Body Modification

Last week in class we saw the types of body modification in which people install stars and hearts and rings into their skin. I personally think this is weird. In my opinion, I just can't understand why people would do something like this. I guess if someone disagreed with me, they can say the same goes for tattoos. There are a couple of reasons why I am not against tattoos as I am with this. Tattoos can be removable and doesn't involve anything internally. Also I think it's because our generation has grown up seeing tattoos from the media and in our lives. But do people actually find stars bulging out of one's forehead attractive? I understand it has to do with self-expression and all. Up until the reading, I had no idea people actually did that. Again, I think people can do this if they choose to because it's their own body. If people protest and ban this, they should do the same for cosmetic surgery as well.