AWFUL MODS. Self piercing. Stick and poke. Body modification. Body modification (or body alteration, called body mutilation by detractors) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or phenotype.[1] It is often done for aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage, religious beliefs, to display group membership or affiliation, to create body art, for shock value, and as self-expression, among other reasons.[1][2] In its most broad definition it includes plastic surgery, socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear piercing in many societies), and religious rites of passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures), as well as the modern primitive movement.
Explicit ornaments[edit] Surgical augmentation[edit] Scarification. Tattoos. White ink tattoo. Spine tattoo. Snake tattoo. Piercings. Ear piercing types. Common Ear Piercings Helix Piercing This is a type of piercing where the cartilage or the upper ear is punctured so that an earring can be placed.
More often than not, a piercing gun is used to pierce the ear. Industrial piercing. Conch piercing. Conch punch. Stretched conch. Ear stretching. Young woman with stretched earlobes Stretching, in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed piercing for the purpose of wearing certain types of jewelry. Ear piercings are the most commonly stretched piercings,[1] with nasal septum piercings, tongue piercings and lip piercings/lip plates following close behind.[2] While all piercings can be stretched to some degree, cartilage piercings are usually more difficult to stretch and more likely to form hypertrophic scars if stretched quickly.
Dermal punching is generally the preferred method for accommodating larger jewelry in cartilage piercings.[3] Stretching is usually done in small increments to minimize the potential for damaging the healed fistula or creating scar tissue. Mursi woman with stretched lip and earlobes. Stretched ears. Bodyartforms.com. Labret. Stretched labret. Septum. Stretched septum. Belly ring.