{"id":790,"date":"2026-02-25T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/?p=790"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:58:22","slug":"7-unnecessary-things-people-did-to-their-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/7-unnecessary-things-people-did-to-their-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Unnecessary Things People Did To Their Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever felt like your morning routine was a bit too simple? We\u2019ve rounded up the most extreme, permanent, and flat-out bizarre body modifications that prove some people just don’t know when to say “enough.” Prepare to question everything you know about personal style as we dive into 7 completely unnecessary things people actually did to their bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve all heard the phrase “I have eyes in the back of my head,” but this guy took it as a literal design challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gingival tattooing (gum tattooing) is a real thing, but going full blackout takes it to a whole new level of commitment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This one really takes “fake it ’til you make it” to a haunting new level. It\u2019s the ultimate life hack for anyone who\u2019s ever struggled to stay awake during a long-winded PowerPoint presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you thought the “eyes on the back of the head” guy had a lot of peripheral vision, this guy has his own built-in handle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This hyper-realistic body paint makes this guy look like he was carved out of an old oak tree and then stitched back together by a confused carpenter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This one really brings “heavy metal” to a whole new level. It\u2019s like he walked through a magnetic field in a hardware store and everything just… stuck.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why spend money on a new pair of sneakers every six months when you can just endure 12 hours of needles and have them for life?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever felt like your morning routine was a bit too simple? We\u2019ve rounded up the most extreme, permanent, and flat-out bizarre body modifications that prove some people just don’t know…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusives","category-photo-vault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleamgrid.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}