Editors Note: This story was written before COVID-19 had an impact on Iowa City. The piercing shops mentioned are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Are you ready?” he asked me, ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...

Piercings aren’t just about looking cool anymore – they’re a full-blown cultural revolution of self-expression. Millennials are transforming body modification from a rebellious act into a deeply ...

Cardi B and North West both had surface piercings that took the world by storm in 2025. Is this a budding trend for 2026?

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 ...

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 ...

Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos has been modifying his appearance for many years, but it's not until recently that he ...

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 ...

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 ...

The controversy surrounding piercing babies’ ears was reignited with a recent TikTok clip. UK-based Adhum Price, who works as a cosmetic body piercer in Birmingham, posted the video earlier this month ...

Antique dealer Diakokudo Nero has covered himself in radical tattoos, body modifications and piercings to transform into 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 ...