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<dl><dd><i>I had an <a href="/index.php?title=Orbital" title="Orbital">orbital</a> that got an infection. Not a bad one; nothing I couldn't handle. It went away, and one morning on my way home from work my face felt like it was really heavy on one side. By that night my face on the left side was almost completely paralyzed. Doctors linked it back to the infection in the <a href="/index.php?title=Cartilage" title="Cartilage">cartilage</a> and because of the fast spread it went straight to my lymph nodes and did that. It hasn't stopped me from getting piercings, but I wish I'd never heard of it because I thought I'd had a stroke. Scary, scary....</i>
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'''ModCon''' was an annual (and PRIVATE) convention for the heavily modified.


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The world's first and only large scale convention for people into advanced body modification, '''ModCon''' was an annual invitation-only event sponsored by [[Shannon Larratt]]/[[BME]], and held in Toronto. It usually took place in the early summer.
 
Invitees met, mingled and had the chance to have procedures performed by invited practitioners and to have professional photos taken of them. In addition to the event itself, ModCon produced a CD-ROM (for the 1999 convention) and a beautiful colour and black/white photo [[ModCon (book)|book]], accompanied by an hour-long VCD.
 
Attendance was limited and by invite only.
 
== See also ==
*[[ModCon (book)]]
*[[Modcon Media]]

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ModCon was an annual (and PRIVATE) convention for the heavily modified.

The world's first and only large scale convention for people into advanced body modification, ModCon was an annual invitation-only event sponsored by Shannon Larratt/BME, and held in Toronto. It usually took place in the early summer.

Invitees met, mingled and had the chance to have procedures performed by invited practitioners and to have professional photos taken of them. In addition to the event itself, ModCon produced a CD-ROM (for the 1999 convention) and a beautiful colour and black/white photo book, accompanied by an hour-long VCD.

Attendance was limited and by invite only.

See also

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