After seeing the post about body modification I became curious and decided to research more on the topic and the reasons behind why people do it. The first article I read was "Lizardman Enters Literary World" about Erik Sprague's transformation into "Lizardman". He talks about how he first started body modifying as an art idea but continued because he "just likes how it looks."
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/lizardman-erik-sprague-enters-literary-world/19315457
However, after reading the article it did not delve deeper into reasons people engage in body modification so I, again, went back to Google and found another blog post titled "Spiritual and Philosophical Reasons behind Body Modification." This article states that some of the different reasons are for spirituality and aestheticism. The author states "Many people feel more in touch with themselves and nature, as well as peaceful and in harmony, when they are undergoing to the modification." While I have never engaged in extreme body modification, I do have three tattoos and I can say that while getting tattooed I did feel more peaceful and relaxed. The author also talks about how the main reason for many people is that is looks good and they view their body as a canvas to be used. Although I agree with this point, it feels lacking as motivation behind extreme body modification.
What do you think are reasons people engage in body modification?
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