A Quick Guide to Body Piercing

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A Quick Guide to Body Piercing
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Jewellery can be worn in a hole in the skin that
is created by puncturing or cutting the skin,
this is one way to drastically change a person's
appearance. Piercing can be a noun used to
describe the actual hole the jewellery is worn
in, or as a verb to describe the act of putting
the hole in the skin. The history of body
piercing is not very complete, and misinformation
is very common, but it actually can be proven
that both men and women have been practicing this
form of body modification throughout the world
since ancient times. The most popular piercings
have always been nose piercing and ear piercing,
which is evident in graves and historical
records. There have been mummified remains found
that are 5,000 years old that are wearing
earrings, so it is obvious this practice is not
new. Even as long ago as 1500 B.C.E. people were
getting their noses pierced. Some other cultures,
such as the tribal cultures of Africa and
America, have been known to also regularly get
tongue and lip piercings. Many people think that
nipple and genital piercing is a new fad, but
these nipple piercings were described in Ancient
Rome and in the Ancient India ca they discussed
genital piercings. Piercings even took place in
320 to 550 C.E. Since World War II piercings have
been steadily gaining popularity, in the 1970's
subcultures began to be more impressed with
piercings in places other than the ears and by
the 1990's the practice of getting piercings in
other places has become very common.
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People have many different reasons for getting
body piercings. Some people like the way they
look, some use it as a way to express themselves,
some to rebel against their culture and some even
think it increases sexual pleasure. Youth getting
piercings still remains a taboo subject in most
areas. Most employers, schools, and even some
religious groups restrict their membership
depending on what type of piercings people have.
Controversy is never enough to stop some people,
as is the case with body piercing some people
have been recorded by the Guinness World Records
as having hundreds and even thousands of body
piercings.
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Tools have been developed specially for the art
of body piercing, and are supposed to make the
practice safer than it had been. Yet, as with any
invasive procedure, there are still risks that
people take when getting a body piercing, careful
aftercare and sanitary procedures have helped cut
the risks but it is still possible to get
excessive scarring, infection, allergic reaction,
and unanticipated physical injuries. Depending on
where a piercing is placed, and how well it is
taken care of, healing time may vary as long as
two years for a navel piercing and as low as a
month for genital piercing. For more information
regarding stretched body piercings visit our
website.
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