List of people known for extensive body modification

This is a list of individuals known for extensive body modification.

• Nina Arsenault, (born 1974) Canadian performance artist
• Amir Tataloo
• Aydin Mod

• Martina Big
• Pete Burns, (1959–2016) had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose re-shapings and many tattoos
• The Black Alien, real name Anthony Loffredo has his whole body tattooed and multiple body parts removed such as his nose, some of his fingers, and his ears.^[1]

• Elaine Davidson, Brazilian the "Most Pierced Woman" according to the Guinness World Records.^[2]
• Lucky Diamond Rich, holds the Guinness world record as "the world's most tattooed person" as of 2006^[3]

• The Enigma

• Farrah Flawless
• Lolo Ferrari
• Vladimír Franz

• Rick Genest "Rico" (The Zombie Boy/Rico the Zombie), Canadian artist and fashion model featured on Lady Gaga's album Born This Way. Had his entire head and torso tattooed so as to appear like a decaying cadaver.
• Julia Gnuse ("The Illustrated Lady")
• Matt Gone

• Neil Harbisson has an antenna implanted in his skull and a compass implanted inside his knee.^[4]
• Steve Haworth
• Victor Hugo Peralta and his wife Gabriela were, as of November 2012, the most modified married couple.^[5]

• Cindy Jackson, (born 1956) had more cosmetic surgery procedures than anyone else in the world
• María José Cristerna^[6]
• Cathie Jung, (born 1937) has the smallest waist in the world as a result of corsetry ^[7]

• Katzen ("Tiger lady")

• Tom Leppard, (born Tom Wooldridge 1935–2016) formerly considered by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the world's most tattooed man.^[8]
• Anthony Loffredo, (born France, c. 1988) creator of The Black Alien Project, using his body as the medium
• Hao Lulu, (born 1979) extensive cosmetic surgery in 2003 to alter her appearance, tagged "The Artificial Beauty"

• Heidi Montag, (born 1986), TV personality, had ten plastic surgeries in one day
• Fakir Musafar, The father of the modern primitive movement, having exposed himself to body piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing and suspension

• Orlan, (born 1947) French performance artist

• Horace Ridler ("The Great Omi"), (1882–1965) tattooed in a pattern of curved black stripes, often described as zebra-like.
• Roland (Japanese host), whose extensive plastic surgeries have cost over 10 million yen, with 200,000 per month in upkeep costs.

• Shawn O'Hare (Body Modification artist)^[9]
• Erik Sprague, "The Lizardman", (born 1972) with sharpened teeth, full-body tattoo of green scales, bifurcated tongue and green-inked lips
• The Scary Guy, his nose, eyebrows and ears are pierced and tattoos cover 85 percent of his body.^[10]
• Stalking Cat ("Cat man") born Dennis Avner; 1958–2012)
• Stelarc, (born; Stelios Arcadiou, 1946) got a cell-cultivated ear implanted into his left arm^[11]

• Sahar Tabar, (born Fatemeh Khishvand; 2001) Iranian artist, used makeup and photoshop to post distorted images of herself. In December 2020, she was sentenced to ten years in prison for these activities.^[12]

• Kevin Warwick, (born 1954) a British scientist, in 1998 became the first human to experiment with an RFID implant. He followed that up in 2002 by having a 100 electrode array implanted in his nervous system.^[13]
• Jocelyn Wildenstein ("Lion Queen/Cat Woman") (born 1940), Swiss socialite

Body modification hoax:

• Jasmine Tridevil (real name Alisha Jasmine Hessler), implanting of a third breast^[14][15]