The Alarming Boom in Height Surgery, And Why It's So Risky

Would you willingly have your legs broken, the bones stretched apart millimetre by millimetre and then spend months in ...
New York Post

I had my belly button surgically removed — and no one understands why

TikTok creator Ezequiel, who posts under the name “Ogreto,” is no stranger to body modification. However, the TikTok user — who also sports a forked tongue and stretched earlobe — has now baffled ...
Rolling Out

How gastric sleeve surgery helps shed 30% of body weight

A surgical procedure that drastically reduces stomach size has become the leading weight loss operation in the United States, with approximately 150,000 Americans undergoing the transformation ...
Psychology Today

The BBL Bubble: How Social Media Fuels Body Modification

What role does the media play in fueling body modification surgeries, particularly among women, and what, if anything, might be done about it? (This is not to downplay the increasing prevalence of men ...
The Next Web

Body Modification

Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or phenotype. It is often done for aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage, religious beliefs, to ...
Observer

Allie Rowbottom On Her Novel ‘Aesthetica’: “No One Was Writing The Book I Wanted To Read About Plastic Surgery.”

In Los Angeles some people drive miles to find an empty beach where they can relax, read, and smear sunscreen in privacy. Not me. I crave a crowded shoreline. Since lockdown I find myself desperate to ...
Rolling Out

Kylie Jenner’s 10 years of plastic surgery and regrets

The youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner dynasty has provided unprecedented transparency about her decade-long relationship with cosmetic enhancement procedures, revealing intimate details about ...