What is your opinion on body modification? Once a young man came to outpatient with a strange request, that to have his tongue be splitted. We thought this request conflicting against our aesthetical standard, and we denied. I did not meet such strange requests before, so I search relevant information online, then I knew these kind of behaviors were called “Body Modification.” Theoretically, Hulk and Captain America are both from body modification, but those only happen in science fiction films. In real world, people who dream changing their body choose to take some incredible surgeries to fulfill the dream. They pierce holes in noses, faces, ears and other parts of their bodys, get various shapes of implants made of various materials in their bodys. There are also some people who get tattoo in outer skin, teeth, and eye balls. As being a plastic surgeon, I think body modification reflects people’s freedom, but conflicts against what I have learnt and been believing in. From another side, some body modification procedures destroy the normal structure and function of human bodys, what is illegal under the existing china law. So I will not accept performing body modification procedures on my patients. There is only one exception, that is ear piercing. So, my friends, what is your opinion on body modification? And how do the law requires about body modification?