Piercing

The second most popular way to decorate your body, after tattoos, is piercing. According to statistics, 30% of the world's population have tried it at least once in their lives. Pierced earlobes or navel, especially among the fair half of humanity, are considered sexy. Eyebrows, tongue, breasts and other parts are modified quite rarely, in particular, this is done by people who have pierced themselves with something traditional and cannot stop. However, among those who like to decorate their own body, few people think that initially piercing was not a way to attract attention, but had a sacred meaning for the person who wore it. Let's find out!

Shamans, appealing to the forces of nature and communicating with spirits, pierced their tongues, using sharp thorns of poisonous plants for this purpose.

With the advent of Christianity, the above rituals began to change, be forgotten and even persecuted by representatives of the clergy. In 1139, a church rule was issued prohibiting piercing any part of the body, and dissenters were persecuted and severely punished by members of religious orders.According to the Bible and the Koran, piercing was considered a satanic attribute, and people who wore it were defiled by the devil.

In the modern world, few people think about the meaning of body piercings and wearing jewelry in them. A decorated navel is considered sexy, and an earring in an eyebrow is a symbol of belonging to a certain subculture. Pierced ears, lips, nose and genitals are quite common, but there are several little-known types of piercings that I would like to talk about in more detail.

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1. Body piercing is a body piercing most commonly used by girls. They make several holes around the navel and put various jewelry into them.
2. Corset piercing. This type of modification lives up to its name and is most often done on the back. The punctures are divided into several rows, into which rings are threaded, and a ribbon is pulled through them, tied with a cross.
3. Skyes. This unique and rather rare phenomenon is a dental piercing. Some domestic and foreign pop stars decorate their teeth with rhinestones and Swarovski crystals, and the wealthiest representatives of cinema and show business decorate their teeth with diamonds. Now the expression “priceless smile” can be taken literally.
4. Brain piercing. Perhaps the most striking and unusual of all types of decoration of one’s own body. A young neurosurgeon gives his patients brain piercings! Yes Yes! This is not a joke or a prank. A surgeon from Caracas shaves some of the hair on the head and uses a drill to make a small hole in the skull into which a special ring is inserted. The doctor claims that the procedure is absolutely safe for the patient, and the punctured part of the brain is not responsible for thought processes or movement.In addition, if an eccentric who has decided on such a daring experiment is pulled by the ring in his head, his brain will release certain neurons responsible for relaxation. The patient will feel a state of euphoria and buzz. The cost of the operation is $2000.