I Have Over 200 Body Modifications | HOOKED ON THE LOOK

May 19 2020

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INSPIRED by video games, Juan Carlos Trinidad Jiménez has more than 200 body modifications. The 22-year-old, more commonly known as 'Tobi', from Querétaro, Mexico got his first piercing at the age of 12 and his first tattoo aged 15. Among the many body modifications Tobi has are a forked tongue, a horn, scarification and ear expansions. He describes it as the “look of happiness”. At first Tobi’s mum, Adelita, 50, was concerned that Tobi’s transformation meant she was losing her son but now accepts that this is what he wants. Tobi works as a piercer and tattoo artist, practising the hand poke technique and even did a tattoo on his mum. Tobi wants to help change people’s perceptions of those with body modifications and encourage people to be themselves.