Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or phenotype. It is often done for aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage, religious beliefs, to ...

Anthony Loffredo has taken the concept of body modifications to the extreme, undergoing a remarkable transformation to resemble an alien. His journey, known as the “Black Alien Project,” has sparked ...

Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...