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 ...

Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --A Connecticut woman earned two Guinness World Records by covering 99.98% of her body in tattoos and having 89 body modifications. Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina, 36, of Bridgeport, was ...

The ancient religious significance of body modification in Judaism and Sikhism; a chat with Australian music legend John ...

Social media influencer Mary Magdalene, described as a surgery addict, died at 33 after a tragic fall in Thailand. Her story as a surgery addict raises questions about body modification risks.

Ink addict Remy Schofield, known to be one of the most tattooed people in the world, has revealed what he'll do once all his skin is covered up.

In a previous PT blog-post, I challenged you to consider whether body piercing and tattooing are forms of self-expression or self-mutilation. I would now like to focus on an even more fascinating (pop ...

The youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner dynasty has provided unprecedented transparency about her decade-long relationship with cosmetic enhancement procedures, revealing intimate details about ...