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Body modification is the intentional altering of the body for non-medical purposes. Practiced by primitive tribes all over the world for thousands of years, body modification is becoming more and more popular in today´s society. Whether done for religious or spiritual reasons, as a right of passage, sexual enhancement, form of self-expression or pure shock value, more and more people choose to painful procedures to augment their body and looks. Learn more about the many various forms of body modifications, their purpose and meaning in different cultures, in this book.

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