John Lynch has clinched the title with 241 piercings all over his body, including 150 on his head an neck.
The 78 year-old from Apsely, Hertfordshire, gave up flying years ago because his vast array of body art kept setting off security scanners at airports.
And the eccentric pensioner also has hundreds of tattoos on his body including his favourite, a huge portrait of film star Marilyn Monroe which takes up most of his torso.
Mr Lynch, who worked for Barclays Bank for 30 years, had to show all his adornments to an official from the Guinness Book of Records who had to count and verify the number of piercings all over his body.
He got his first piercing on his eyebrow when he decided he had enough of working in the bank in his 40's and also got himself his first tattoo an eagle on his right arm.
But since then Mr Lynch, who looks fearsome, has become a well-known character in the area.
"I gave up working at the bank all those years ago because I was a square peg in a round hole and I always wanted to get a few piercings and tattoos," he said.
"I knew I wanted to stand out a bit from the crowd, and I could not do that at the bank," he added.
He says the reaction he gets from his shocking looks is mainly favourable from passers by.
He said: "I never thought about breaking the record. I've always just done it because I like it but it is quite an achievement.
"I was actually a few short so had 20 or so popped into my arms to up the numbers and if somebody beats me I could always find space for a few more.
Mr Lynch appears in the 2010 edition of the Guinness World Records book, which has just been published.
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