Man has entire inner ear removed in controversial body modification procedure. A Swedish body modification artist performed a ...

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Anthony Loffredo, who calls himself the “black alien,” removed his ears, nostrils and even a few fingers; sharpened his teeth and dyed them purple; and covered his body in extreme tattoos. Now the ...

Many people aren’t sure what to make of Tiamat Legion Medusa, the self-described most body-modified transexual in the world, who has transitioned not only from male to female, but from human to ...

A medical look at unusual and extreme body modifications and how they are performed.

This body art enthusiast puts the “devil” in devil-may-care. A California man has spent tens of thousands of dollars on piercings, tattoos and other physical modifications, including a silicone penis ...

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 ...

If you're a fan of the TV show Yellowstone, you'll know the deal—you earn your place on the ranch by being branded. On the show, this means having a red-hot iron pressed into your flesh, leaving a ...

This German couple has covered themselves from head to toe in incredibly radical tattoos and increasingly extreme body ...

I got my first tattoo in December. I'm now up to seven — with more planned. I put off getting my first tattoo for years because I didn't feel ready. It felt like my body didn't belong to me. I ...

A Brazilian man who had his hand surgically almost cut in half told Insider on Friday that the procedure was "smooth, quick, and not painful." Marcelo "B-boy" De Souza Ribeiro, from Bocaiúva, Brazil, ...