I don’t just say that to make you go OOOH, (though of course feel free to, I do like it awfully much), but also to start off my thoughts on Body Modification.
Body Modification is nothing new, people have been doing it as far back as I can remember, and I’m 32 years old, so that’s far back! Okay seriously, as far back as prehistoric times. Ever since the first cave man saw some shiny stone and thought, “Me hammer this in ear! Make She-caveman love me more!!!”
For some cultures it’s become a right of passage, you’re not a man till you’ve had a piece of you cut off or pierced or sliced into bite sized pieces. For other people it’s a way of standing out from the crowd, rebelling against society or just showing your individuality. Sometimes its even just to make yourself happy, bugger what everyone else thinks. < - - The Jo variety.
But there are limitless ways you can change your body these days! The three most popular ways to date are:
Piercing:
Often seen as the tamest version, since you can generally remove them at any time. (I say generally because sometimes, especially after a long time of wearing it, it becomes a case of looking better with the piercing in then with gaping Swiss-Cheese holes when they are removed!)
As to where you can be pierced? If you can pinch the skin it can be pierced! Eyebrows, ears, face, neck, heck even genitalia! (Gotta hope that piercing doesn’t end up catching on clothing though…)
If it’s a piece of your body then someone out there somewhere has put a piece of metal through it!
Tattooing:
My favorite! < - - for anyone who might not have guessed! ^_^
A bit more permanent then the average piercing, they’re a colourful way to paint your skin. Tattoos are also a bit more painful but you’ll be happy to hear women take them better then men do! (Unless you’re a guy, but that’s not my fault.)
Tattoos can be fantastically beautiful if done right. Either huge and colourful or even small and sassy. They can show your views on life, your hopes and dreams or even what group you belong to.
(Like when you see the 80 000th woman with a butterfly or guy with a black panther you pretty much know they belong to the group, “Sheep”) :P
Implants, Amputations and Surgical work:
These are for the big boys / girls / hermaphrodites (Don’t want to leave anyone out).
Unlike removable piercings or hide-able tattoos, surgical work and implants are a tad bit more noticeable and a tad bit more, “shouldn’t decide to get it at the last moment”-ish. Should you go and amputate two fingers from each hand so that you can look like you have Velociraptor claws and then change your mind two months later… it can be a bit tricky.
But in this category the sky, or rather your imagination, is the limit! The things people have done to themselves can only really be showed in pictures. Horns, lumps, split tongues, holes, folds and whiskers! The average person might not find this attractive but to others it’s the best way to really express, and be, themselves! True, in some countries they might get burned at the stake as witches or demons, but usually they tend to avoid these areas and so no problem! And you have to admit, like a bad accident, you want to look away from them but you can’t help staring because – WTF??
But I personally love seeing what folk can get up to. The world is filled with allsorts of people that make it go round. So here’s to all those who provide the Gasps and No-Way’s and Holy-Mother-Of… !!! You lot give us great stories to tell our friends because, “You won’t believe what this guy did to his face!!!”
^_^
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