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 ...

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 ...

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 body-modification addict claims that he’s “harassed” in the street after having both his nose and nipples removed in the name of body art. “People love hating anything different,” Odin, who goes by ...

A chilling new trend is burning its way through social media feeds, and it's as dangerous as it sounds. Known as freeze branding, this extreme form of body modification involves pressing frozen metal ...

A woman on social media used an extraordinary number of piercings to attach safety pins and ribbons to her face, giving ...

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