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The Japanese have added another to their list of bizarre cultural phenomena: bagelheads. "Bagelhead" is a form of extreme body modification that sees saline injected into the forehead causing swelling, after finally being pushed in the middle to form the shape of a bagel (see video below). The Daily Mail said the process takes two hours and the bagel remains indented on the forehead for nearly a day. The body eventually absorbs the saline and the forehead goes back to normal. One client of a Tokyo body modification clinic told the Sun after having a giant needle plunged into her...

Have you seen the latest fad for teens in Japan? They are called bagelheads. Teens in Japan are injecting themselves with saline, which causes bumps in their heads. The lumps and bumps created by the saline can be shaped and molded. The teens are calling themselves bagelheads. The disfigurement only last 24 hours. I have a hard time looking at these teens, and I just hope it stays in Japan and doesn't make it's way over to the states. Will bagelheads be an addition to body piercing, and tattoos in the U.S.? Can lox heads, or cream cheese heads, be...