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 ...

A Brazilian body-modification enthusiast has been dubbed “the devil” after horrifying followers with his latest act of self-mutilation. Fernando Franco de Oliveira, who hails from São Paulo, first ...

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 ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...

Orylan has covered herself in hundreds of tattoos and many different body modifications, spending more than $70,000 to undergo a totally demonic transformation.

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 ...