19 Extreme Body Modifications You Won't Believe Are Real

You might have thought body modification was having your ears pierced or dying your hair a wacky colour-but in 2015 it’s so much more than that.

Now body modification can range from the simple to the downright ridiculous and includes painful sounding things such as ‘human branding’ and ‘tongue splitting’.

Here we take a look at 19 extreme body modifications that you won’t believe are real.

19. Teeth sharpening

Human teeth sharpening is the manual and deliberate sharpening of teeth. Historically this was carried out for spiritual reasons, but now it’s a big part of the body mod scene and is mainly carried out for aesthetic reasons.