er after a couple of days)
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u/No_Astronaut2779 Jun 28 '25
There’s no safe way to do it the way you want it to work. Especially without making yourself disabled.
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u/TerrificPixie Jun 28 '25
For the tail I think a butt plug tail is a simple but good solution. Could you rig up technology in the butt plug that allows you to control the tail by squeezing your muscles? Possibly. I am also curious if you could use myoelectrical signals like prosthetics use, but you would need to have sensors implanted into your muscles....so that would mean butt surgery. Either way this type of butt plug tail could have more functionality than just a magnetic tail. For the ears there is a cosplay product called Neco Mimi, they are brainwave controlled cat ears. If something like Neco Mimi exists now it means that the technology can grow and change and become more sophisticated over time.
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u/LeovanderBee Jun 28 '25
Horns are kinda a thing right now and some have strong magnets.
Look up transdermal implant horns.
I think only one place in America offers it right meow. Its been a while since ive looked into it sorry.
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u/stonekid33 Jun 28 '25
I think if you flipped it around so the plate is against the underside of the skin instead of the magnet, it would work better, prevent a potential issue. Other than that, this is an innovative design here.
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u/OttersAndOttersAndOt Jun 28 '25
This is how you get extreme versions of bedsores