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Body-hacking is undoubtedly a post-modern praxis. Emerging in the twenty-first century, it claims that evolution will be achieved by the cross-breeding of human beings and machines. Although the movement is bringing together an increasing number of enthusiasts and curious individuals, the speeches of some pioneers are a good source of information for learning about the possibilities of supplementing the image of a divested, fragmented or inefficient speaking body. Whether it is a matter of solving the absence of a relationship between the sexes, to locate captors of jouissance in the body or to veil the real of the body, body-hacking has an advantage by covering, and potentially limiting, some practices that are close to mutilation. Moreover, it is rooted in a rich social link, using social networks. The testimonies of some hackers are thus very valuable for exploring the progressive elaboration of symptomatic constructions that limit jouissance.