The subject I have chosen for my project is body piercing. It's a relatively painful and interesting experience. Any way you do it it hurts. I got my left ear lobe pierced in a shop with a piercing gun and it hurt for like 10 seconds. The piercing itself took like 5 weeks to heal. I liked the piercing but I felt unbalanced with only one lobe pierced so I decided to pierce the other. I did this myself at home with a tack. This sort of thing is not recommended. The piercing healed fine though and I'm happy with them. A lot of my friends have bodily piercings that look good. Some say they hurt, others say they didn't. I wanted to know more about it in general.
I hope to find out how I could have done my own piercing better and what else can be pierced on the body. This information will help me in the future if I choose to get more than my ear lobes pierced. .
I consulted an internet source recommended by my friend and came up with the following. The ear lobe piercing can be preformed with either a piercing gun or a hollow surgical steel needle. Using the piercing gun restricts your choice of jewelry for the initial piercing and is not recommended by professionals. However, getting your lobe pierced with a surgical needle allows immediate installation of a wide range of jewelry. Studs are usually the initial jewelry, but with a needle you can install a ring which is easier to clean. The usual healing time for any ear lobe piercing is 6 weeks. ("Lope piercing-).
The second most popular place to pierce on the ear is the outer rim or cartilage. This piercing is not recommended to be done with a piercing gun. The most popular way is with a surgical steel needle. ("Ear Cartilage-) As with the ear lobe the variety of jewelry initially increased with a surgical steel needle. The healing time for the cartilage piercing can be 6 weeks to 6 months, the placement varies. If the piercing is ravmitied it can rip or cause lumps and scars.
There is a phenomenon called body piercing that has become very popular in the 90's. ... Body piercing has been around for a long time, longer than most people think. ... Sometimes body piercings is considered a way to express yourself. ... Body piercing might also be a symbol of something. ... Body piercing is not for everyone. ...
Body Piercing Could you imagine one of the kids of today's age that is all pierced up going back fifty years into the past. ... Body piercing "was first practiced in Africa and Asia, and was used by the Roman athletes and slaves, Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans." ... "A survey of university undergraduate students revealed that more than one-half had some type of body piercing." ... Many parents tell their kids that they can't have a body-piercing because it would make them look like an oddball. ... The culture is changing very rapidly and body-piercing is just one par...
Why do people have body piercing? ... More than 4,500 young adults aged 12 to 21 have piercing in a body part other than the ear. 7.1% body piercing was amongst girls and 1.6% was amongst boys. ... Is there such a thing as safe body piercing? ... Personally, I think body piercing is the in thing now. ... I don't think religion has anything to do with body piercing. ...
History of Body Piercings Throughout history people have decorated and altered the appearance of their bodies in many different ways. Body piercing is one of the oldest and most interesting forms of body modification, yet the reasons for piercing the body are as diverse as the cultures they come from. Throughout history body piercing have been practiced by many cultures for many centuries; it is believed as long as five thousand years. Body piercing was often identified with royalty and portrayed courage and virility. ... EAR LOBE PIERCING HISTORY The ear-lobe was probably man's ...
Throughout society, body piercing and tattoos are often seen as dirty, disgusting, irresponsible, and trashy. In my opinion, I feel as though body piercing and tattooing are good expressions of personality. ... She is Jewish and in the Jewish religion, piercing and tattoos or any form of expressive body markings are shunned. ... Body piercings can be temporary where as tattoos are indefinite and can only be removed by a very expensive laser surgery. ... In my argument for body art and piercings, it is a good way forgone to express their personality. ...
Many of the people who have tattoos also have a piercing somewhere on their bodies. ... Piercing ranks as one of the oldest forms of body modification. ... People with body piercings are also looked at differently by various societies. ... Conclusion Tattoos and body piercings have been around for a long time. ... Everyone can have their own opinion about tattoos and body piercing. ...
The Psychology behind Piercing Is body piercing a form of self mutilation, or is it a form of body art? ... Endorphins are hormones released that calms down the body. Endorphins are neuro chemicals that have been referred to as the bodies own form of opium. ... To be unique, many people pierce as a form of body art that denotes self-expression. ... People who pierce enjoy showing off their piercing as a form of self expression and some think of it as body art. ...
Body modification includes the practices of piercing, tattooing, and scarring certain parts of the body. ... Ear piercing in North America is commonplace, though other piercings are not so prevalent. Among teenagers, piercing of both ears is popular, as well as the upper cartilage of the ear, the tongue, and among females piercing of the navel is quite popular. Many pop stars have adorned such piercings and seem to make it known that they have such body parts pierced. ... Most retail outlets also carry the same regulations, with the exceptions of places that cater to those who practice bod...
Tattooing, piercing, scarification, and three dimensional body art have long been a cultural tradition, a rite of passage, symbolizing one's place in the world, who one is. ... have resorted to tattoo / piercing / scarification / three-dimensional body art as a way of separating themselves from the larger group. ... (Winterson, Written on the Body) Tattoos, body piercings, scarification, and three dimensional body art have served both of these purposes, detachment and communication, though detachment is the much more common of the two. ... The majority of people open to performing some...