She altered her body — and upped her body count. A Russian mom who’s modified her appearance by shaving her head and adding dozens of tattoos and piercings says her one-night-stands adore her ...

Cultures around the world still honor ancient traditional practices of body modification, or the intentional and often irreversible alteration of the skin. For many practitioners, body modifications ...

In the realm of extreme body modifications, few individuals have taken it as far as Michel ‘Diabao’ Praddo. The 49-year-old Brazilian — renowned for his remarkable transformations and known as the ...

Caitlin Cartwright says branding "is absolutely safe as long as it is with an experienced, professional artist." Amber Luke has a split tongue, lip tattoo, gauged ears, tattoos on nearly every part of ...

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This tattoo and body modification addict chopped her tongue in half and sliced up her ears, stitching them back together ...

If you have been living under a popular culture rock, you may not have heard of the recent body modification fad known as the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL). It involves taking fat from the stomach or back ...

In 2004, The State Press published an image of an exposed nipple with an industrial piercing on the cover of its October magazine. The cover story was titled “Sensual Steel,” but would be remembered ...

A drastic new procedure, which inflicts tiny fractures to the ribs, emerges at the forefront of body modification. A drastic new procedure, which inflicts tiny fractures to the ribs, emerges at the ...