A man who has forked out over £30,000 on modifications to his body has taken his unconventional appearance one step further after he stretched his nose and people have claimed he now resembles a ''devil''. Cameron Lee Bright from California has 28 piercings with some of them being stretched to such a great extent that he can abnormally fit glowsticks through them.
The 28-year-old has taken to Instagram to show off his septum, along with the cartilage and bone in his nose that he has managed to widen to an enormous 23mm - but claims he still wants to stretch it another 2mm wide. Cameron also has nearly 100 hours worth of tattoos inked on his skin, a split tongue, implanted silicone ribs under his collar bones and beads under the skin surrounding his penis, the Mirror reports.
The warehouse worker who was raised in a Christian household says people now compare him to a 'devil' after his excessive body modifications that have greatly modified his appearance. Cameron said: "I'm introverted but like to show people how much in common we have regardless of how different I may look.
"I currently have 28 piercings with most stretched and probably close to 100 hours of tattoos. I have spent £30k but probably even more if I really thought about it and broke it down on body modifications since I was like 15.
"It doesn't seem like a lot when you look at other people's hobbies and aspirations. They probably spend a similar amount on their project cars, sports, raves and concerts."
Cameron said that he always wanted to alter his appearance, even when he was a child, and when he was old enough he jumped in with both feet. "I've always liked the idea of changing my look since I was little," he added.
"I remember being five and wanting to cover myself in cereal box tattoos all the time. I probably really started to change my look around 13 or 14 when I started to dress more alternative.
"Then in high school, I moved to piercings and it progressed up until now when I'm in my adulthood. The reason I changed my appearance is sort of complicated.
''I honestly don't really have a legit answer for it. I like to do what brings me joy and this brings me joy.
"I like how it looks and the anthropological history of body modifications really interests me. Changing my body just gives me a better understanding of what's internal to me.
''A strong sense of self and self-love. The most hate and rude remarks I get are from religious people and it just doesn't make sense to me.
"Their God is described as a wonderful deity that I can respect but the people don't practice what they preach so I don't want to be part of the hypocrisy. There's a lot of 'predators' in the church too that get protected.
"I get negative comments online all day but no one would ever say this in person so it's hard to even take what they said seriously, it's just funny to me." Even though he's had lots of work done, Cameron isn't done yet.
He continued: "My body modification quest is far from over. I'm planning over 80 per cent tattoo coverage, stretching several more piercings to larger sizes, subdermal implants and many more piercings.
"My next project is more black-out tattoos and silicone implant spines in my thumbs and a skull in the hand. Everyone be who they are, be weird, enjoy the things you do, treat the people around you well, spread the love and live your best life.
"You only get one life so live it how you want."
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