at the new york city shop where megan barbour works, she and her friend say having their bodies modified has given them spiritual sustenance. some of them have gone way beyond tattoos. meg has several piercings. she had her ear lobes stretched to what some might consider formed and she's into something else, called pulling. >> essentially you have hooks in your skin and you are tied against someone else who has hooks in them and you pull against one another. for me, it's a huge emotional release. it's one of those things where afterwards, i feel really calm and centered and i can actually zone out and really think while i'm doing it. >> meg's best friend, tattoos artist, joyra moore, has an even more extreme interest. she's into something called suspension. >> it's piercing hooks through various parts of the body depending on what style you want to hang and suspending from