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Body piercing jewelry – for you to make your very own personal statement

By yoona0503 on Jan 18, 2012 |Lifestyle

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One can very easily find a number of diverse types of body piercing jewelry offered nowadays, which depends on the organ of the body that you plan on using it for, resulting in there being different kinds for all the different parts of the body that you can imagine. Customarily, you would have thought about getting only your ears and nose pierced, but now trends including piercing for the nipples, lips, labrets, midriff, eyebrows and even the genitals as well.
There are so many different motivations behind opting for different kinds of body piercing jewelry. One main reason can be considered to be the norms of the culture one belongs to. For example, in some Middle Eastern countries, it is considered a sign of beauty for a girl to get her ears pierced, and many parents get it done very soon after their daughter is born. In these same cultures, it may be considered inappropriate to see ear piercing on males, but in others it may be considered acceptable and many parents may get their son’s ears pierced. That said, many boys might want to get their ears pierced when they are a bit older even when their parents and the society do not approve of it just because they think it makes them look good. The same may be the case in certain African tribes where a woman may be judged according to the items of oral jewelry she sports.
Besides ear piercings, another kind of common body piercing jewelry in commonly referred to as oral jewelry, which is used on different parts of the mouth such as the lips, tongue or even the inside of the cheek. But other parts of the face also have their own kind of jewelry, including the eyebrows, the nose or the nostrils and even the labret. There are many differing types of body piercing jewelry you can put on your face, such as rings and studs or even barbells. You can even try something else and achieve an interesting effect: instead of getting a single piercing, you can try to get two holes one next to another and wear one item of jewelry in the both of them. This is known as a scaffold and while it is very commonly used in the case of ear piercing, it is not very uncommon to find it on the chin or the nose as well.

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