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The modifactions she's planning to get -- to her ear and hand -- are illegal in Australia (Image: Daily Star) Australia's most tattooed woman has traveled halfway around the globe to undergo ...

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Fakir Musafar started photographing his own piercings and body modifications in secret in his family home in 1944, when he was just 14 years old. Wearing jockstraps, head coverings, neck stretching ...

Carley Millhone is a writer and editor based in the Midwest who covers health, women's wellness, and travel. Her work has appeared in publications like SELF, Greatist, and PureWow. Body lotion ...

Recently, the world of looksmaxxing and trans-related care collided when two controversial figures, Clavicular and Pariah the Doll, met at New York Fashion Week. (The latter claimed to have “mogged” ...

In the late eighties, at the height of maximalism, two-in-one formulas made their first appearance in Pert Plus, a dual shampoo-conditioner that got hair clean and kept it smooth. Nearly 40 years ...

Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID) is a rare and complex psychological condition in which individuals experience a persistent and distressing desire to become disabled in a specific way, often involving ...

Indie game developer GENEPOP Studio and publisher Spiral Up Games have launched a new Public Playtest for their latest title, Steel Soul Shaper. This game has you playing as an engineer in the not-too ...

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The body-worn camera footage of the deadly police use-of-force incident in Baltimore County on February 16 was released by the Maryland Attorney General's Office Wednesday. Samuel Brown, 56, died on ...

Share on Pinterest Appearance-based social media trends like looksmaxxing, softmaxxing, and hardmaxxing are often framed as self-improvement, but experts say they can contribute to body dysmorphia, ...