body modification
Stick-and-Poke Tattoos Are Giving People Stuck at Home a Sense of Control
As they swing between fear and boredom, people are turning to hand-poked tattoos for a creative (and cool-looking) distraction from their day-to-day realities.
We Asked Professional Piercers If Cuomo Actually Has Nipple Rings
Outlines under the Governor's shirt are causing a frenzy online. But does the internet's Pandemic Daddy really have pierced nipples?
this cyborg artist can sense the weather using ear implants
Manel de Aguas is developing an artificial organ that will allow him to feel changes in temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure through his skull.
this cyborg artist can sense the weather using ear implants
Manel de Aguas is developing an artificial organ that will allow him to feel changes in temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure through his skull.
How it Feels to Deliver (and Receive) the World’s Most Hardcore Blackwork Tattoo
We interviewed the creators of "Feris Tergo"—the ultimate in performance art BDSM.
A Hindu Tamil Practice Where Believers Prove Their Faith Through Piercings
At first glance, the Thaipusam festival might seem more like a body modification convention than religious practice.
inside the underground subculture of female korean tattoo artists
Although tattooing is illegal in South Korea, these brave women sacrifice safety for art.
The Trans Woman Who Became a Dragon
I spent a day with Eva Tiamat Medusa, a trans woman who modified her body to become a dragon.
People Are Shoving Beads into Their Penis Skin for Better Sex
Google image "pearling" at your own risk.
This Body Modder Wants to Turn Herself into a Sex Doll
The 27-year-old told VICE how she got into what she calls "bimbofication" and why she sees plastic surgery as a form of empowerment.
What It's Like to Be a Hardcore Body Modifier
VICE met up with a guy who's been tattooed, pierced, and hooked more times than he can count.
Model Says She May Lose Eyesight After Botched Eyeball Tattoo
It's been four weeks since Catt Gallinger says her ex-boyfriend botched the procedure and she still doesn’t know just how bad the damage is.