Also known as neck rings, neck coils are garnishes that could be worn by both genders, but the females wear it more often. A neck coil can be compared to jewelry that should be placed around the neck. Are you also wondering what effects this ornament gives to people just like a woman who wore a neck coil for years? Worry no more because you could now treat your curiosity about these neck coils only by reading everything below.
Why They Use It
A woman coiled a neck ring all over her neck and bore with it for years. A theory by anthropologists, who study various behaviors and evolutions of humans from past to present, says that this woman’s tribe uses neck coils in order to make women look unpleasant to the eyes and prevent them being enslaved. But another theory came up and contradicted every point the first theory has made.
Why They Use It
For Beauty
Neck coils are used to bring out more beauty in women for other cultures. Even though it could still be worn by men, females are the ones using coils regularly. They say that women become more appealing after wearing neck coils and having much longer necks. But the truth was explained that the collarbone was the one actually shoved down by the coil and the idea of the coil stretching the neck is false.
For Beauty
Beliefs
Some tribes believe that men and women look much better with longer necks. That is why they often coil their necks with neck rings because for them, they look more appealing to others after wearing such ornaments. In conclusion, for some tribes, alterations of body parts are allowed and looked up to.
Beliefs
The Dangers And Risks
Given the explanation of experts that neck coils, in reality, just push collarbones down and not actually extend the length of people’s necks; there is no need to worry about it because it is a hundred percent safe. But it is still normal for people who would try a neck ring to be scared and worried about pain the first time they try it.
The Dangers And Risks
Cultural
A woman from the Kayan tribe explained that neck rings have become an important tradition to them and will always be a significant part of their tribe – those are the main reasons why they wear it. There are many possibilities of getting hurt while wearing coils in their necks but the fact that neck rings just press their ribs and not actually stretching their necks comforts them.
Cultural
Lifelong Goal
A 28-year-old woman named Sydney V. Smith promised herself to fulfill a lifelong goal she has wanted ever since. She always dreamed of being called the “giraffe woman.” She already started accomplishing her dream by wearing coiling 11 rings around her neck for three years – getting herself a longer neck.
Lifelong Goal
The Motivation
She said that she was motivated by the women of different tribes from Burma and Thailand who have longer necks than usual by using neck rings. She said that she used to be called a “giraffe girl” back when she was younger. Her amusement in the idea of body alterations also pushed her to attain her lifelong goal – being a giraffe woman.
The Motivation
Experimenting
She became more determined when she saw pictures of people who have elongated necks from different tribes of Burma and Thailand. She decided to use the hangers they had at home and coiled it around her neck. She had a strong faith that doing such activities every night would really help her achieve her goal despite her parents making fun of everything she was doing.
Experimenting
Attachment
Before, Sydney was the girl who already had a lengthier neck than usual. But she was not ashamed of it. Actually, she was proud. That time was her starting point of dreaming of being a giraffe woman. After doing her routine of coiling hangers around her neck every night, she was dedicated and felt attached to the neck rings.
Attachment
Slow And Steady
Sydney was brave enough to choose to elongate her neck just by herself without any supervision of a medical expert. She was really determined to achieve her goal, but starting at her 20s makes everything a little harder because her body was already mature, and doing alterations to it will be tough.
Slow And Steady
The Beginning
By the year 2011, Sydney got rid of the hangers and bought real copper rings. Well, she was not hurt in any way by the coat hangers coiled up in her neck, it is just that she wanted something that will give her more comfort. That is when she started coiling copper rings, which had a better fit than hangers around her neck.
The Beginning
Adjusting To The Rings
She decided to do everything slowly, and she was patient about her progress. She always remembered that because of her age, her body was already mature and was not that capable of carrying out changes and alterations. Despite that, she was still persistent and managed to coil ten rings around her neck.
Adjusting To The Rings
Shy Girl
Because of her neck rings, the number of turtleneck-type sweaters in her closet increased. She worked at a restaurant – she took the position of working inside the kitchen for her not to be exposed to many people. She avoided being in a crowd because she was kind of shy about everything that was happening around her neck.
Shy Girl
The Mastermind
The rings she was wearing were really made for her by a close friend. They were strictly fitted only for her neck size. Each neck ring was built with a screw that allowed Sydney to remove the rings from her neck when necessary. It is obvious that Sydney’s friend was really supportive because he or she really spent a lot of effort into creating the neck coils.
The Mastermind
The Risks
There was a time when Sydney already saw progress in wearing the neck rings – her neck was already 10 to 11 inches long. She gives all credit to the rings coiled around her neck despite the struggles she experienced the first time. She wore the rings just like when she got a little burn.
The Risks
A Worldwide Sensation
Sydney started to become known by many because she dreamed of having a longer neck. She even got involved in the comic books made by Ripley’s Believe It or Not. They are known to feature most of the funniest, strangest, and unusual stories and experiences of people.
A Worldwide Sensation
In The Media
Her decision to elongate her neck when she started using coat hangers and turned to real copper rings coiled around her neck make her story a strange, yet unique one. That is why she was invited to be featured in that comic book. Her story became famous in the town.
In The Media
A Comic Book Character
For non-celebrities, it could be a once in a lifetime experience being featured in a comic book where they actually have a comic-strip inspired by their true lives. That was what happened to Sydney, she became famous because her story was featured in a comic book loved by many.
A Comic Book Character
Making Progress
Sydney focused a lot on her actual progress than the time she was taking to elongate her neck. That’s why her picture in the comic book was captioned with “Progress.” She decided to do everything slowly, but surely. After wearing the neck rings for months, already, she began to see improvements – her neck’s length somehow increased.
Making Progress
Too Heavy
There was a point in her experience that she was not able to bear with the neck rings’ weight anymore. That was why she needed to remove them from her neck from time to time. That moment, she already had 15 copper rings on her neck – all of their masses amounting to 5 lbs.
Too Heavy
Not Worth It
For some people, 5 pounds just feels like nothing when being carried around, but everything is tougher when you have to bear with it every single day. Well, Sydney managed to carry on. A visual representation of “no pain, no gain,” everybody!
Not Worth It
Medical Issues
Her story became controversial, especially when a medical expert named Dr. Jonathan Nissanoff, who examines and treats everything involved with the musculoskeletal system of humans, said that Sydney’s decision to coil rings around her neck was not advisable for her body was already mature. If there were still something to be stretched, it would be her skin, not her neck. He also explained how such activity could destroy the nerves located in the neck.
Medical Issues
Not Giving Up
Dr. Nissanoff’s claim seemed nothing to Sydney. She still continued with her routine of coiling her neck with copper rings. By that moment, she was already carrying 12 copper rings around her neck. She wanted to gain money from what she was doing. She even said that she dreamed of becoming a model before without being overworked and exploited, but she was enjoying everything happening to her at that time.
Not Giving Up
Health First
She was happy with her life, and with the fame, the neck rings had given her. But all of those started to shatter when she realized she forgot about her health. She decided that removing the neck rings would be the greatest choice at that time.
Health First
They Dominated Her Life
When the media started to chase her with questions regarding the removal of her neck rings, She said that the copper rings coiled up her neck got in her way of comfortably living in her country. She also explained that she wanted to prioritize her health first.
They Dominated Her Life
Her Life Changed
Sydney began to see how her life changed after choosing to take all the 15 copper rings off her neck. Aside from her neck feeling freedom, she also felt something unusual. Everything seemed to change with her surroundings.
Her Life Changed
All About The Rings
When people got the chance to look closer and have observations about the rings, she was bombarded with millions of questions – from the press and the audience. She experienced that for five years and already made her feel uncomfortable. Sometimes, because of the neck rings, she used to have, she felt different, and alone most of the time.
All About The Rings
Where Did Sydney Go
There was this little part of her that was hurt by being exposed to the media and the crowd. Sydney said that everything was just rooting to get details about the neck rings, but nothing was about her, no one really cared about how she was feeling the whole time. The neck rings made her feel sad and isolated.
Where Did Sydney Go
Freedom At Last
Even though she was really determined before to pursue her dream of being a giraffe woman, it could not be hidden that she suffered a lot of pain because of the rings that were coiled around her neck. After wearing them for exactly five years, she decided to free her neck from all the copper rings for good.
Freedom At Last
Not Practical
After receiving tons of questions as to why she decided to remove the rings from her neck permanently, the metaphorical explanation she said simply that she could not stand being isolated anymore, she had a hard time functioning while wearing the rings – she could not simply go out alone without being interrupted by a citizen or a press. To summarize everything up, having the neck rings were not practical anymore.
Not Practical
Still The Giraffe Woman
Sydney still claimed that she deserved to be tagged as the one and only “giraffe woman.” Despite all the hardships and pain she experienced because of the copper rings that used to coil around her neck, everything she did before would always be a part of who she is now. She will never be ashamed of what was in the past.
Still The Giraffe Woman
It Took A Toll
After carrying 15 neck rings which lasted for five years, Sydney got nothing but bruises on her collarbones. Considering the weight of all the neck coils she beared with for years, she was still kind of lucky for only getting bruises and not suffering from other injuries or diseases.
It Took A Toll
In A Lot Of Pain
She learned some lessons and consequences the hard way. After freeing her neck from 15 copper rings, she shared that her neck felt numb and very weak. The negative effects of coiling rings around her neck were not avoidable, she had to deal with every single pain.
In A Lot Of Pain
Trying To Recover
Despite all the negative effects the neck rings gave her, she was still kind of lucky. She underwent the supervision of a medical expert. Months after the removal of the neck coils, the doctor informed her that she was recovering from all the stiffness of her neck and the bruises on her collarbone in a faster manner than they expected.
Trying To Recover
Not The Only One
Unfortunately, Sydney was not the only person who did extreme measures just to satisfy their dream to become more attractive and look better. There are many celebrities and famous personalities who have taken risks just like Sydney but in a different way. Scroll down to feed your curiosity and know who those people were!
Not The Only One
Romario Dos Santos Alves
We all know that there is more than one celebrity who portrayed the part of Incredible Hulk in every Marvel Cinematic Universe movie – one of the most famous hulks was Lou Ferrigno. But did you know that Romario Dos Santos was really close to playing as Incredible Hulk before? But he focused on his body more. It took him drinking tons of alcohol, Synthol, and painkillers to achieve all the firm biceps he has now.
Romario Dos Santos Alves
Almost The Hulk
Romario badly damaged his health to the point that he almost had the necessity to cut off an arm. Because of what was negatively happening to his body, the thought of suicide went to his mind but luckily, he did not push through. After undergoing surgery to eliminate all the Synthol rocks in his arms, he decided to change his lifestyle and never do drugs again. Now, he is a successful bodybuilder.
Almost The Hulk
Nadya Suleman
A well-known media personality, Nadya Suleman, is known to have the nickname “Octomom,” for she gave birth to octuplets during the 26th of January 2009. She decided to modify her body, especially her face when people started to claim that she somehow looked like Angelina Jolie. That motivated her to have plastic surgery and a nose job.
Nadya Suleman
Octomom
Unfortunately, after seeing post-surgery photos of the Octomom, she was not even close to the looks of Angelina Jolie anymore. She released a statement saying that the thought of looking like Jolie or any other famous celebrity never came to her mind. Well, this is a lesson for all of us that everything that is too much is bad.
Octomom
Justin Jedlica
You might not believe this, but you have no choice, it is a hundred percent true! Justin Jedlica was left with no choice but to focus on his and his husband’s business in Chicago and stop modeling after doing extreme measures just to achieve the look of the famous male doll, Ken. He went under the knives of surgical doctors for 190 times!
Justin Jedlica
Real-Life Ken
During the peak of his adolescence, he was not pleased with what he constantly saw in the mirror. Days after his 18th birthday, he was decided to have a little plastic surgery. But this “little” turned into a series of surgeries, and that was how he managed to undergo 190 surgeries just to satisfy himself of what he wanted his body to look like. Calf implants, chest implants, and nose jobs are some of the plastic surgeries he got.
Real-Life Ken
Mikki Jay
The fact that the late Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, underwent a lot of plastic surgeries was not kept secret. Being one of Michael Jackson’s biggest fans, Mikki Jay idolized him way too much to the point that, like Michael Jackson, she spent lots of money and courage undergoing knives of surgeons many times.
Mikki Jay
Michael Who?
She explained that all she wanted by getting that much of plastic surgeries was to look like her idol, Michael Jackson. It could be seen that she was really serious because she also worked on her vocal cords to have the same voice with Michael Jackson. All these surgeries luckily paid off because she is now one of the greatest impersonators of Michael Jackson.
Michael Who?
Crystal U
For your information, there was this MTV show called “I Want a Famous Face” where stories of people, dreaming of looking like their idols experience a dream come true through plastic surgery, were featured. In one episode, Crystal U, an office worker said that she has always wanted to look like Britney Spears. That dream of hers cost her a lot because of different plastic surgeries amounting to $25K. She also dreamed of becoming either part of the Anaheim Angels Strike Force or a famous and successful stripper.
Crystal U
Claire Leeson
Claire Leeson went through a lot when she was younger. She had two attempts of suicide, but luckily, she kept going. Watching “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” became a good coping mechanism for her. She spent a total of $30,000 for undergoing some plastic surgeries just because a friend of hers told her that she kind of resembles Kim Kardashian. She underwent surgeries to improve her looks and look more like Kim.
Claire Leeson
Not Quite Kim
Spending too much for her plastic surgeries, Claire Leeson was drowning in tons of debt. She thought of a brilliant idea to benefit from her surgeries aside from just looking like Kim Kardashian, she became a great impersonator and that was how she earned money. Despite being successful in impersonating the celebrity, she was still getting hate comments. Well, that’s just normal – you just can’t please everyone.
Not Quite Kim
Toby Sheldon
We found a belieber! Toby Sheldon idolized Justin Bieber way too much to the point that he spent a total of $100,000 undergoing different kinds of plastic surgeries. He wanted to have a face and body just like Justin Bieber had. He got famous and was featured on different TV shows like My Strange Addiction, The Doctors, and Botched. Unfortunately, he died at the age of 35 by ingesting a cocktail full of toxic chemicals. Rumors spread that it was because of his break-up.
Toby Sheldon
Tiffany Taylor
We all know the daughter of President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, to be a successful businesswoman. She is also thriving with her modeling career. Maybe those could be the reasons why Tiffany Taylor, a Texas woman, did not let the fact of her being a mother get in her way of getting plastic surgeries like two breast augmentations, two nose jobs, an eyelift, and a facelift amounting to $60,000. She spent a lot of money and courage undergoing different surgeries just to look like Ivanka Trump.
Tiffany Taylor
Donna Marie Trego
For what she had done, Donna Marie Trego could now be identified as Lady Gaga’s biggest fan. Ever since Gaga’s career reached its peak, Donna Marie had always been starstruck whenever she had her idol in her sight. Because of that, she spent $60K undergoing different kinds of plastic surgeries to achieve a look close to Gaga’s. The more fascinating idea about her is that Donna did not hesitate to spend more just to hire back-up dancers and buy outfits the same as some of the most iconic clothes Lady Gaga had worn.
Donna Marie Trego
Donna Gaga
All of the efforts and of course, money Donna had spent, surely paid off because she became famous in the town and performed in some events and concerts in Europe. Lady Gaga was in awe and commended Donna Marie Trego the moment she met her because of her solid dedication.
Donna Gaga
Nileen Namita
Nefertiti was a well-known Egyptian queen and was the great royal wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Khanaten. Because of her great legacy and good characteristics, it is normal to idolize such an Egyptian queen. But Nileen Namita had something for Nefertiti more than idolization, she was always confident that in her previous life, she was Nefertiti.
Nileen Namita
Queen Nileen
Nileen Namita underwent a series of counseling sessions with an expert. After that, she decided to work, but still being Queen Nefertiti at heart. Because of her belief, since 1987, she began undergoing a few plastic surgeries until she enjoyed the ride and ended up having 51 procedures. Later with her life, all of her children were okay with the idea of their mother undergoing different procedures so it seemed like she was prepared to have more procedures.
Queen Nileen
Matt And Mike Schlepp
Just like Crystal U, twin brothers living in Phoenix, Arizona also got featured in the MTV show, “I Want a Famous Face.” Matt and Mike Schlepp were big fans of Brad Pitt, ever since. After undergoing chin implants and nose jobs amounting to $20,000, the twins looked like two copies of Brad Pitt.
Matt And Mike Schlepp
Pitt Twins
Unfortunately, the two did not gain fans trying to look like Brad Pitt because people thought that the two were not even close to the looks of Brad Pitt. Instead, the audience saw a resemblance to Steven Cojocaru within the two. Steven Cojocaru was known to be a Canadian television fashion critic.
Pitt Twins
Kitty
The late-night show “Nightline” featured the story of Kitty, who happened to be one of the biggest devotees of the American actress, Jennifer Lawrence. Even though her husband was her exact opposite for being not a fan of Jennifer Lawrence, Eric still respected Kitty’s decision. In essence, Kitty went under the knives of the famous surgeon, Dr. Franklin Rose.
Kitty
Jordan James Parke
So far, the next person on the list spent the most money out of all the people mentioned above. Jordan James Parke loved the show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” he really liked the vibe and personality of Kim Kardashian. That was why he underwent different procedures just to achieve Kim K’s look. He had many lip-filling procedures, eyebrow tattooing, and laser hair removal that cost him a total of $150,000. He ignored all the hate comments some netizens were giving and transformed them as motivation to keep going.
Jordan James Parke
Xiaoqing
At 21 years old, Xiaoqing was in a happy and healthy relationship with her boyfriend. He even gifted her a blonde wig that Xiaoqing wore most of the time when she went outside going to parties and other events. It felt like everything was under control until her boyfriend had broken up with her. Knowing that her ex-boyfriend was one of the biggest fans of Jessica Alba, Xiaoqing went under several procedures to achieve the face of Jessica Alba and also to win her ex back.
Xiaoqing
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Jocelyn Wildenstein wanted to save her and her husband’s marriage so badly that she underwent different medical operations to transform her looks. This could be one of the strangest transformations so far because of having the knowledge of her husband being really fond of cats, she spent millions of dollars just to look like a cat. Despite doing the most extreme measure she could do, she was not able to save their marriage.
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Jack Johnson
David Beckham is a famous footballer who played in professional leagues. Jack Johnson happened to be one of Beckham’s biggest supporters during his entire football career. He really idolized the former footballer to the point that he underwent different medical procedures like cheek and chin fillings, tanning injections, and teeth enhancement that cost him $26,000. He used the money he got from different government benefits.
Jack Johnson
Biggest Fan
It was really pleasing to know that he was happy with how all the surgical operations went out. Though he did not share all the details of his transformation like the real purpose aside from just idolizing the professional football player, David Beckham. Well, the important thing is all of the plastic surgeries he took were successful.
Biggest Fan
Carolyn Anderson
Aside from having the same last names, Carolyn Anderson wanted to have the exact same looks as the Baywatch actress had. Because of that, she underwent the knives of different plastic surgeons for getting beauty spot tattoos, botox, breast implants, hair extensions, teeth whitening, teeth straightening, skin peels, and artificial tans which all amounted to $40,000. But wait, there’s more. She was really determined to look more like the actress so she spent more money to buy the same outfits the actress had worn for a total value of $160,000.
Carolyn Anderson
Rodrigo Alves
Not being contented of how he physically looked like, Rodrigo Alves started having a few procedures, but he wanted more and more which brought him to a butt lift, more than ten nose jobs, silicone chest implants, calf shaping, laser liposuction, eight-pack abdominal implants, and eyeball plastic surgery. After all those procedures, he was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in which a person can’t stop thinking about flaws in his or her appearance.
Rodrigo Alves
Sarah Burge
Sarah Burge had no choice but to live a life always experiencing physical abuse when she was at a younger age. It was good to know that she managed to keep going despite the bad experiences she had before. Currently, she underwent different plastic surgeries to achieve her dream to look exactly like a beautiful Barbie doll.
Sarah Burge
Human Barbie
She became addicted to undergoing plastic surgeries. Just to achieve the Barbie doll looks she had always dreamed of, she spent millions of her money to go under the knives of professional surgeons where she got operations such as breast surgery, liposuction, and facial laser procedures.
Human Barbie
Valeria Lukyanova And Olga Oleynik
Ever since she was a little kid, Valeria Lukyanova was in awe of how beautiful Barbie looked like, I mean, who wasn’t? After having over ten procedures that cost her thousands of dollars, she was lucky to meet an internet friend, Olga Oleynik, who happened to do the same measures Valeria did because of her admiration towards Barbie. Their friendship was built strong just like how they started their business where they used both of their Barbie-like looks like a great strategy that led them into success.
Valeria Lukyanova And Olga Oleynik
Herbert Chavez
Ever since he was a kid, the famous Filipino dressmaker, Herbert Chavez loved Superman so much. In fact, he now holds the record of having the most number of Superman collections. When he came into the legal age and had enough money Herbert started to undergo different procedures just to look like the well-known superhero, Superman. He was willing to spend all of his money on surgeries. He even said that no one can get in his way of transforming his physicality into something like Superman’s until his body would still be capable of bearing procedures.
Herbert Chavez
Guerra
Even before starring in RuPaul’s Drag Race, Guerra was a famous drag queen commonly known for impersonating the Queen of Pop, Madonna. After joining the show, he realized that he wanted to take his impersonation to the next level. He underwent 19 plastic procedures which included a jaw filling, brow surgery, and cheek implants which cost him a total of $175,000.
Guerra
Gavin Paslow
Gavin Paslow used to be a security guard who did not look scary to people. Not until he realized at the age of 35 that he wanted to alter his body into something like Satan’s. He shared a disclaimer that he was not a Satanist at all, he was just really fond of having body alterations. He spent thousands of dollars undergoing different surgical procedures. He did everything he could just to look like Satan. He even changed his name into something that meant “devil from the inferno,” he is now called Diablo Delenfer. What do you think of this transformation? Scary or what?
Gavin Paslow