In contemporary America, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a woman without her ears pierced. The last five years in the body modification industry, however, have seen what many refer to as a piercing renaissance.

Of course she has her ear lobes pierced - but what about her rook? Her antihelix? The ever sensitive tragus? At what gauge? Are they plugs? The question now isn’t …

A new age is upon us and it’s a permanent one. While cultures around the world have endorsed the use of the female body as a canvas for centuries, only in the last decade has Hollywood begun to see a very literal unveiling of both new and old ink.

Celebrity female tattoos continue to make their premier on the ankles and inner-arms of the red carpet today. But, if mainstream media culture is ready to see skin, …