Body Modifications

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eighteen. Dillon decided to get a tattoo. He spent countless hours deciding on the design he wanted. Then, he visited some of the local tattoo parlors. He wanted to check the atmosphere and cleanliness of each environment. Finally he came to a place where he felt secure and satisfied with the artist’s work. Dillon spent the next few days deciding if this was what he really wanted. Taking into consideration that the tattoo would be everlasting, he carefully decided upon where he wanted it placed. Less than a week later he returned to the parlor, excited and nervous. He wasn’t quite sure he was ready for the commitment, but he decided to go through with it anyway. Bravely, he sat down in the chair and the tattoo artist got to work. First, he felt the artist drawing the design on his skin. Then he heard the buzz of the tattoo machine. Dillon broke out in a cold sweat. The pain hit him when the needle first entered his skin. It felt as if there was an extremely dull needle ...

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and cause illness. A ring worn in the nose wards off these evil demons. A similar belief pervaded Europe during the Middle Ages. There, demons were thought to enter the body through the left ear, and it soon became common to wear earrings. In the past piercings have also been used as a means of displaying social rank or status. In ancient Rome, slaves who were in the service of the emperor could be recognized by their distinguishing piercings. Also, Mursi women in Ethiopia’s lower Omo River Valley have used a piercing in their lower lip to display their passage into womanhood (Alexander 2).
Today, in America the practice of body piercing is everywhere. Many young people are ...

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