About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 98. Chapters: Castration, Lip piercing, Bodybuilding, Body art, Corset, Scarification, Trepanning, Foot binding, Adornment, Body piercing, Henna, Hair coloring, Subdermal implant, Restoration device, Strangeland, Lip plate, Artificial cranial deformation, Without Breasts There Is No Paradise, Elayne Angel, Horace Ridler, Suspension, Tongue splitting, Manicure, Fakir Musafar, Comprachicos, Shannon Larratt, BMEzine, Pedicure, Breast ironing, Steve Haworth, Stalking Cat, Racial transformation, LED tattoo, Pain Olympics, Socket, The Lizardman, Modern Primitives, The Enigma, Human tooth sharpening, Lukas Zpira, Neck ring, Lee Wagstaff, Lip sewing, Extraocular implant, Redresseur corset, Samuel O'Reilly, Angellift, Eyelid enhancement, Church of Body Modification, Edward Bodkin, Scalpelling, New skool, Body piercing jewellery, Transdermal implant, Macrolane, Cranioplasty, Branding, Katzen, Genital reconstructive surgery, Pocketing, Zebibah, Hydrolipoclasy, Ear shaping, Genital piercing, Body suit, Microdermal implants, Cutter. Excerpt: Body piercing, a form of body modification, is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewellery may be worn. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice. While the history of body piercing is obscured by a lack of scholarly reference and popular misinformation, ample evidence exists to document that it has been practiced in various forms by both sexes since ancient times throughout the world. Ear piercing and nose piercing have been particularly widespread and are well represented in historical records and among grave goods. The oldest mummified remains ever discovered were sporting earrings, attesting to the existence of the practice more than 5,000 years ago. Nose p...
