Why wear a beautiful, classy engagement ring when you could just disfigure yourself by jamming the diamond into a bloody hole in your hand?

Apparently, the hot new trend for women is to skip wearing an engagement ring . . . and instead, they're having the diamond implanted directly into the skin on their ring finger.

The diamond is held in place with something called a "dermal anchor," which is a little hook that's implanted underneath the skin.  And it hurts like hell to have one put in.

There are also some potential health risks . . . your cells can reject the anchor and it can lead to permanent scarring or tissue damage.

But, hey, I say….anything to look good… right!

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