What performance-enhancing methods should be allowed in sports? Where can we draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable? Where do we draw the line between acceptable behaviour and cheating? All ...

A mainstream development in our culture these days are tattoos and piercings of various body parts, known as “body modifications.” More and more adolescents are keen to get this done. Alissa Thomson ...

An extreme form of body modification that is gripping parts of Japan has its roots in Canada. “Bagel head” is a technique where a person’s forehead is injected with 300-400cc of saline to create 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 ...

In 2000, only 300 American women had upper-arm lift surgery, but the operation’s popularity has grown massively in recent years. According to new statistics from the American Society of Plastic ...

If you could reshape your foot and turn it into a platform heel, would you? Would you modify your fingers for the fall season, making them webbed and delicately lace-like? Or how about a statement ...

When Holly Mosienko decided to cover up an unsightly scar on her leg, she strayed away from typical solutions, like plastic surgery or makeup. Instead, she opted for more scarring – this time, in the ...

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