See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An Australian woman has died after a tattoo artist and body modifier ...

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 ...

This guy redefines the phrase “shooting off at the mouth.” A Mississippi body-modification “addict” is being dubbed a “human gun” after demonstrating how he can incredibly shoot pellets through a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cultures around the world still honor ancient traditional practices of body modification, or the intentional and often ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Eunuch Maker’ Marius Gustavson led an extreme body modification ring (PA Media) Six jailed members of a lucrative "human butchery ...

A well-known body modification specialist who invented the eye tattoo has been found not guilty of assisting in a woman’s botched labia removal. Howard Rollins, also known by his moniker Luna Cobra, ...

This man’s ears must be burning after photos of his controversial conch removal surgery went viral. Charles Bentley, a body modification enthusiast, reportedly traveled from Australia to Stockholm, ...

Saline injections, scarring, sepsis — meet ballmaxxing, the latest dangerous body-modification trend sweeping male-dominated corners of the internet, and the experts warning it could cause permanent ...

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An artistic representation of the Gotlant burial of a Viking-era woman with a modified skull Current Swedish Archaeology / Mirosław Kuźma / Matthias Toplak Examples of artificially altered bones ...