Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. Mayan royalty had their tongues and genitals pierced; during the Victorian era, many ...

It's my first ritual hook-pull and I am scared shitless. I am one of 15 men who have gathered at Alchemy, a dungeon space in SoMa with exposed brick walls and a skylight. I've been to Alchemy several ...

Archaeologists have discovered more than 100 ornaments for use in piercings in ~11,000-year-old adult burials in Türkiye, providing the earliest conclusive evidence for body perforation and suggesting ...

In a previous PT blog-post, I challenged you to consider whether body piercing and tattooing are forms of self-expression or self-mutilation. I would now like to focus on an even more fascinating (pop ...

Fakir Musafar, an icon of the modern body modification culture, died at his home in Menlo Park August 1. He announced in May that he was fighting advanced lung cancer. He was 87. Born Roland Loomis, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. I am a physician specializing in dermatology. My colleagues and I ...