Body piercing folklore

Many contemporary authors and body piercing enthusiasts have made attempts to explain the history or development of body piercing in Western Culture, prior to its contemporary practice. In Dreamtime by Hans Peter Duerr, the author claims that nipple piercing became popular in 14th century Europe. There is evidence, both anecdotal and photographic, that nipple piercing was practiced in Europe during the late 19th century and in the early 20th century, but it was not considered to be a common practice. It is sometimes claimed that Roman centurions practiced nipple piercing and that soldiers attached their capes to the piercings. This is not true. Their capes were attached to the breastplate of their armor. This particular myth owes its popularity to Doug Malloy, an American piercing pioneer who published pamphlets in the late 1970's promoting his highly fanciful histories of body piercing.

Piercings require a lot of care and consideration - Nation

Piercings require a lot of care and consideration - Nation
Whether it's ears, lips, nostrils, eyebrows, belly buttons, tongues or even cheeks, you've probably seen piercings - maybe multiple piercings - on lots of people. But are they safe? And what should you know if you decide to get one?A body piercing is exactly that - a piercing or puncture made in your body by a needle. After that, a piece of jewelry is inserted into the puncture. The most popular pierced body parts are the ears, nostrils and belly button.If the person performing the piercing provides a safe, clean and professional environment, this is what you can expect from getting a body part pierced:The area you've chosen to be pierced (except for the tongue) is cleaned with a germicidal soap.Your skin is then punctured with a very sharp, clean needle.The piece of jewelry, which has already been sterilized, is attached to the area.The person performing the piercing disposes of the needle in a special container so that there is no risk of the needle or blood touching someone else.

Woman's Emerald Nose Piercing Mistaken for Dried Booger

Sharon Kantner says that she waited "a long time" before deciding to enter the world of body piercing."I was 36 before I even had my ears pierced," she admitted. "Then I thought I would try out something discreet, but edgy, and I had an emerald nose piercing done."

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Teen's Tongue Piercing Linked to Pain

"Doctors tried painkillers, then stronger medication, but in the end, a cure proved more simple: The young woman removed the metal stud from her pierced tongue."

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Mary Pierce wants to return despite horrific injury

The gruesome knee injury Mary Pierce suffered in Linz, Austria last Thursday could be as hard to overcome psychologically as it is physically.

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Corset Piercing... OUCH! (Pictures)

I currently have (and have had) several piercings including eyebrow, ears, and tongue, but this is way over the top in my books. All I can say is ouch!

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(PICS) Pauly Unstoppable - Worlds Craziest Face Tattoos and Piercings!

Nothing can describe what this guy has done to his face. Piercings and tattoos everywhere, You have to check this out!

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Governor signs laws on body piercing, gift cards, mercury

ST. PAUL — No more eyebrow studs for underage Minnesotans — at least not unless Mom or Dad goes along to the piercing parlor and signs a consent form

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An Outing to Pierce Point Ranch

When the rain stops and you simply have to get out of the house and back to nature, head to Pierce Point Ranch on the Pt. Reyes peninsula for a perfect day outing.

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Be clean when you get pierced!

These are a collection of stories about some inhuman smells and sights from various piercings (mostly genital)... So, the moral of the story, wash your fuckin' privates!

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Cosmic Bullets Pierce Space Cloud: supersonic 'bullets' of gas

Astronomers just got their most detailed look yet at supersonic 'bullets' of gas piercing through dense clouds of hydrogen gas in the Orion Nebula.

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Some piercing concerns. Infections, scarring, gum damage: All possible cons

Some piercing concerns. Infections, scarring, gum damage: All possible consequences of following fashion

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Troy Pierce: "Now I only do one thing" (Exclusively for Djscene.lt)

Just before the sun went down on Friday night in Vilnius, I met the American Troy Pierce in an Italian...

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Panel prefers its piercing, tattoos on Randall Road

If a tattoo or body piercing parlor was to come to Geneva, it likely would be located on Randall Road instead of downtown.

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Tattoo, piercing rules up for board’s review

Background checks for tattoo artists and those who perform tongue and genital piercings will be up for discussion Tuesday during the Teton County Public Health board meeting.

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Piercing

Research on the topic of body piercing was conducted by three nurses. They addressed the clinical as well as the social aspects of the subject. It is their conclusion that school nurses should be well informed about piercing because they can present the facts to students in an objective way.

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Girl hangs around all the day long to find a place to get her navel pierced

Gina from New York had been dreaming since 16 to get a belly button piercing. Now she's 19 and tells about getting her lower navel piercing!

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RISKS OF BODY PIERCING

Body piercing may sound like a new-age art but the truth is that we have been practicing it for centuries. Have you ever realized that even your earring hole is a form of body piercing? It is the most common form of body piercing practiced. India, women routinely pierce their nostrils too.

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Get your ideal belly button ring before getting your navel pierced

This is for all the folks heading for a piercing studio to get their navels pierced - you don't necessarily have to get only those piercing given by the piercer. If you educate yourself a little bit and find out what's best for the first time piercings you'll buy your perfect belly ring, get it sterilized at the studio and sport it straight away!

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A Network Administrator who is addicted to body modifications

A Network Admin that is completely addicted to body modifications, music and anything OS X, as you can imagine his lifestyle and job don't really mix too well. In the past he has had his nostrils pierced twice, 10mm stretched lobe piercings, 2 tongue piercings (venoms), 3 lip piercings, septum piercing, bridge piercing and assorted tattoos.

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Other Side of Body Piercing: Navel Piercing

Body piercing is popular, especially among teens.Today, people get their any part pierced whether it is their ear, nose, tongue, eyebrows, lips, genitals, belly buttons or even other places. People are ready to poke holes in any part of their body.Though navel piercing takes nine months to heal...

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Piercing For Cars

Southern Californians have gone crazy over car tattoos. Yes, that's right, car piercings for the bumper of your choice.

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Most Pierced Woman (photo of face)

Elaine Davidson has 462 piercings on various parts of her body, including 192 on her facial area alone.

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Wristwatch Piercing: OMG OMG OMG

What is wrong with people? This is just wrong. Ok, so I guess next is the cellphone piercing, right?

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Diary of a nipple piercing.

A diary style post outlining what you'd expect in the weeks to follow a nipple piercing.

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PICTURE: Wristwatch Piercing

"A la the pierced eyeglasses, here’s a pierced watch that Spinknas had done with 14ga surface piercings by Peter and Brad at Central Body Art in chilly Thunder Bay, Ontario."

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Pierce my ride??

Body piercing for cars. Some of the lamest crap I've ever seen.Get piercing for your Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Snowboards, ATVs and more!! This goes out to all the lovers of ink, showing us there life. To the tribal pain lovers of body piercing...

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Piercings Gone Bad

With body piercing moving into the mainstream in the last decade or two, and more and more people getting pierced, it’s not suprising for the media to pick up on the rare cases of really bad piercings. Here's two such examples.

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Boob Removed After Nipple Piercing Infection

Sucks to be this chick. Or her boyfriend.

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Teen Has Breast Removed After Nipple Piercing

The title says it all.

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Most Body Piercing record

900 needles to break records.

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How Body Piercing Works -- The Ins and Outs of this Cutting Edge Process

Body piercing (defined as any piercing beyond the standard earlobe piercing) has become such a popular form of body modification that between five and ten percent of the population of the United States has indulged in at least one form of it at some time in their lives.

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If Your Earlobe Piercings Are Not Enough, Try a Belly Button Piercing

A belly button piercing can be fun, exciting, and fashionable. Today, body piercing is one of the most popular forms of body modification. It involves placing a hole in the skin of a body part or segment of the body usually to wear jewelry.

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Belly Piercing And Keloid Scarring

A popular form of body enhancement and personal expression is body piercing. A navel piercing is also known as a belly piercing or belly button piercing. While some men do engage in belly piercing it is much more prevalent among females. One of the most common side effects of a belly piercing is scarring known as keloid.

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Janet Jackson ’s labia “Down South” is pierced

The Nasty singer insists her septum piercing was the one she hated the most, adding even her labia piercing “Down South” wasn’t as difficult.

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States to explore youth piercing ban

NEW state laws banning body piercing for minors will be explored after two tattooist brothers were charged with abusing two schoolgirls during a piercing session.

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Possible Tongue Piercing Side Effect: A Second Tongue

There are many risks associated with body piercing, but this may be the worst.

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Christians on Body Piercing

A Christian vet explains what God thinks of the body piercing craze.

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Undoing your piercing past

A dermatologist or plastic surgeon can reverse the piercings you no longer want or use.

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Piercing all over the world Pictures

Pictures of top 10 piercing all over the world

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On Pierced Nipples and Impulsivity

A father vents about his teenaged son, who came home with pierced nipples.

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Nose Rings and Piercings

Some nose piercing history, pics and descriptions of the different types of piercings, video of actual nose piercings, plus rings, screws, bones and other types of jewelry.

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Piercing - good and bad stories

Today, the progressive youth dares to make to itself piercing to be allocated in this grey society. Piercing is not something new. It became popular ...

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Bikini Babe With Pierced Nipples

Bikini Babe With Pierced Nipples

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Piercing in der Sahara

Die Geschichte von Piercing Schmuck

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TIm gets his ears pierced

I got my ears pierced

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Extreme Piercing

Piercings that went overboard.

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