Charitable Body Modifications

Aryan Hopkins Gets 1,091 Piercings for the Shriners Hospital for Chi

Piercings can be quite painful, but Aryan Hopkins got 1,091 of them for charity. You can feel his pain just by looking at the images above.

Aryan Hopkins isn't someone who just gets body piercings for the fun of it, though -- there's a deeper meaning for his record-breaking body modification session. Hopkins got 1,091 piercings to raise money for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Northern California. Saving children's lives and having the world record title? Aryan Hopkins is one tough guy.

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