The Achilles Piercing

The Achilles Piercing is a piercing which passes between the achilles tendon and the ankle. It is a very rare piercing, and not everyone's anatomy is suited for it. Above you can see an example, Mr. Tetanus' pierce. He is a performance artist who has been wearing a self-made 10cm spike through his ankle, behind the Achilles tendon, for abbout 12 years.Mr. Tetanus, a performance artist, wears a self-made 10mm spike through his ankle, behind the Achilles tendon, and has had it now for about twelve years. In the picture below you can see it now, as well as a photo looking through the hole and showing the displacement of the tendon. He doesn’t take it out much because the hole closes up within about a minute, and begins to reseal itself within half an hour.

Piercing Fans International Quarterly magazine has documented the case of a man who had a stretched Achilles piercing that he used to suspend from. As seen in the picture below: