A young woman has revealed her plans to turn into a “human zombie cat” – having dozens of body modification surgeries to achieve the extreme look.
Aydin Mod has had countless surgeries, including removing her nose and naval, having implants inserted into her forehead, multiple tattoos and ‘scarification’, and having her eyeballs tattooed.
The 23-year-old has been hooked on altering her appearance since she started piercing her own face with a needle in the bathroom at the age of 11, then going on to slice her own tongue in two four years later.
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Now, she is getting closer to her desired – and very unique – dream look.
“To me, body modifications are natural, and amputations are also a need,” Aydin, a model and circus performer from Italy, told What’s The Jam.
“There’s nothing I’d consider too much or have trouble healing.
“My body accomplishes everything I want to do.
“I’m the owner of it [my body] so if my mind decides a thing, my body just finds a way to.”
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While she says her body “extreme” modification was tattooing her eyeballs, Aydin has recently undergone a drastic change – having her nose removed and having ‘scarification’ on her face.
To accentuate the cat-like appearance, the inkings have a tiger-esque striped appearance, covering her chest, neck and cheeks.
Her remaining nose itself is almost as petite as a moggie’s, with upturned nostrils and a flatter appearance.
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Some older modifications include pierced vagina lips, chunky piercings above her lips – through which she can poke her split tongue – and countless piercings and inkings undertaken over the past 12 years.
Aydin describes herself as “against natural beauty” and a “body horror queen”.
She joked: “I decided looking like a zombie stray cat suits me more as I do feel a bit dead inside.
“In my opinion, cutting your hair and doing your nails, dying your hair or shaving – that’s all still body modification.
“Not permanent, but you alter the natural state of the body in a certain way.”
Aydin has had so much work done that she finds it impossible to calculate the total expense or number of modifications her body has undergone.
Her look has proved popular, if divisive, on social media, where she has garnered millions of views.
Her most viral video garnered 67 million views, showing Aydin poking her split tongue through holes she has made above her lips – showing off two surgical modifications in one go.
But she doesn’t let any commentary – either positive or negative – affect her.
Aydin previously told Jam Press: “Honestly I rarely pay attention to comments, both positive and negative ones, I think they’re just irrelevant opinions dictated by ignorance and personal tastes.
“The only person I have to please is myself.
“For example, people call me ‘ugly’ but I don’t even consider it an insult, to be honest.
“I am a normal person, I’m living my best life and if someone is not cool with it they can just stay away from me.
“Luckily, I have to say that I have a lot of support and I’m surrounded by lovely people, I don’t have any struggle with dealing with people in public just because of my appearance, and usually I get along more with people who have different lifestyles than mine, which is surprising.”
Aydin’s mindset is that “nothing is permanent as we are all going to die” – perhaps helping her to make the more extreme decisions when it comes to changing her body.
She added: “My only hope is that I get to evolve as I please until my last day on Earth.”
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