Angus Shen is suspended from hooks pierced through his skin by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





July waits to be suspended from hooks pierced through her skin by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





July and her boyfriend Jason Schaller kiss as they wait to be suspended from hooks pierced through their skins by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Spectators watch as Viktor Liu waits to be suspended from hooks pierced through his skin by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Spectators watch as professional body artist Wei Yilaien and her assistants prepare Viktor Liu for body suspension at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Spectators watch as Viktor Liu is suspended from hooks pierced through his skin by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Professional body artist Wei Yilaien applies a patch on July's back after she was suspended from hooks pierced through her skin at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





July gestures next to her boyfriend Jason Schaller while they are suspended from hooks pierced through their skins by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China September 16, 2018. “I like being unique and I don't like doing things that many people are aware of and would accept”, said Wei, 24, who staged the show of extreme body piercing in China's normally buttoned down financial capital. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Angus Shen prepares to be suspended from hooks pierced through his skin by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Hooks used by professional body artist Wei Yilaien for body suspension are seen inside a pouch at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Spectators watch as Viktor Liu is suspended from hooks pierced through his skin by professional body artist Wei Yilaien at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. Liu said his first experience hanging from hooks thrust into his skin was three years ago. It was a hasty decision made on a night when Liu was drunk, he said, but he now takes up the challenge once a year. “The process is very calming, as if I had separated from the world and entered a different space altogether which was wonderful and unreal”, Liu said. However, he admitted it comes with a price. “After the suspension, it felt painful. Very painful”, Liu said. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Professional body artist Wei Yilaien pierces a metal hook through July's skin as they prepare for a body suspension at a bar in Shanghai, China on September 16, 2018. “During the process, I felt some pain, which didn't last long”, July said. “There was a little burning sensation afterwards, but I felt very happy and nothing else”. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)