Cultures around the world still honor ancient traditional practices of body modification, or the intentional and often irreversible alteration of the skin. For many practitioners, body modifications ...

Musician Grimes has tweeted about her quest for elf ears -- she's wearing prosthetics above -- but a highly-regarded body-modification artist has concerns. AFP via Getty Images Last month, Grimes ...

This man’s ears must be burning after photos of his controversial conch removal surgery went viral. Charles Bentley, a body modification enthusiast, reportedly traveled from Australia to Stockholm, ...

I can’t even begin to estimate how many jobs I’ve applied to whose dress codes included a phrase like, “No visible tattoos or piercings.” This mandate always rubbed me the wrong way for several ...

A man known as the “Human Satan” due to his extreme body transformations has removed his ears to mark the end of the Covid mask mandate. Brazilian Michel Faro do Prado, has undergone extensive body ...

Spock-like ear surgery can be painful and is irreversible. April 7, 2011— -- The photos are pointedly striking - young adults who have intentionally cut their ears to appear like those of elves ...

The Bad Skin Clinic's newest series features 30-year-old Sophie as she shares her journey with body modification that spiralled "out of control". Recounting her experience with stretched ears which ...