James broke that record in 2020 with 14, again in 2022 with 15, and once more this year when he added two more in his nose. It was originally held by Joel Miggler (Germany) in 2014, when he had his 11 face flesh tunnels verified. This is the third time James has been awarded the record. “For me, expressing myself regardless of what other people think has made me feel a lot more fulfilled, I don’t want to change myself to fit in with other people, it’s better to just be myself and spend my energy finding where I fit in anyway.” “Something quite important that I’ve learned recently is that it makes a lot more sense to get your self-esteem from an internal locus of evaluation instead of how other people interpret you because at the end of the day, the most important thing is the relationship you have with yourself. He added: “Everybody who I stop and talk to for any reason seems to treat me just as they would anybody else. Thankfully, that’s no longer something James has to deal with on a daily basis. “Because I assumed people would be judgemental towards me then it was kind of… if you’re looking for something then you’re going to see it more.” Advertisements

“But I feel like a lot of that was more down to my own mental health and the sort of relationship I had with myself and how that affected the way I interpreted other people’s behaviour towards me. He said: “I used to feel that quite a lot of people were very judgemental towards me based on the way I look, and I do still feel that to an extent.

When he popped into our London HQ to update his record, the 27-year-old shared some very wise words with us. And while he may sometimes get curious looks from passers-by, James says he’s come to realize that his own opinion is what matters most.

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