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Websites in Body Modification

1. All About Branding
   Details of multi-strike brand, new electro-cautery techniques, cupping, and do-it-yourself. Also features aftercare information.
   http://www.relache.com/branding/
   
   
2. Beauty Marks
   Article by Gemma Tarlach asking if body modification is trend or cultural phemonenon. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinal]
   http://www.jsonline.com/news/sunday/lifestyle/1129beauty.stm
   
   
3. Bloodbitch
   Clinical torture, body modification, needle art and bondage.
   http://the.bloodbitch.com/
   
   
4. Body Piercing in the West
   An academic-style research paper on the sociologial bases for recent interest in body modification. Contains references. By Susan Holtham.
   http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/bodypier.html
   
   
5. Body Piercing: Reclamation, Enhancement, and Self-Expression
   Essay by Sander Thomas expaining his view on some of the meanings and reasons for certain body adornments.
   http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/reclaim.html
   
   
6. Doctor Armando Favazza and Essie on Body Modification
   Chat transcript related to the tv report of same date. [ABCNEWS.com]
   http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/chat_2020_991028_modification.html
   
   
7. Flesh Chronicles Media
   Trading cards for body modification enthusiasts. Includes tattoo and piercing artists and collectors as well as information on preservation of cards.
   http://www.fleshchronicles.com/
   
   
8. Flesh Chronicles Media, LLC
   Trading cards and other items for those involved in the community and industry.
   http://www.fcm-web.com
   
   
9. Free homepages for BodModders
   BME/World provides free home pages and e-mail to people with body modification interests. This page also provides a list of those personal home pages.
   http://www.bmeworld.com/
   
   
10. Ihung.org
    Reference site pertaining to body rituals such as flesh pulls and suspensions.
    http://ihung.org/
    
    
11. Life Suspended
    Private ritual and public performance flesh hook suspension group based out of Phoenix, AZ.
    http://www.lifesuspended.com
    
    
12. ModCon
    Information on the annual conference on body modification and images from past events.
    http://www.modcon.org/
    
    
13. Pagan Fashion's New Frontier: Facial Tatoos
    Article by A.Clay Thompson concerning a change in societal views of tattoos. [Pacific News]
    http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/2.13/960627-tattoos.html
    
    
14. Personal Rituals
    From the Body Modification E-zine - individuals share their experiences of their chosen modification and the internal processes leading up to the event.
    http://www.bme.freeq.com/ritual/bme-ritu.html
    
    
15. Tattoos and The Bible
    A recovering addict tells his story about his first tattoo and the process of reconciling that decision with The Bible.
    http://members.aol.com/GlennS1956/religion.html
    
    
16. The Lizardman
    Erik Sprague is a sideshow artist who shares his experiences and philosophies behind his body modifications. Features an events list as well as contact and booking information.
    http://www.thelizardman.com/
    
    
17. The Resurgence of Body Ornamentation and Augmentation
    A research paper by Mecca Shakoor, a student at U.C. Berkeley. Outlines the history and relates it to two movements: Punk and Urban Primitive.
    http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/98journal/mshakoor/
    
    
18. The Wasp Waist
    Discusses the effects of using corsets to change the shape of the body.
    http://www.angelfire.com/biz/halycon/wspwst.html
    
    

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