Editors Note: This story was written before COVID-19 had an impact on Iowa City. The piercing shops mentioned are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Are you ready?” he asked me, ...

New York’s latest pop-up museum is expanding the definition of what it means to be human. For “A. Human,” celebrity PR guru Simon Huck has fabricated a vision of a not-so-distant future where ...

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 ...

DULUTH — Black Label Tattoo and Piercing welcomed a special guest recently. Famous body modification artist Steve Haworth visited the shop Aug. 1-5, taking several appointments for extreme services ...

Amber Luke, from Brisbane, Australia has 600 tattoos covering her face and body. (Joshua Maguire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A heavily-tattooed Australian woman is revealing she went through $120 ...

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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 ...

Anthony Loffredo has taken the concept of body modifications to the extreme, undergoing a remarkable transformation to resemble an alien. His journey, known as the “Black Alien Project,” has sparked ...

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 ...