An Epigrammatic History of Body Modification and Piercing

Body modification started as a taboo in ancient times. When it all started, it was more like a taboo, practiced as some kind of sacrifice, tradition, or myth. But today, it is a flourishing fashion culture, among fashion lovers, especially teenagers and young people from all over the world.

The long-established and widely accepted notation of body modification is: It is a practice in which parts of your body are reshaped, reused, or modified to serve some additional purpose. When you go for body modification, you visit a body modification workshop or a specialist who performs the modifications on your body, using their unique equipment, following a thoughtful and hygienic procedure.

It’s like accessorizing your body to showcase your unique fashion sense.

body piercing It is also a type of modification, in which the professional creates a hole or puncture in certain parts of the body -such as the ear, eyebrows, chin, lips, tongue, belly, nose, nipples and genitals. – in which piercing jewelry is used. Some of the jewelry used in pierced body parts are: belly button rings, nose rings, bars, curvatures, etc.

Extension- Earlobe and lip tightening looks like a painful fashion trend. The earlobes are stretched to the extreme and are adorned with distinctive stretching jewelry such as ear plugs, ear gauges, and tunnels. However, it is not as painful as it seems. But, while stretching the earlobes, the suggested precautionary measures should be taken into account. Carelessly stretching can dull your overall appearance permanently.

tattooing – Technically, getting tattoos is also considered as a body modification trend, when it is practiced, the color/texture of the skin changes forever. However, today, it has a separate history and identity, and is popular with herds around the world.

The following tips illustrate how this fashion trend has evolved over time:

• According to archaeologists, drilling is not something ancient. However, why exactly the primitive tribes used it has not yet been revealed.

• A mummified body has been recovered in Austria, which according to studies; it is more than five thousand years old. This mummy has pierced ears.

• Researchers have also unearthed ancient earrings at an archaeological site in an ancient Sumerian city.

• The Holy Bible also has several mentions of earrings.

• Mentions of earrings can also be found in the oldest text on earth, the Rigveda.

• Nose rings also date back to before the era of Christ, in 1500 BC.

• Body piercing became popular in the 1970s, after some blockbuster Hollywood movies.

• Today, it is one of the most watched fashion trends in the world. Celebrities, models, athletes, etc. You have to thank for this new fashion trend.

It is due to human nature that always aspires for something new that we come across various inventions and milestones in the history of evolution. The fashion of body modification is an example of what was said above. Whatever the reason or purpose for which we the people started this, today it has become a magnificent fashion statement all over the world.