body modification
Why Burmese Men Are Pumping Their Dicks Full of Coconut Oil
Koko is a medical student who was volunteering at a refugee camp on the Thailand-Burma border. Sometimes she had to operate on guys who had tried gaining an inch with a tub of oil and a syringe.
A Tattoo Artist Explains Why She Got Her Eyeballs Inked
Ten years in medicine has made me weary of anything dangerous, especially eye tattoos. So I sat down with my recently inked friend to hear her perspective on the new body modification fad.
Jar-Sized Waists: The High Cost of Extreme Corset Training
A subculture of people known as tightlacers whittle down their mid-sections with steel boned corsets. We spoke with an expert to understand body modification and the normalcy of an 'unnatural' body.
This Body Modification Expert Invented a Gory Technique to Manipulate Flesh
The Swiss-born body modification pro Yann Brenyak has developed an innovative style of tattoo that he describes as "graphic skin removal."
Witnessing Funeral Doom, NSFW Blood Rituals, and Feminine Power in the Heart of Ridgewood DIY
Evoken, Muscle & Marrow, and SIRE provided the soundtrack for a bloody ritual celebration of the dark goddess Lilith at Trans Pecos last weekend.
The Dumbest Tattoos Canada’s Top Artists Have Been Asked to Ink
From butterfly wings around vaginas to four-leaf clovers on some dude's junk—these artists have seen it all.
Hanging with the People Who Ritualistically Suspend Their Bodies from Hooks
VICE Serbia went to Rijeka, Croatia to explore the ancient art of using handmade hooks to pierce the skin as well as the city's tattoo and body modification scenes.
What It's Like to Have Your Balls Inflated
What's the deal with scrotum saline infusions? To find out, I went through the procedure myself.
The Half Life of Body Hacking
An outdated RFID implant is like a regrettable tattoo—you can remove it, but it's going to be bloody.
Should Getting Beaten Up Because You’re a ‘Freak with Horns’ Be Considered a Hate Crime?
I talked to a lawyer who said that it probably wouldn't be treated as one in the courts.
Skullture: A History of People Reshaping Their Heads
People all over the world bound babies’ heads to permanently change the shape of their skulls. But why?