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 ...

German archaeologists discovered that the skulls of three medieval Viking women found on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea showed evidence of an unusual procedure to elongate their ...

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 ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...

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 ...

DULUTH — Black Label Tattoo and Piercing welcomed a special guest recently. Famous body modification artist Steve Haworth visited the shop Aug. 1-5, taking several appointments for extreme services ...

A heavily tattooed and mutilated man dubbed the "Human Satan" because of his many body modifications has suffered complications following an operation that resulted in the removal of his navel. Now he ...

A Connecticut Army vet has taken home two Guinness World Records after inking and modifying 99.98% of her body — and is still carving out space for more. Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina officially became ...