I actually know this guy socially. He used to live in the So Cal area, but moved for work-related reasons. He's in the computer field. As mentioned, he's having the work done to follow his totem, which is the tiger. Other than looking very strange, he's a really nice guy. Did you know that due to the fscked up laws in the US, all extreme body mods have to be done without anaesthesia? So, a woman can go in and get breast implants the size of her head and that's ok, but a guy wants to have surgically implanted whiskers, and that has to be done without anything to dull the pain.