The most pierced human in the world is this lady’s claim to fame! A photo for Cady’s Just One Person From Around the World and a bright square for Becky.
I saw this lady on our trip to Edinburgh a few years ago, I would liked to have gotten closer but her hand was up in warning! She had a little stall and and was telling fortunes.
Her name is Elaine Davidson and she was born in Brazil and is a former nurse. She has approximately 7,000 piercings! According to wikipedia she has piercings all over her body and in parts I cannot mention.
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Oh no Ali…Can’t even look! Bu nice brights!
It’s almost unbelievable that she can have so many piercings without damaging her skin. I’ll just happily stick to my pierced ears but not everyone is the same are they! Marion xx
It’s hard to imagine how she sleeps and washes
rare find, Ali! must be heavy on the face. so interesting 🙂
Thanks Lola ..it did mention the weight ..I should have put that it
OMG, that’s fascinating and somewhat repulsive at the same time! I cannot imagine living like that, but each to their own I guess! A great discovery for the challenge on your part 😀
Yes she is quite fascinating, i doubt you would hear your fortune being told as you would just keep staring
How do you even keep clean with 7,000 piercings? I’m like Sarah – fascinated and repulsed at the same time. 🙂
I know and even if she does stand in a shower ..doubtful.. then how do they dry
Yikes. I showed my husband the picture on your blog, and he recognized her! I guess she is very famous. Imagine how much money she spent of jewelry. If she got cheap jewelry, it does awful things to your skin, and what about infections? My mind goes in terrible directions about that poor woman. I’m surprised she did not charge you to take her picture.
Thanks for your comments Marsha ..you can see she wasn’t happy and put her hand up
She should have just rubbed her fingers together asking for money. Her fingers probably had new piercings in them and were too sore to rub together! 🙂
Haha probably
oh my! Rather her than me
Me too …I have a very low pain threshold
OH my! I can not even fathom this! What was she thinking? If she is ever vert sick and needs an IV there will be no place for it! To each their own I guess! Cady
She looks a bit scary 😧
Very I agree
I struggled to look. Surely that’s painful? 🙁
I doubt she feels pain anymore ..I wonder who keeps doing them
It’s quite repulsive, isn’t it, but fascinating at the same time. Like everyone else, I think about the hygiene side of things.
I would imagine she will get sepsis in the end
That makes me feel funny! Strange that someone so exotic should have such an ordinary name.
Haha yes ..but it’s her married name ..she married in 2002 I think to a Scottish man but it didn’t last too long, I wonder why
Who can tell?
This must have been an unexpected sight in Edinburgh! I would have guessed somewhere a lot more exotic (like perhaps Brazil :)) but certainly not in Scotland!
It sure was, well she was born in Brazil but not sure how she ended up in Scotland! I doubt she could ever leave now, not on a plane anyway!
It’s so interesting how we find people from all over in interesting places! One of the joys of traveling. We will again soon, Ali!
It will be a very long while for Australians to leave, the goal posts keep moving further away.
I hear you. It’s probably safer that way, given that some places are experiencing a 3rd wave!