Modification Culture

Superhuman: the Magic of Modified Skin

Human skin serves multiple purposes, and is considered to be a separate bodily organ.  It facilitates communication through our sense of touch, assists in regulating the body’s temperature, acts as...
Jewelry Fashion

Body Jewelry Update: Cuckoo for Kanji

Nothing’s cooler than awesome body jewelry, except maybe awesome tattoo art inspired body jewelry.  One of the biggest trends in contemporary tattoo culture is the use of Chinese and Japanese symbo...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

The Future of Body Art: Facial Tattooing

As tattoo art in general continues to move into the mainstream, newer, bolder, and more interesting types and locations of ink are beginning to take a foothold amongst the more heavily modified gen...
Jewelry Fashion

Jewelry Fashion Fix: a Taste of the Tropics

Summer is all about sun and fun, including tropical and exotic beauty.  Summer style should be natural, understated, and effortless, because every possible moment should be lived to the fullest whi...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Modification Overview: Surface Piercings

Surface piercings are piercings that are made across a flat plane of skin, rather than through a fold or outcropping of tissue or cartilage.  They’re composed of two separate punctures, connected b...
Ear Piercings

Video: Natori’s Tragus Piercing – Up Close and Personal

Take a front row seat as BodyCandy friend Natori gets her tragus pierced by James at American Skin Art.  (Look for the needle insertion at about the 27 second mark.) First, the piercer uses cue tip...
Jewelry Fashion

This Month in Modification: Blueberry Beauty

Did you know that the month of July is National Blueberry Month?  It’s easy to see why these sweet little berries deserve a whole month to celebrate their awesomeness.  They’re good for eating, jui...
Modification Culture

Piercing Knowledge: Threading the Needle

In honor of Thread the Needle Day (which occurs tomorrow on the 25th), we figure it’s time to have a little talk.  Specifically, we just want to let everyone know why professional piercers are so i...
Jewelry Fashion

Piercing Fashion Flash: Very Vanilla

Today is Vanilla Ice Cream Day (and you know how much we all scream for ice cream), but if you’re looking for other ways to celebrate that are a little less messy, cool vanilla color is an awesome ...