diff --git a/src/js/describePiercings.js b/src/js/describePiercings.js
index 8086a30a06bc2a93faa4f19a3a556586ba56ae12..a527cf0037197db03853a5d3a5ec61a8e1de851e 100644
--- a/src/js/describePiercings.js
+++ b/src/js/describePiercings.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ App.Desc.piercing = function(slave, surface) {
 		he, him, his, hers, himself, boy, He, His
 	} = getPronouns(slave);
 	/* eslint-enable */
+	if (V.showBodyMods !== 1) {
+		return;
+	}
 	switch (surface) {
 		case "ear": {
 			r += `<<earPiercingDescription>>`;
diff --git a/src/js/describeTattoos.js b/src/js/describeTattoos.js
index 54ecdbc31df8da02bc20b350e6497b746fde13ba..fad61cceddf5116594f764e40019cd0b8fbbd01c 100644
--- a/src/js/describeTattoos.js
+++ b/src/js/describeTattoos.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ App.Desc.tattoo = function(slave, surface) {
 		he, him, his, hers, himself, boy, He, His
 	} = getPronouns(slave);
 	/* eslint-enable */
+	if (V.showBodyMods !== 1) {
+		return;
+	}
 	switch (surface) {
 		case "shoulder": {
 			r += `<<shouldersTatDescription>>`;