The cat got her tongue and everything else. An Italian woman has received a whopping 20 body modifications so she can realise her dream of “transitioning” into a cat, as seen in videos amassing millions of views on TikTok. Despite getting labelled “psychotic” and “disturbed” by haters, the real-life cat woman claims she is purr-fectly right at home with her lifestyle choice. 

“I’m thinking that I would be a pretty cool cat lady,” Chiara Dell’Abate, 22, who goes by Aydin Mod online — told Media Drum World of her pussycat pilgrimage. The Rome resident’s lifelong body modification binge began at 11, when she received her first piercing and ear stretching. Fast forward five years later, and Aydin Mod had over 72 piercings like a human Pinhead from Hellraiser.