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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 ...

Man has entire inner ear removed in controversial body modification procedure. A Swedish body modification artist performed a ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --A Connecticut woman earned two Guinness World Records by covering 99.98% of her body in tattoos and having 89 body modifications. Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina, 36, of Bridgeport, was ...

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 ...

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 ...

A medical look at unusual and extreme body modifications and how they are performed.

Nov. 17 (UPI) --A married couple with a total 98 body modifications earned a Guinness World Record for their collective number of piercings, microdermals, body implants and other modifications.

A Brazilian man who had his hand surgically almost cut in half told Insider on Friday that the procedure was "smooth, quick, and not painful." Marcelo "B-boy" De Souza Ribeiro, from Bocaiúva, Brazil, ...

Grimes is no stranger to body modifications, and the singer took to Instagram this week to reveal yet more "alien scars". Sharing a photo with her fans, Grimes showed off the tattoo across her chest, ...