Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some of the things you describe turn my stomach too. But it’s not my place, or yours, to decide for everyone else what’s “nasty” or “normal” or “acceptable”.

Body mods that look good in the traditional sense are generally called plastic/cosmetic surgery. Breast implants, face lifts, hair implants, etc. are the same idea as body mods, just with the goal of achieving a more mainstream idea of beauty.

Haven't you ever heard of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"? Some people love the look and get laid. You also don't get mods to make yourself look better, you do it because YOU like it, simple.

I recently saw a cool mod where if you loose your leg they re attach your foot as a knee. That's what I'm talking about here. I've seen some people from India who've had their fingers chopped and they get a toe reattach and functional as fingers.

That's not really body modification. I mean, sure in the strictest definition of those words, but that's just medical science repairing damage as best they can, using cutting edge techniques.

Piercings, tattoos, tongue splitting, cornea dying, shoving ball bearings under the skin... That's body modification. I agree with you that it's not attractive a lot of the time but that's just my opinion; I'm sure others find it very attractive. I am waiting for the day I can replace parts with better, stronger, faster robotic parts or add more useful functionality to my body with cybernetic body modification. We're not quite there yet, though.

Op: {Searches for weird things people do to themselves.} Op: {Gets confused why other weird things people do to themselves comes up in the search}

(edit because apparently I triggered some weird markdown. Also... I get it, it's not weird to people who have it done, and I'm not trying to judge, but yeah. getting your penis split in half... is not exactly normie behavior.)

you know how bad news spreads faster than good news, or why clickbait is a successful tactic? same idea.

I second whoever said body modification aiming towards standard beauty is called plastic or cosmetic surgery.

As for piercings and the more fringe stuff you mentioned, there are many reasons. Some people like the look of a lot of piercings, but many do it because of how it feels (especially in genitals, mouths and nipples) and not so much to achieve aesthetic beauty. Others like it because they find it fascinating, not necessarily beautiful but instead so exciting or interesting that they prefer it over vanilla or standard.

A useful mod? Get a battery pack inside your arm, with a couple of usb port openings neatly located on the skin. Use one to recharge your phone, or use the other one to recharge the battery pack itself while working at your desk.

This is sick.

Mods, please.