People do the weirdest shit to their bodies....I respect their right to do them , but wowser....

[pkdu]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31070333

[3catwoman3]

1. That is nuts!

To each his/her own and all that, but I would call that mutilation rather than modification. Gonna look really hideous when those folks are octogenarians.

[hifiguy]

2. i agree but there comes a point where it tips into a pathology.

[Tobin S.]

3. There have been times in my life when I wanted a tattoo.

I just thought a large tattoo on on the insides of each forearm would really look cool. Then I realized why I wanted to do that and the desire has since left me. It was all about trying to impress people for me. My self esteem is more healthy now.

[NJCher]

11. That's interesting

Thanks for sharing the insight.

As a teacher, I get a lot of students who do this sort of thing. I often wonder about the motivation for people to go through the time, trouble and expense.

Like right now, I have a student who has blue hair which is long on one side and shaved off on the right side.

My personal preference is to be as nondescript as possible both in my dress and my car. For whatever reason, and it's not that I don't enjoy attention--I'm a Leo, for Dog's sake--I just prefer to play observer rather than actor.

I enjoy other people's efforts, though. My favorite is people who wear artistic jewelry and intriguing color schemes.




Cher

[Arkansas Granny]

4. To each his own. I'm old, I don't understand it, I don't like it.

On the other side of the spectrum, my mother was thoroughly pissed when I had my ears pierced at age 28. According to her, only "tramps" pierced their ears.

[frogmarch]

5. Tattoos are cool,

but eye dying, teeth filing and facial implants? Creepy.

[Raine1967]

6. As you said, to each there own. However, implanting silocone

and making oneself not look *human* seems more like mutilation to me.

I once was on a train to work with a man who split his tongue and made his eyes look like a snake. (Silicone implants on his eyebrows and stuff like that)

He was tattooed like a snake. He had bumps on his forehead, once again, silicone…

I have a fear of snakes…

[yuiyoshida]

7. People have asked me to go get a tattoo with them however

I have always refrained. Why? Because you can not wear a tattoo if you ever intend to go to a Japanese Onsen (public Bath house.) Its always been my dream, when visiting Japan to visit an Onsen or Roten Buro.

Those who wear tattoos in Japan have always been associated with the Yakuza (Mafia) and so are banned from using the facilities. They scare away patrons who think they maybe soaking next to a dangerous person. So, I will probably never have a tattoo... because I intend to enjoy the warm to hot soaking in a Japanese bath!

[a la izquierda]

8. I'm tattooed, but I think there's a point to which people...

Take modification a bit far.

Teeth filing is actually an ancient practice. Ancient elite Mesoamericans filed and embedded their teeth with jewels. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090518-first-dentists.html

[orleans]

9. i wouldn't do any of that (especially at my age)

but i did get a tattoo when i was a teen (didn't really want one, took a long time trying to decide what to get, etc.) and i've never (not once!) regretted it.

[Kali]

10. ok dyeing eyes reached my freak-out limit

[NJCher]

12. I didn't have the nerve to go that far with it

Cher