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 ...

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 ...

A few years from now, Grimes may look significantly different than she does now. Yesterday on Twitter, Grimes asked her followers, “2 years ago I made an appt with a great plastic surgeon, thought I ...

An artistic representation of the Gotlant burial of a Viking-era woman with a modified skull Current Swedish Archaeology / Mirosław Kuźma / Matthias Toplak Examples of artificially altered bones ...

Marcelo "B-boy" De Souza Ribeiro has had his left hand surgically almost cut in half. The Brazilian told Insider the three procedures were "smooth, quick, and not painful." The procedures lasted one ...

Toxii, a 31 year old body modification enthusiast, embarked on her transformation journey just four years ago. She has since undergone numerous procedures, some so radical that they required ...