A Brazilian body-modification enthusiast has been dubbed “the devil” after horrifying followers with his latest act of self-mutilation. Fernando Franco de Oliveira, who hails from São Paulo, first ...

A rapper with dyed-black eyeballs, a bifurcated tongue and the number "666" carved into his head has got his most extreme body modification yet - a smile carved into his skin. Pen News/Renato de Santa ...

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 ...

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 ...

The face is no longer merely the site of identity, but a designed interface: between filters, “AI-inspired” surgery, ...

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 ...

An extreme ink addict who goes by Juliusz has taken his body modification journey to a whole new level by embedding numerous ...

Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

Fidelium Succubus has covered her body in many tattoos and body mods, but it's the insane subdermal implants sitting beneath her skin that truly surprise.