While Coral Springs doesn’t seem like the epicenter of alternative lifestyles, that’s where you’ll find the 17th Annual South Florida Tattoo Expo. Back for another year, the celebration of all things ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 permanent body modification during the Viking Age, ...