Body modification art has been burning up the headlines lately, ever since artist and New York University professor Wafaa Bilal announced that he would be undergoing surgery to implant a thumbnail ...

Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or phenotype. It is often done for aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage, religious beliefs, to ...

Body modification artist Steve Haworth performed a tongue-splitting procedure for a client at Black Label Tattoo and Piercing in Duluth on Aug. 1 while guest spotting at the shop.

Strategies of body transformation and the construction of social identity were already part of the human experience in Europe ...

Setting a Guinness World Record wasn't something Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina set out to do when she first began her body transformation. "I chuckle a little bit because I say I got two Guinness ...

For thousands of years, people have gotten body modifications like tattoos and piercings for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s tied to specific cultural practices, like the face tattoos of ...

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 ...