At the beginning of the early days of the mass produced sex industry, in the first adult video and film, one had to have clean, unblemished skin in order to perform. The expanse of pale or dark, unaltered beauty was prized even as the male porn star was working to creatively defile it with his body and his spunk. Then something changed — the rise of the alt porn stars. Alt is short for alternative, and it embodies a certain look especially in the women — hipster girls or goths, often pale, sporting many tattoos and body modifications like piercings. Indeed, selecting the top quality piercings and body art is a key part of any star’s career. These are not performers wearing terrible flash and ugly smearing ink, but people with quality sleeves, erotic and attractive back pieces and more and more of the flesh covered in colorful, attractive and alluring designs.

Body modifications are continuing to boom in the wider culture as well. Many people interested in free sex pleasure have experienced the fun of a genital piercing or a tongue piercing enhancing their oral sex experience. But art itself is alluring, providing secrets to be revealed as the naked body is disrobed. Studies have shown that at least 30% of the work force today is wearing tattoos or other body modifications. As technology grows in the future we can expect to see even more uses of piercings, implants, and art work to alter our bodies in new and alluring ways.

Of course, not everyone enjoys this new look and there are still strip clubs and other establishments as well as studios which ban the use of body modification and tattooed artworks on their performers. On the flip side, it has become a fetish in and of its self, with, people getting off on movies where a man comes all over a girl’s hot tattoos after sex or masturbation.