Body Modification "Extremes"

I agree with Katie, I didn't find the article about extreme body modifications particularly offensive, just different.
I noticed a lot of our classmates blogged about how outrageous it is that people are doing this. I don't find it so outrageous, it just bothers me how people are going to such great lengths without using safe medical procedures.
Having stars, creating interesting new shapes, even splitting the tongue to become a lizard, while these are all extreme forms of change, they are just personal changes an individual has the right to make.
I am most concerned about the safety of these procedures and the consequences that can arise if something goes wrong.
While it is the responsibility of the individual to take these risks into consideration, I feel like there should be some sort of regulation for these kinds of modifications.
Surgeons refuse to do it because they want people to be safe.
If you really wanted these people to be safe, wouldn't you do if for them instead of letting them go to piercing parlors?
Also, if safey if your main concern and you argue these are unnecessary procedures, then what are the cosmetic procedures you keep performing?
I feel like this argument of "medical ethics" mainly has to do with surgeons judging those who undergo such procedures, as well as the controversy created due to the nature of these procedures. I'm fairly certain they were not created by someone in the medical field, so that is a concern.

Horns, stars, sea horses, I don't really care.
It's your body, just be smart about it.