Introduction To Body Modification

 The following is an excerpt from Body Art Learner's Guide by Michael Anthony Alberta. To find out more, check out his other posts on bodypiercingjewelryshop.com such as this article on sub-dermal implants.

What follows is only a description of what happens with the kinds of body modification discussed here.

As such, the information is intended both for those who want to get body modification done (hence the recommendations on quality jewelry and so forth) and for the body modders themselves.

But I need to make it clear: the information in this chapter is a partial demonstration only, not meant as a how-to. It’s only a brief description of body modification.

I won’t get as detailed here as I’ve done in the sections on tattooing simply because I strongly believe that at this level, it’s mandatory to learn stuff strictly in person, on a teacher-student platform.

In fact, I urge all of you reading this to seek out formal apprenticeship in all avenues—but especially this one.

Resources On Body Modification And Body Art

Hands-on training is a must when tweaking a human at this level. Many informative Web sites, for example BME and Tribalectic, offer a wealth of knowledge in this arena. Check them out.

On a deeper note, those who understand the evolutional and spiritual element of body modification open up to a new paradigm, if you will.

They agree that the pain that comes along with the process is a divine opportunity both to connect with their mortal humanity and to experience their infinite self.

Eventually some of us are able to transcend the physical. But you gotta earn your keep. I forgot where I heard it, but someone said there is no beauty without pain.

There’s also a popular saying in Russia that means "Beauty demands sacrifice." It’s similar to the way body builders “feel the burn” to increase the size of their muscles. Same principle, different route.

In this book’s sections on tattooing, great care was taken to describe the environment, the machine, the equipment, the pitfalls, and so forth prior to getting to the practice and technique of tattooing.

The same amount of care and attention would seem to be required for this material, if not more so, since it involves surgical procedures—but here I’m taking the opposite approach, because telling people how to go about it frame-by-frame would only encourage the DIY crowd to try this stuff unsupervised.