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 ...

Man has entire inner ear removed in controversial body modification procedure. A Swedish body modification artist performed a ...

He earned a new record, lickety-split. Marcelo “B-boy” De Souza Ribeiro, 40, has become the first patient to have surgery to split his hands as he continues to hold onto his title of “most modified ...

Many people aren’t sure what to make of Tiamat Legion Medusa, the self-described most body-modified transexual in the world, who has transitioned not only from male to female, but from human to ...

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I want to thank my nose piercing for the confidence boost. As a young lady, I feel expected to have a physical trait I am unhappy with. For me, I have never liked my nose. After years of contemplating ...

Some years ago, I was asked to provide the Bible’s “opinion” on the subject of tattoos. What was once somewhat uncommon in the local community surrounds us these days. I find it appropriate to revisit ...

A Brazilian man who had his hand surgically almost cut in half told Insider on Friday that the procedure was "smooth, quick, and not painful." Marcelo "B-boy" De Souza Ribeiro, from Bocaiúva, Brazil, ...

Scarification is a form of body modification. The scarification process involves someone purposefully cutting into the skin to create scars in specific designs, patterns, or markings. Many indigenous ...

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 ...