A Man With 560 Piercings, Full-Body Tattoos, and Horn Implants – Here’s What He Looked Like Before
With more than 560 piercings, horn-shaped implants embedded in his forehead, and tattoos that cover nearly every inch of his body, Rolf Buchholz is recognized worldwide as the man who pushed body modification to its extreme. He even holds a world record for it.
But what surprises most people is not how he looks now — it’s how he looked before.
From Office Worker to Record Holder
Today, Rolf stands out in every crowd, but decades ago he was nearly invisible. Born in Dortmund, Germany, he built a conventional life for himself. After earning a university degree in telecommunications, he went on to work in a large IT company, living the life of a quiet and ordinary office employee.
For years, no one could have guessed what he carried inside him: a yearning for individuality, for breaking rules, and for expressing himself in ways that couldn’t be confined to a desk job.
The Transformation That Changed Everything
It wasn’t until his 40th birthday that Rolf began his transformation. His first step was a simple tattoo. Then came a piercing. Another followed. And soon, what started as small gestures of self-expression snowballed into a lifestyle of radical transformation.
One tattoo turned into full-body coverage. One piercing became hundreds. Eventually, he even chose to have horn-shaped implants inserted into his forehead, cementing his status as one of the most heavily modified people in the world.
A Life Rewritten
Looking at him today, it’s almost impossible to picture the man he once was — a quiet IT professional in a buttoned-up office job. But for Rolf, body art gave him something his old life never did: a true sense of freedom.
Curious to see how he looked before the tattoos, piercings, and implants? The photo is in the first comment.