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Body Modifications

Smart Tattoo Technology: The Future Within Skin

These tech tats can monitor your blood sugar, control your TV, and more! Let's talk about the future of smart tattoo technology.

By Justine Morrow Read more

Embody Metamorphosis: Ancient Body Modifications

In this article, we take a look at some of the ancient body modifications that continue to inspire us today.

By Justine Morrow

Innovative New 'Tattoos' Bring Us Ever Closer to the Age of Cyborgs

Newly developed SkinMarks turn the human body into an electronic controller via temporary tattoos.

By Servo Jefferson

Drilling A Hole In Your Skull – The History Of Trepanation

For nearly 10,000 years humans have been boring holes into their heads, but why?

By Servo Jefferson

Brazilian Man Turns Himself Into a 'Walking Corpse'

The man known as Cursed Gravedigger is working to look as much like a zombie as he possibly can.

By Joe

Parrot Man Admits to Spending Pension Money on Tattoos and Body Mods

Ted Richards, aka Parrot Man, is trying to turn himself into a parrot and he revealed how he's paying for it all. Polly wanna Pension Plan!

By Joe

Biohacking, the Body Modification that Turns You into a Cyborg

Are we ready for LED-powered tattoos and implants and magnetic fingers?

By Xavier — over 4 years ago

Unbelievable Scarification by BSlice

Scarification is certainly not for the faint of heart!

By Robert Davies — over 4 years ago

Ink, Blood and Spirit: The Art and Tattoos of Little Swastika

Watch the film that explores the life of one of the world's most interesting tattooists.

By Rebecca — over 4 years ago

10 Badass Ladies With Sensual Split Tongues

The tongue splitting procedure may not be pretty to watch or experience, but the results are badass and rather sensual.

By Stacie Mayer

Bold Scarification by Dave Santoni

Scarification may be a little extreme for some but it still looks insane!

By Robert Davies

The Cultural Heritage Of Tattooing: Tattoo Hunter Lars Krutak

Tattoo anthropologist Lars Hunter educates us about indigenous body modification practices from all over the world.

By Rebecca

10 Extreme Eyeball Tattoos

Here's a collection of beautiful portraits of the world's most extreme people with eyeball tattoos.

By minerva

Did You Know? Dental Piercings Are Trending Again!

Yes, it's real! Here's some Dental Piercing facts, info and what you need to know.

By minerva

Radical Body Piercings In Unusual Places

These aren't your everyday, run-of-the-mill body piercings.

By minerva

Meet Erik Sprangue: The Lizardman

Freak Show Performance artist, musical and reptile-man hybrid! Meet Erik “The Lizardman” Sprangue!

By PK

Hanging, Slicing, and Inking at Colombia's Cali Tattoo Festival

Body modification artists and enthusiasts lived it up on a three-day tattoo festival in Colombia with hooks, ink, and needles.

By Xavier

Etienne Dumont: Switzerland’s Most Acclaimed Art Critic

You wouldn’t tell at first glance, but Etienne Dumont is one of Switzerland’s most acclaimed art critics!

By PK — about 5 years ago

Bodyshockers: Extremely Painful Sub-dermal Skull Implant

A wife from Birmingham gives her husband the “best anniversary gift ever”—an extremely painful sub-dermal skull implant.

By Xavier — about 5 years ago

15 Gorgeous Scarifications You Might Even Consider Getting

You might give scarification a second thought once you see these gorgeous pieces painstakingly and meticulously carved onto skin!

By Xavier — over 5 years ago

Yann Brenyak: Creating Unique Skin Carvings

Body modification artist and enthusiast Yann Brenyak combines negative space blackwork with scarification to create blackwork skin carvings.

By Xavier

10 Reasons Why We Won't Mind Getting Bitten By The Vampire Woman

Of all the reasons that make Maria Jose Cristerna aka The Vampire Woman one of our favourite people in the world, here's our top ten.

By Xavier

6 People Who Turned Themselves Into Animals Through Body Modifications

Meet the faces who turned themselves into fascinating animals through heavy body modifications.

By Xavier

Meet Katzen Hobbes The Tiger Lady

She is a female stage performance artist, a musician and a tattoo artist: Meet Katzen Hobbes the one and only Tiger Lady!

By PK