It's amazing how upset other people get over things like this, body modification is nothing new, people shave, people have hairstyles, women wear makup and pierce their ears, these are all accepted parts of our culture.
In other cultures large tattoos, lobe and lip stretching and implants under the skin are totally normal so am I expected to believe all of these people are attention seeking morons?
Some people like the cultural aspect and roots of this stuff and see it as an art form. Sure there will be some attention seeking tattoo wearers but they are far more likely to be the girl down the pub with something she picked out of the tattoo shop window.