http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/1368774.html
This past May 2nd in Arlington, Texas, body modification artist Tyson Turk spent over 5 hours piercing Jeremy Stroud, who broke the GuinnessWorld Record by getting 1,197 piercings in one day.
Turk used 18-gauge surgical needles in order to perform over 800 piercings in his back, 300 on his right arm, 50 on his right leg and about 20 in his left arm, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported Monday.
As the piercings were being done, the closeness of the piercings gave a false illusion of creating a line. “They’re so close together that they leave a line. It kind of looks like i had stitches from my wrist all the way up to my shoulder,” said Stroud.
Stroud’s original plan was to break the Guinness World Record by getting 2,000 piercings, however along the way there were some complications leading to decrease the number of piercings. “I made it to 1,200 and my body was getting ready to shut down,” he said. “I had no idea what I was getting into.”
Before going through the plan of breaking the Record, Stroud had been preparing himself for eight months, guided by Turk, his piercing artist. Stroud had a previous try out in March to see how much pain he could handle, he got 50 piercings in a small part on his back.
“I did my homework,” Stroud said. “This isn’t just something you can go out and do; you’ve got to be prepared for it.”
In order for this to get officially into the Guinness World book, Stroud had to bring a photographer, a witness, notarized statements, two EMTs and months of paperwork.
After this record acomplishment Stroud doubts what he’ll do if someone actually gets to break his record. The past record holder with 900 piercings, Robert Jesus Rubio of Dallas, is already talking and planning something, Stroud said.
http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/1368774.html
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/05/11/Man-got-1197-piercings-in-one-day/UPI-39801242075402/
