Genital bisection in males involves the splitting of the penis (and often the scrotum as well). This still allows for erection, though often the two halves curve into each other, making insertion more difficult. Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons, such as spiritual, various social (markings) or aesthetic. ... Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ... Liposuction is a popular operation in plastic surgery which removes fat from certain places of the human body (typically abdomen, thighs, buttocks) by liquefying it and removing it through a hollow needle. ... Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce). ... Female circumcision (including excision) refers to a number of procedures performed on the female genitalia and which are generally of a cultural, rather than medical nature. ... Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. ... In ancient civilizations, removal of the human penis was sometimes used as a means of demonstrating superiority: armies were sometimes known to sever the penises of their enemies to count the dead, as well as for trophies. ... Body piercing is a form of body modification. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Corset Hourglass corset from around 1880. ... Cathie Jung (born 1937), wearing a sterling silver corset, holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person, at 38. ... The bottom view of bound feet of an adult woman. ... Tongue splitting is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip partway towards its base, forking the end. ... Implantation occurs when a fertilized zygote attaches itself onto the lining of the uterus. ... Breast implant diagram A breast implant is a prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery to enhance the size and shape of ones breasts or to reconstruct the breast (for example, after a mastectomy). ... Pearling refers to the practice of permanently inserting small beads made of various materials beneath the skin of the shaft of the penis. ... This article is about the tattoo, a design in ink or some other pigment, usually decorative or symbolic, placed permanently under the skin. ... Scarification is a permanent body modification that uses scar tissue produced by the body to form designs, pictures, or words in the skin. ... The penis (plural penises) or phallus (plural phalli) is the external male copulatory organ of some animals, and, in mammals, the external male organ of urination. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Genital bisections may be extensions of a subincision or even meatotomy. As the urethra is exposed, great pleasure can allegedly be derived, supposedly due to the great abundance of nerves. Subincision is a form of body modification consisting of a urethrotomy, in which the underside of the penis is incised and the urethra slit open lengthwise, from the urethral opening (meatus) to the base, exposing the previously closed nerve-dense urinary tract tissue and resulting, some proponents suggest, in enhanced... Meatotomy is a form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans penis is split. ... Male anatomy Female anatomy In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ...

Variations include keeping the glans intact so that only the penile shaft is bisected. Exposed glans A glans (literally, Latin for acorn), also called a glans penis, is a structure internally composed of corpus spongiosum in males or of corpus cavernosa and vestibular tissue in females that is located at the tip of homologous genital structures involved in sexual arousal. ...

External links

• BMEzine Encyclopedia article on genital bisection, with pictures -- warning: the pictures show extreme genital modifications, as described in this article