Body Piercing
BODY PIERCING is an invasive procedure and is not without
risks. When properly performed, these risks can be minimized, and most
individuals who receive their piercing from a professional piercer, and
who faithfully take care of their new piercing as recommended by their
piercer, will enjoy a safe and healthy piercing experience.
Body piercing has been practiced for as long as five thousand years. It
has, in the beginning, as it is now, been used as a personal expression,
a religious ritual, an official, or royal distinction, or more often recently,
a trend in fashion.
It began with the first tribes and clans, the oldest human races. The
religious castes of India and the Pharos of Egypt. The philosophers of
Greece and the soldiers of Rome. Then all the way up to the middle classes,
and the aristocracy of the 18th and 19th century. It was all but forgotten
in Europe during the early 1900's, what with two world wars, and the concerns
of a growing world, until the 1970's where it found itself being nurtured
by London's pioneering fashion gurus and artists in the Underground!
BODY PIERCING TECHNIQUE
A piercing gun is frequently used by physicians and department stores
for ear piercing. The gun consists of a spring-loaded action, which pierces
the ear lobe. The piercing gun can only be used for ear lobes. For other
body sites a needle of some type is used which matches the size of the
jewelry that will be used. The jewelry most commonly used at sites other
than the ear consists of a barbell-shaped ornament, a ring with a bead
or a stud with a metal ball at one end or a tusk.
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