Many types of body modification date back hundreds or thousands of years, revealing our ancient ancestors were not that different from us.

In an effort to resemble anything but a human, one self-proclaimed body modification addict has transformed their face with implants, tattoos, piercings and ink injections. Danny Englert’s obsession ...

Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male ...

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 ...

Borrowing techniques from Hans Holbein the Younger, Phillip Toledano photographs a new kind of beauty. Injectable Biomaterial Enables Tricky Facial-Injury Fixes, Extreme Body Mods Researchers have ...

Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen have been showing off a new look - alien-like body modification accessories, seemingly implanted under their skin. The jewellery, courtesy of art ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

An extreme body modification fan - who 'looks like a jumbled Christmas tree' after inking her eyeballs and implanting skulls into her hands - revealed the 'brutal' reaction she gets from strangers.