Marius Gustavson, who led the extreme body modification ring, is one of six men appealing against the length of their sentences for their role in the enterprise (PA Media) ...

This article examines how mainstream media frame and represent cosmetic surgery, tattooing, and body piercing as methods of body modification. Through an analysis of seventy-two newspaper articles on ...

In what could be the world’s most horrific body modification, a rapper has ripped the flesh off his face to give himself a “demon smile.” Renato de Santa, who has implants under his skin to ...

While Michel's body art is an extreme example, less ambitious tattooing has gone mainstream. "Tattoos have certainly outgrown the bad reputation," according to a 2020 industry report.

Strategies of body transformation and the construction of social identity were already part of the human experience in Europe more than twelve thousand years ago” a researcher said.

Evidence of prehistoric piercing—and other types of body modification—are difficult to find as it tends to be performed on soft tissues, like skin and muscle, that normally degrade after death.

Six men jailed - including three from Wales - for their roles in an extreme body modification ring which saw its leader cook human testicles to eat in a salad should have the lengths of their ...