The high prevalence of body modification practices among young adults has led to a need to evaluate how self-esteem is being affected by such practices. The purpose of this study, then is to evaluate the ways in which self-esteem influences a person to get body modification; as well as how body modification influences one's self-esteem. The qualitative study used a semi-structured interview with habitual body modifiers between the ages of eighteen and thirty-two, who lived in the Rouge Valley. The results showed that those who habitually modify had higher rates of improved body image, individuality and uniqueness. This research contributes to a better understanding of the ways in which social embodiment plays out within our society and how self-esteem and body modification practices correlate with each other among young adults.