Body Modifications.......

You can understand why some body modifications can be socially unacceptable and seem totally bad :


Body art to the extreme i feel is absolutely wrong as you are altering your body to the way that is not a normal body. You were made this way for a reason and changing your body in the way this picture portrays is not normal. I feel that having surgery is acceptable in society because it doesn't alter the way you look in extreme ways and if it is done to make you feel more confident then it is accepted. However piercings, tattoos or changing the way you look to the max just for fashion or in rebellion is something that i feel shouldn't be done as soon it will turn into regret.
Body modifications are also seen as a cultural identity for some cultures and really in this way nobody can complain as people from these cultures find it normal. These people have kept this tradition on for years and it is what makes them who they are, so we really have to accept in some ways that it is part of peoples lives. If it is done for attention or just fashion but not to the extreme then its not seen as bad too as everybody does something to please themselves and to find a sense of happiness in their lives, so it is up to the individual to what extreme they would want to go.

This link raises issues of the downside of body modifications:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/33008

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_n5_v22/ai_6622823