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relevant to oral piercings and the health issues that coincide. The findings from this research suggested that oral piercing has become one of the most widely followed trends in recent times, but the complications and consequences are often ignored. The research has considered five quality journals with experimental researched on the oral infections caused by oral piercings. Education, awareness, and prevention must be considered in order to reduce the obstacles with oral piercings.

A Brief History of Piercings A widespread and sometimes controversial practice, body piercing has existed for nearly 5,000 years. Being used for religious, medicinal, status, sexual enhancement or discouragement purposes, piercing has been found to independently originate in multiple regions known for being home to some of humanity’s earliest civilizations. Examining this history reveals the rich cultural background of a practice that is anything but modern. Due to a lack of primary sources, archaeologists

Body piercing may sound like a new-age art but the truth is that we have been practicing it for centuries. Have you ever realised that even your earring hole is a form of body piercing? It is the most common form of body piercing practiced. In India, women routinely pierce their nostrils too. Instances of body piercing have been found in the Bible as well as in Egyptian Mummies. Body piercing is the piercing of a body part in order to wear jewelery in the opening created. Does that sound crazy?

Oral piercings have become more and more popular among the past couple of decades, especially with younger groups of people.1 They get these piercings because they think it will make them more popular in their social groups or because they think it looks good to get their tongue or lip pierced.2 Years ago, people got piercings because of their certain religious practices or different ethnic groups, but today oral piercings are becoming increasingly popular with the general population regardless of

The History of Tattoos and Body Piercing The largest organ in the human body is the skin. Some people choose to express themselves through decorating their skin with tattoos, piercing and other kinds of body art. It's true origin, symbolism, variety, and modern day versions go way back in time. The first tattoo known to man, was found on Otzi, the “Iceman“, in 1991. Otzi himself is from around 4,000 B.C. Fifty-eight tattoos were found on him, they were all made of lines and dots. No real

Tattoos and Body Piercings Throughout time body piercings and tattoos have become a very common trend in today’s society. Body art including both piercings and tattoos have been around for many years, it used to be a way of communicating through each other but it has now become more of a fashion trend especially among today’s youth. Not only do tattoos and piercings have their own type of fashion but they can also represent many things such as religious traits. Many people ignore the dangers that

Tattoos and Piercings in the Workplace Growing up I knew one day I would have tattoos. With my mom being covered in them, I couldn’t wait until the day I turned 18 so I could get my first tattoo. Sadly I was 7 years old when I realized I wanted tattoos, so I had a very long time to wait. In the meantime, my mom and I found a replacement for tattoos; piercings. By the time I was 11 I already had 3 earring holes in each ear, when I was 16 I had 11 earring holes; yet with becoming 16, you enter the

In all cultures of recorded history, there are standards of beauty that many strive or have strived to attain. But what happens when being beautiful means more to a member of society than the habitual application of makeup or the desire for a person to be thin? What does it mean to an individual when exercising one’s desire to become beautiful involves the permanent mutilation a functioning part of the body or going ‘under the knife’ to alter ones genitalia? The pressure for a person to meet

Bodily piercing and tattooing are regarded to some as art or adornment, to others, a purposeful religious sentiment. Many individuals fail to entirely consider the fulminant risks associated with penetrating subcutaneous tissue with foreign bodies. The human body is composed of complex systems and mechanisms, which interact in order to maintain homeostasis. When deviancy disrupts the bodily chemical reactions, the internal processes operating to uphold optimal living conditions will be altered.

Tattoos & Piercings in the Workplace PHI221 Shelley Hipps College America Abstract This paper focuses on the subject of whether or not tattoos and piercings should be allowed in the workplace. There are a lot of resources arguing that they should not be allowed, but this research maintains the point that they should be more accepted in the workplace these days. This paper concludes by discussing how tattoos and piercings are much more of an artistic expression rather than a form of rebellion