Body piercing

HOW I HEALED MY PIERCING (NOSE, HELIX, TRAGUS) My first piercing was ear lobe piercing, which I don't remember. When I was in high school I added two more piercing on my upper lobe at the same time. They healed pretty much good. Before starting college I did my nose piercing, which was good at first but it got worst later. During the sophomore year, I did my helix, very painful until it healed completely. When I started my professional job, I did my tragus. It was very painful from the moment…

convinced that beauty is what one wears and buys. Many people use different beauty products all around the world because they think it’s what makes them beautiful. Different things that people around the world get include make-up, cosmetic surgeries, body modifications, food to go on a diet, and stylish clothes. True beauty is not what one may see on the outside. Instead, it is truly what is in one’s heart. There are many disadvantages and advantages to using all these products such as the…

society has on piercings is strange but is slowly being accepted. Looking back on the history of piercings and what they mean to other cultures makes me appreciate piercings even more. Throughout history and culture piercings have had many different meanings. For some piercings show wealth, higher status, religious purposes, and is believed to help medically. My nose piercing is an example of this. Nose piercings have been around since two thousand B.C., Lorna show on her “Piercing Evolution: A…

While tattoos and piercing once symbolized tribal signs and cultural signifiers, they have become increasingly popular among university students in North America as a manner of expression. My aim in this paper is to explore whether or not having piercings or tattoos has a correlation to the level of other deviant behaviour, specifically regarding drug and alcohol consumption, and level of sexual activity. Additionally, I will investigate childhood behaviour and background in hopes of finding a…

research topic. As I was fidgeting with my earrings, I realized why not do my research on why people have piercings? Piercings have always been part of my identity. Growing up my mom took me to have my ears pierced at JCPenny when I was barely one year old! In Hispanic culture, it is very common for parents to have their children’s ears pierced at a very young age. Most people who do not have piercings and who do not understand the motives behind the actions would agree that people are altering…

The group of women with body art are being judge in a wrong way. Tattooed and pierced women have their sexual intercourse at relatively younger ages. Pierced and tattooed women are unhappy and use their body art as a shock tactic. Women with piercings act tough, are promiscuous, and bitches. Exaggerated stereotypes as these give people a wrong illustration of women. Women do get their tattoos at a young age, but they do not have sexual intercourse at a In the world there are many different…

years, teenagers start to think about piercing and tattoos and what they want to do with their body. I remember when I was in high school, many friends of mine got piercings. When I was I believe 15 or 16 years old, I wanted to get my belly pierced. The day I went, the person at the piercing parlor tells me that he needed to see my ID. Of course I'm confused because I didn't know why all of sudden he needed to see identification. I learned that day that all piercing parlors in New York had a law…

Body modifications, specifically tattoos and body piercings, have become increasingly popular in modern society; especially among young adults who feel that body art is a form of self-expression. In recent years, tattoos and piercings have become more accepted by the majority of American society, due mainly in part to popular culture glamorizing body art as sort of a fashion accessory. However, the question of whether body art is acceptable in the workplace or not is a whole new ball game. Many…

individuals take it upon themselves to create their own characteristics through a process called body modification. People from around the world use many different types body modifications for a variety of reasons. Body modifications have been used for at least four reasons: the search for beauty, a symbol of status, forms of identification, and coming of age rituals. The…

ink on people’s bodies has become the foundation of a growing debate. Workers getting fired from their job for inked images on their body, employers disqualifying employees applying for a job because of facial piercings, and employees having to hide changes to their appearance to fit company dress codes all exemplify aspects of this issue regarding the treatment of body modifications in the workplace. On one side of this issue, there are those who do not find tattoos and piercings appropriate in…