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 ...

Body modification is not a new phenomenon. In fact, with how easily accessible piercings and lip fillers are, they are all too common around us. But then there are some who are not satisfied with the ...

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 ...