France - Anthony Loffredo, who goes by "Black Alien", has never been squeamish when it comes to drastic body modifications. His latest, though, might be his most extreme and most disturbing yet.

Loffredo has gathered a significant online following, with more than a million followers on Instagram, on account of his extreme tattoo obsession, and an addiction to body modifications.

On a quest to make himself a "Black Alien", the influencer has shared his body mod journey, aiming to take his addiction to new heights, while lamenting the fact that the changes have made it hard for him to find traditional work.

Now, he has taken his body modifications to a new level, having his nickname carved into his head in a painful and bloody procedure.

Exposing gory and bloody flesh, Anthony Loffredo has effectively scalped himself, removing skin to spell out his nickname "Alien" across the back and side of his already heavily-modified head.

He revealed these changes in a since-removed post to his highly successful Instagram channel, captioning it "Black alien project evolution 45%."

This is not the first time he has significantly modified his face. Loffredo has also had his nose removed as well as his ears.

In a previous post on Instagram, made from Madrid in Spain, Loffredo claimed that his transformation was 62% complete.

"We are not human beings who have come to have a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings who have come to have a human experience," he mused in his post.