Joel Miggler is a fan of extreme body art (Picture: Facebook)

With a forked-tongue poking through a hole in his cheek – body art has perhaps never been quite so extreme.

A 23-year-old body art enthusiast has created giant flesh tunnels through his cheeks with a side view of his teeth.

Joel Miggler, a German model, said he had been experimenting with different ‘art’ since he was 13 years old.

First he began stretching his earlobe, then he forked his tongue, then somehow it morphed into stretching his cheeks in to two giant holes.


Smile for the camera: Joel Miggler has a giant flesh tunnel in his cheek (Picture: Facebook)

The holes, which he has on both sides of his face, are around 36mm wide.

Miggler said the unusual body art doesn’t have a particular name – but he aims to increase their size to 40mm.



‘They have no special name, I guess you can call them stretched or big cheeks,’ he told an Australian newspaper.

‘I’ve cut them three times and stretched them many millimetres. They are now 36mm wide.’.

Joel puffs out smoke through his cheeks (Picture: Facebook)

So does eating pose a problem when you essentially have three mouths?

Miggler says it is difficult but he simply ‘plugs’ the holes like a bathtub when he wants to eat soup.

‘The jewellery doesn’t touch my teeth and makes no problem with eating and drinking. I only can take smaller bites than before,’ he said.

Joel Miggler shows off his chest piercings (Picture: Facebook)

And while he can waggle his finger through his cheek as a party trick, does Miggler have any problem attracting a girlfriend?

No – he already has one but admits sometimes people find his art difficult to understand.

‘For sure people judge me for my body mods — mostly bad — but I don´t care what they say,’ he added.