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>> meg still plans on doing more body modification, even though she delves deeper into her religion. her boyfriend dan sees how much extra work it takes for them to be accepted. while meg is confident it will eventually happen, dan isn't so hopeful. >> i don't think we'll ever be really accepted in the hasidic community just because of the fact that she is so heavily modified and that kind of thing. but it really isn't that much of a conflict for me. [ speaking hebrew ] ♪ >> the poet ralph waldo emerson once said, "make your own bible." that's exactly what meg and company are doing as they b...

They can get that final tattoo that somehow gives them some peace with themselves. but for a lot, it's a never-ending process. and if they don't come to some self-realization or some self-peace, then they have to move on. and from tattooing, you go on to branding and from branding you go on to putting implants in your skull and in your skin, and then from there it can really start to escalate into uncontrollable body modification. >> in fact, meg is planning to take her modification further. today she is having a tattoo blacked over by her best friend, brooklyn tattoo artist joyra moore. >> i'...

I think dan will like this. >> meg still plans on dodd more body modification. even though it is against her religion. her boyfriend dan sees how much extra work it takes for them to be accepted. while meg is confident it will eventually happen, dan isn't so hopeful. >> i don't think we'll ever be really accepted in the hasidic community just because of the fact that she is so heavily modified and that kind of thing. but it really isn't that much of a conflict for me. [ speaking hebrew ] ♪ >> the poet ralph waldo emerson once said, "make your own bible." that's exactly what meg and company a...

They can get that final tattoo that somehow gives them some peace with themselves. but for a lot, it's a never-ending process. and if they don't come to some self-realization or some self-peace, then they have to move on. and from tattooing, you go on to branding and from branding you go on to putting implants in your skull and in your skin, and then from there it can really start to escalate into uncontrollable body modification. >> in fact, meg is planning to take her modification further. today she is having a tattoo blacked over by her best friend, brooklyn tattoo artist joyra moore. >> i'...

It's opened doors. look, you're here interviewing me. if i was just a lowly teacher, how many of us are out there? >> when it comes to body modification, the permanent alteration of the body for nonmedical reasons, dr. armando favazza wrote the seminal book on it, "bodies under siege." the professor of psychologist at columbia university, he's never met or treated bruce potts, but he's counseled other heavily modified people over the course of his career. >> certainly it's a kind of recognition. and a lot of people feel underappreciated in life, and doing something outlandish is a way, sure is...