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Body modification: Police vow to crack down on genital mutilation, scarification, branding industry
Ethan Bramble has been doing modifications since he was This is up there with the worst barbarism imaginable. Body modification artist Brendan Russell is assisting police. Picture: Facebook Source:Supplied.
Morphological modifications in clitoris and vagina in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Body modifications and mutilations , intentional permanent or semipermanent alterations of the living human body for reasons such as ritual, folk medicine, aesthetics , or corporal punishment. In general, voluntary changes are considered to be modifications, and involuntary changes are considered mutilations. Common methods that have been used are incision, perforation, complete or partial removal, cautery, abrasion, adhesion, insertion of foreign bodies or materials, compression, distention, diversion, enlargement, and staining. By the early 21st century, many practices, whether medical dentistry , orthodontics , surgery , aesthetic using cosmetics , or some combination of these engaging in athletic training regimens , had become so common they were rarely thought of as body modifications. Modifications have generally been used to mark the social position of an individual in a manner visible to and recognized by other members of the society.
In mammals , the vagina is the elastic, muscular part of the female genital tract. In humans, it extends from the vulva to the cervix. The outer vaginal opening is normally partly covered by a membrane called the hymen. At the deep end, the cervix neck of the uterus bulges into the vagina.