Is this art?
Carolyn Kleiner
US News & World Report
March 30, 1998

Piercings and tattoos may soon be old news in the wild world of body
modification. What's cutting edge these days is three-dimensional body
art, a procedure that involves implanting stainless steel beads, rings,
or other jewelry beneath the skin.

Phoenix-based artist Steve Haworth invented 3-D body art five years ago and
says he has done about 450 implants to date. Prices range from $300 to
$600.

Despite opposition from the Association of Professional Piercers, which
claims that 3-D modification is dangerous, Haworth says he won't stop.
Body art, he maintains, is "just a couple of steps more extreme than
piercing."

[The article has an accompanying picture which shows someone's outer forearm
with bumps like the back of a dinosaur running in a straight line from
the elbow to the wrist. Grotesque.]