Aug. 22 (UPI) --A Connecticut woman earned two Guinness World Records by covering 99.98% of her body in tattoos and having 89 body modifications. Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina, 36, of Bridgeport, was ...

Months after garnering online buzz over her finger piercing in September, the 12-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and ...

Six jailed members of a lucrative “human butchery” enterprise can challenge the length of their sentences, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes carried out male ...

In an effort to resemble anything but a human, one self-proclaimed body modification addict has transformed their face with implants, tattoos, piercings and ink injections. Danny Englert’s obsession ...

The man ran a website where subscribers could watch video of the "illegal mutilations," which included castration and penis removal; he was also accused of keeping "trophies" and cannibalism. A ...

The way to her heart is through her hand. A woman from suburban Houston had a silicone heart embedded in her left hand to add to her unique look. Orylan, 24, had already had her tongue split, her eyes ...

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 ...

A Connecticut woman has etched her name in the Guinness World Records. Bridgeport resident Esperance Lumineska, 36, has 99.98% of her body covered in ink and she also has 89 body modifications, ...

The most extreme body modifications you could ever imagine.

Setting a Guinness World Record wasn't something Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina set out to do when she first began her body transformation. "I chuckle a little bit because I say I got two Guinness World ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...