WHEN Nyxiven goes out with her two-year-old daughter, Penelope, she frequently gets questioned by strangers for being a heavily modified mum. The 24-year-old parent from California has 76-millimetre-wide stretched earlobes, more than 40 piercings and is on her way to becoming head-to-toe tattooed. She told Truly: "I hope I'll still look super weird when I'm really old - because otherwise, what is the point?" Although she loves changing the way her body looks, Nyxiven is not as experimental when it comes to choosing her outfit. She likes to wear all-black clothes and has only worn dresses a handful of times. People often assume that Nyxiven is 'a bad mum' because of her appearance. Today, Nyxiven wants to step out of her comfort zone and transform herself into 'a suburban mum'. Will Penelope still recognise her mummy in a new style?
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Videographer: Elie Khadra
Producers: Emilia Jiang, Kim Nguyen
Editor: Athina Chatzidaki
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Videographer: Elie Khadra
Producers: Emilia Jiang, Kim Nguyen
Editor: Athina Chatzidaki
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00:00The only times I tend to wear colors is if I'm borrowing somebody else's clothes.
00:06The most striking part of myself is definitely my modification.
00:10I feel like other people expect me to be a bad mom just because of my appearance alone.
00:16I hope that I'll still look super weird when I'm, like, really old, because otherwise what was the point?
00:22Today I'm transforming from heavily modified to suburban mom.
00:27I'm uncomfortable and it's not even on my flesh yet.
00:30One, two, three.
00:33No, no.
00:35I don't recognize me.
00:46It takes literally, like, 20 minutes to style my hair.
00:49Makeup can take me anywhere from about 15 minutes to two to three hours.
00:56I would describe my style as between punk and goth, a little bit of emo in there.
01:03The most striking part of myself is definitely my modifications.
01:07I have 44, 46 piercings at the moment.
01:11I tend to lose count just because of how often I get them.
01:15My earlobes are currently at three inches.
01:17It took me about eight to nine years to get my ears this big.
01:23I've only been getting tattooed for about a year, year and a half now.
01:26Eventually I would like to have my entire body tattooed.
01:30The only times I tend to wear colors is if I'm borrowing somebody else's clothes.
01:34It's pretty much all black.
01:36I hope that I'll still look super weird when I'm, like, really old, because otherwise what was the point?
01:45I feel like people definitely stereotype.
01:49Everyone thinks I believe in Satan or that I kill animals or something when it's quite frankly the opposite.
01:56How many dots is there? One, two, three.
02:01I feel like other people expect me to be a bad mom just because of my appearance alone.
02:06I've looked like this since Penelope was born, so I don't really think she thinks anything of it.
02:12Sometimes I worry when I go a little too hardcore, but she just starts laughing and playing with me.
02:20Today I'm transforming from heavily modified to suburban mom.
02:25I'm going to reveal my transformed look to my boyfriend, my daughter, and my mother.
02:30Scissors, scissors.
02:32Let's see what this one is, baby.
02:34Oh no.
02:37Long sleeves too.
02:40I'm uncomfortable and it's not even on my flesh yet.
02:44Oh no.
02:46Everything is beige.
02:48It's like reverse Christmas, because I'm not very excited anymore.
02:53I'm a lot more scared now than I thought I was going to be.
02:59I would say we're giving a make-under today to Nyx.
03:03Something a little less severe as the black mascara and the mohawk.
03:11I love the feel of makeup on my skin, but holy hell do I feel so gross right now.
03:17I feel like I'm going to cry.
03:19Don't cry.
03:25One, two, three.
03:31No, no.
03:34No.
03:37No.
03:41And it's exactly what I thought. No.
03:44I don't recognize me.
03:46I feel like Becky.
03:49I feel like my name is Becky now.
03:51No.
03:55I think my boyfriend is going to hate it.
03:57Hate it, hate it.
03:59So much hate.
04:06Oh my God.
04:08So different.
04:11Still beautiful, but you're still so different.
04:15I would have never recognized you going down the street or nothing.
04:19This is not what I expected to be.
04:22I don't like it.
04:24I'd rather have her with all her piercings and her tattoos and all that,
04:29because I know that that's her and that's what makes her happy.
04:33That's mine.
04:34No.
04:35Nope.
04:36That's not your mommy?
04:38Hey.
04:39Pretty girl.
04:41No touch.
04:43I was not at all surprised by my boyfriend's reaction.
04:46I was really surprised that my mom genuinely liked the way that I looked before today.
04:53First thing I'm going to do is take off these heels.
04:56Screw all that.
04:58And this.
05:00This is annoying.
05:02And I'm sweaty.
05:04And I like short hair.
05:06Today's look, I don't think I'm going to take anything from it,
05:09because I would like to pretend it didn't exist.
05:12Today's experience made me realize that I just really like who I am,
05:16and I don't want to fit in.
05:19I don't want to look like this.