Joel Miggler Extreme Facial Piercing – World Record Holder

German-born Joel Miggler has more stretched piercings than anyone else in the world and has achieved the Guinness World Records title for most flesh tunnels (face). He has flesh holes fitted with expanders all over his face, including his nose and lips, but the largest two are in each of his cheeks and measure a daunting 34 mm. so far. He has plans to increase them to 40 mm. The 22 year old is proud of his uniqueness, and confesses that body modification has become a bit of an addiction since he started at the age of 13 with a “normal” fleshy in his earlobe. Joel says he experiences a week of pain after his extremely skilled professional body mod artist creates a new or wider tunnel, but as soon as it has healed he starts thinking about the next one. He would even like to get an eye-ball implant in the future. Some Guinness World Records are impressive feats of skill while others are down to the grace of God – but perhaps the most memorable are the strange ones. Joel Miggler holds the record for the most flesh tunnels in the face – 11 as of 2014 – and boasts more stretched piercings than anyone else on the planet. Speaking ahead of Guinness World Records Day – the 11th annual celebration, which will see 650,000 people try and break new records – the 22-year-old reveals where his obsession began.

The German-born record holder explained that at the age of 13 he started with a single, regular ear-piercing and decided that he liked that look. He then slowly began adding flesh holes fitted with expanders to his lips and nose – saving the largest two for his cheeks. These measure a very painful 34mm but Joel has plans to increase them to 40mm, despite them already acting as a window to the teeth inside his mouth. He said: ‘I think body modification is a very addictive process. ‘When I make something new I have one week in a little bit of pain, after this week I am very proud to have a new thing. I am very happy and want to go to the next one.’ Joel also discussed his world record and explained that while he was not the first person to cut his cheeks and fit flesh holes, he was the first to cut them three times. He noted that the process involves a lot of bleeding, but that eventually it does heal very well and he then begins thinking about getting another. In terms of eating Joel said that he does not have many problems, although he is required to take small bites and of course soup is liable to leak out the side.