Bodily modifications: definition, types, role in personality development

Fesenko Svetlana Nikolaevna

At the moment, dissatisfaction with one's own appearance and body has become increasingly observed in society. The high degree of concern about appearance among people is evidenced by the increased interest in sports, the fashion of proper nutrition and diets, the desire of healthy people to take unjustified risks associated with aesthetic and plastic surgery, a wide range of opportunities to get a tattoo and piercing in the salon or at home. The paradox of dissatisfaction with your body has taken on a massive character. The author clarifies the concept of body modification, describes its most popular types, introduces the history of the occurrence of this phenomenon and the psychological prerequisites for making changes to one's own body.

Keywords:body modifications, piercing, tattooing, scarring, microdermal, split tongue.