Definition: The wounding of the body or body parts by branding, cutting, piercing (BODY PIERCING), or TATTOOING as a cultural practice or expression of creativity or identity.
Other names Non-Therapeutic Body Modifications; Non Therapeutic Body Modification; Body Modifications, Non-Therapeutic; Cultural Body Modifications; Body Modifications, Cultural; Body Modification, Non Therapeutic; Body Modification, Cultural; Non-Therapeutic Body Modification; Cultural Body Modification