She altered her body — and upped her body count. A Russian mom who’s modified her appearance by shaving her head and adding dozens of tattoos and piercings says her one-night-stands adore her ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

This tattoo and body modification addict chopped her tongue in half and sliced up her ears, stitching them back together again in bizarre and unusual shapes.

Nov. 17 (UPI) --A married couple with a total 98 body modifications earned a Guinness World Record for their collective number of piercings, microdermals, body implants and other modifications.

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, ...