By the early 2010s, the bodycon era was in full swing, fueling a need for tight, smoothing undergarments that create the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...