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The surgery is painful and irreversible. It's one body modification change, unlike a tattoo or a piercing, that you can't take back.



The unique and delicate procedure can leave you looking like one of Santa's elves. Numerous photos online show aficionados who appear to be thrilled with the results.

Steve Haworth, a body modification artist from Tempe, Ariz., performs the procedure. He slices the top of the cartilage and then sews it back together in a point.

"There's a lot of people out there who have an inner vision of themselves and they want to express that to the world around them," said Haworth. "I'm very happy to be an artist that can provide that kind of work."

Raised in a family that manufactured and invented medical devices used in eye surgeries and plastic surgeries gave Haworth ideas for alternate forms of modifications. He only performs his art on those over 18, he says.

(Ear Pointing done by Lukas Zpira at No Frills Tattoo, shown on video)

Sources

No Frills Tattoo
ABC News
La Sumisa