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Body modification encompasses a wide array of intentional alterations of the human form, including tattooing, piercing, scarification, cosmetic surgery and implant procedures. Once largely confined to ...

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 ...

Fakir Musafar started photographing his own piercings and body modifications in secret in his family home in 1944, when he was just 14 years old. Wearing jockstraps, head coverings, neck stretching ...