Body modification is a permanent or semi-permanent alteration of the body for non-medical reasons—think spiritual, societal, BDSM play, aesthetic or practical. Body modification has been in practice for at least two thousand plus years—Ötzi the Iceman was found with a fairly large earlobe piercing (1–000 gauge; 7–11mm) and 57 carbon tattoos.
Yesterday I had another piercing done—a […]