This study explores whether college students with tattoos or piercings demonstrate extreme personalities and behaviors. Participants were 46 men and 164 women (mean=20.0 years). Questions assessed participants' attitudes toward tattooing, presence of a tattoo, and participation in risk taking behaviors. Participants completed the Personality Research Form (PRF)-Form E (Jackson, 1984). Those with tattoos scored higher in autonomy (mean=9.96) than those without tattoos (mean=5.55). Women with tattoos scored higher on impulsivity (p=0.04). Men with piercings were significantly higher on exhibitionism (p=0.02) and sentience (p=0.04), and significantly lower on harm avoidance (p=0.05). Women with piercings were significantly higher on social recognition (p=0.04). Those with and without tattoos reported similar attitudes toward tattoos and levels of risk taking behavior.