Brace yourself for some really unique tattoo alternatives. While tattooing has gone through cycles of popularity, it’s never been as extreme as now, a direct reflection of the dire yearning people have to express themselves and stand out from the crowd.
That being said, in a society where big box stores and fast fashion have many people owning the same things, people are starving for change, and for some, the tattoo has become old news. This cluster takes a look at unique tattoo alternatives that guarantee stand-out self expression. (Click away now if you’re squeamish.)
39 Freaky Tattoo Alternatives
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Tattoo-Piercing Hybrids
Tribal Body Armor Emerges as Brand New Mod
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Extreme Body Modification
Twin Amputates Arm To Give His Brother Third Arm
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Extreme 3D Tattoos
Raised Breast Implant Tattoo
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Human Belly Branding
Is Scarification (Burning Patterns into Skin) the New Tattoo?
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Pierced Dimples
Pixie Cheeks
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Extreme Body Modification
When Rebellion Goes WAY Too Far
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3D Body Art (UPDATE)
Cosmetic Implants, Raised Tattoos And Other Bizarre Body Modifications
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Satanic Body Mods
One Man's Transformation Into A Devil
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Scars Instead of Tattoos
Ink-Free Body Art
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Horned Women
La Nega, Argentinean Queen Of Female Body Modification
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Self Inflation
Expanding Body Modifications Raise Skin into Squishy Bumps
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Eccentric Eyewear
Bringing Sight Through Piercings with Pierced Glasses
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Freaky Subdermal Implants
Body Mods That Literally Get Under Your Skin
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Light Tattoos & Skin Embossing
Temporary Body Mods by Kye Ok Kim
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Camouflaging Self-Harm Scars
Body Reclamation Provides Fresh Slate
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Needled Bodies
Playful Piercing For Beautiful Temporary Body Modifications
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Extreme 3D Tattoos III
Tentacle Implants
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Tinkerbell Ears
Elf Ears On the Rise Among Body Modification Fans (UPDATE)
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Pierced Watch
Does Your Wrist Hurt Yet?
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Extreme DIY Body Modifications
Make Your Own Elf Ears
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Body Rivets
Wildcat Skindiver Implants
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Painful Piercings
Mr. Tetanus' Extreme Achilles Heel Body Modification
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Geeky Battle Scars
Nerdy Scarification For Really Dedicated Technology Fans
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Artistic Scarring
Are Human Branding and Scarification The New Tattoo?
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Subdermal Implants
Customize Your Flesh with Body Modifications
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Body Mod For Abnormal Anatomy
Webbed Toe Piercing
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Futuristic Body Mods
Sci-Fi Suspension Play & Transplanted Body Parts
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Pierced Hands
Body Modifications That Feel Great
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Embossed Bums
Ninette van Kamp's Jeweled Undies Put Glass on Your Asset
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Body Mod Records
Jeremy Stroud Gets 1,197 Piercings in One Day
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Real Life Cyborgs
Pierced Metal Mohawks On the Head Of The Flesh Stappling Inventor
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Magnetic Vision
Subdermal Body Mods by Russ Foxx Give Unusual 6th Sense
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Pierced Fashion
Tush Magazine Honors Thierry Mugler in ‘Maintenant, Encore'
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Forked Human Tongues
Bizarre Body Mod Craze Splits Tongues for Lizard-Style Lickers
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Brain Piercings
Creepy Body Mod Causes Constant Euphoria
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Faked Body Mods
Mirage Earplugs Mimic Stretched Lobes
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Suspended Self-Portraits
Obscure Specializes in Body Mod Photography
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Body Modifcations With Lasers
It's Painless on Nails
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