All About Branding
Details of multi-strike brand, new electro-cautery techniques, cupping, and do-it-yourself. Also features aftercare information. |
Beauty Marks
Article by Gemma Tarlach asking if body modification is trend or cultural phemonenon. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinal] |
Beyond Tattoos and Piercings
Synopsis of a report from a 1999 tv news magazine. The transcript is no longer on site but ordering information is available. [ABCNEWS.com] |
Body Piercing in the West
An academic-style research paper on the sociologial bases for recent interest in body modification. Contains references. By Susan Holtham. |
Body Piercing: Reclamation, Enhancement, and Self-Expression
Essay by Sander Thomas expaining his view on some of the meanings and reasons for certain body adornments. |
Brand New Bodies
Article by Jeffrey Ressner. No longer on site but contains ordering information. [Time Magazine] |
Doctor Armando Favazza and Essie on Body Modification
Chat transcript related to the tv report of same date. [ABCNEWS.com] |
Extreme Body Modifications
Information on tattooing, piercing, branding, stretching, and scaring. Also contains image galleries and a message board. |
Free homepages for BodModders
BME/World provides free home pages and e-mail to people with body modification interests. This page also provides a list of those personal home pages. |
Ihung.org
Reference site pertaining to body rituals such as flesh pulls and suspensions. |
ModCon
Information on the annual conference on body modification and images from past events. |
My Temple of Pain
Personal details and images pertaining to various brandings, surgical modifications, and implants. |
Personal Rituals
From the Body Modification E-zine - individuals share their experiences of their chosen modification and the internal processes leading up to the event. |
Tattoos and The Bible
A recovering addict tells his story about his first tattoo and the process of reconciling that decision with The Bible. |
The Lizardman
Erik Sprague is a sideshow artist who shares his experiences and philosophies behind his body modifications. Features an events list as well as contact and booking information. |
The Resurgence of Body Ornamentation and Augmentation
A research paper by Mecca Shakoor, a student at U.C. Berkeley. Outlines the history and relates it to two movements: Punk and Urban Primitive. |
The Wasp Waist
Discusses the effects of using corsets to change the shape of the body. |
