leather, etc.) Livestock branding, the marking of animals to indicate ownership such as Human branding, body modification done for various reasons, voluntary...

cold branding iron. It therefore uses the physical techniques of livestock branding on a human, either with consent as a form of body modification; or...

This page contains a list of body modifications. Body piercing – permanent placement of jewelry through an artificial fistula; sometimes further modified...

burning/branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification or body art. The body modification can...

Aztec body modification (or body alteration) was practiced by the members of the Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica. Many times the body modification was used...

of body ornamentation are a cultural universal (found in all human societies). They can involve body modification (permanent) tattoos branding body piercing...

interviews pertaining to advanced topics in body modification such as human branding, suspension (body modification), contortionism and binding. The magazine...

Steve Haworth is a body modification artist based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is responsible for the invention and popularization of subdermal and transdermal...

Anthony Loffredo (b. France, c. 1988) is an extreme body modification artist. He was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary in 2023. In a 2023 article...

primitives are people in developed, or modern nations who engage in body modification rituals and practices inspired by the ceremonies, rites of passage...