Don't Try This At Home

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By Newsweek Editors

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FIRST TATTOOS, THEN PIERCINGS and now -- metal mohawks? ""Modern primitives'' are taking body modification to the extreme with scalp implants. Joe Aylward of Phoenix, Ariz., had the controversial procedure -- where anesthesia is applied, a one-inch incision is made, the skin is raised by a metal bar to form basins and four posts are inserted. The implants are threaded for interchangeability (up to 4-inch spikes). The most-asked question: ""Did it hurt?'' The second: ""Where can I get it done?'' Interested? Not so fast. The Association of Professional Piercers slams scalp implants, saying they ""are not worth the risk.'' Metal mohawks, according to APP's Michaela Grey, ""tread a legal line just when piercers are striving for legitimacy.'' Meanwhile, the pioneer of bodmod, the Jim Rose Circus, plans to unveil a ""basement surgery show'' in '97. Main feature: implanted coral horns.

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