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 ...

Talk about an extreme body mod. Corneal tattooing is not only possible, but it has been known and done now for over 2,000 years — it became almost commonplace in the late 19th century and into the ...

A House panel has advanced a pair of body modification bills after adding amendments, including one that reversed a previous portion of the bill that would have banned scarification and dermal ...

After a bumpy start, a Republican state senator worked on a bipartisan bill to update the laws governing tattoos, piercing and scarification. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Painting with chalk -- Chalk & ocher -- Colors of the earth -- Ocher bodies -- Red ocher -- Ocher & oil -- Powdered with ash -- Patterns of beauty -- Spirit paint -- Painting for seduction "The ...