any method of permanently adorning the body, including tattooing and piercing
Examples of 'body modification' in a sentence
body modification
Clearly her parents don't object to a bit of 'body modification'.
The Sun (2014)
My most rock'n'roll body-modification of the year?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
While body modification has become mainstream, this documentary sounds a note of caution for those thinking about piercing, expanding or otherwise changing their appearance.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His training all but denied him a childhood: perhaps the hedonism, flakiness and body modification were delayed adolescent rebellion.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It can also serve as a statement of commitment for someone immersed in the body modification sub-culture.
canada.com (2004)
A medical student is so short of cash she starts doing illegal operations for the extreme body modification community.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
When the future of body modification is so scarily huge — pleasure-heightening electrodynamic touch sensors implanted in the skin, anybody?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And the body modifications are equally subtle, with good reason.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Could body modifications such as these soon become as ubiquitous as smartphones?