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A big trend today in America would include tattoos and piercings. Young and old are doing it. Body modifications have become a popular industry.
Body modifications started as tribal art in Africa, South America, Asia, and Australia with lip plates, ear plates, and cheek rods. They had different meanings and significances. Tribe status and rite of passage ceremonies are two reasons for primitive modifications. Warriors, puberty, marrage, etc. all are considered rites of passage.
Body modifications today have changed greatly since the more primitive times, but the procedure has not. The only thing is we are more sanitary today, than the earlier tribes.
You should remember the safest place to get a body modification is at a tattoo shop if it involved piercings, tattoos, brandings, scarification, etc. Or at a doctor's if it involves implants and surgeries.
Tribal Body Mods
A Surma woman wearing a traditional wooden plate in her lower lip with her youn...
The bride-price determined by her family is identified by the size of her lip pl...
Six months prior the marriage a woman's lip is pierced by her kinswomen.
Ear Wear - The People of the Maasai, Kenya, Eastern AfricaPiercing and strech...
Big Ear Lobes - The People of the Maasai, Kenya, Eastern AfricaThe piercing an...
Holy Ears - The People of the Maasai, Kenya, Eastern Africa
The tribal scars across Simon's forehead are traditional for men from the Shillu...
The markings on his forehead are tribal scarring though I cannot remember which ...
Body Modification Books
Healing Piercings
With piercings you need to clean the piercing daily, once or twice. The best cleaning solution for piercings or any kind (ears, facial, genital, etc) is saline solution. You can purchase a saline solution at many stores to include grocery stores, pharmacies, and other stores like Target and Wal-mart.
You need to soak the jewelry and the piercing for 10-15 minutes. If you have a belly piercing, you can put the saline in a cup and lay down with the cup over the piercing, and for ear piercings you can use cotton balls.
You want to stay away from anything that contains the slightest bit of alcohol in it. It is too harsh for any type of piercing. Peroxide, as well, should be kept far from piercings. These items can over dry a piercing.
Ointments should not be used as they tend to clogg the piercing, preventing it from getting oxygen.
Too much cleaning can be detrimental, so stick with once or twice a day.
Body Jewelry
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Healing Tattoos
Keep all tattoos away from sunlight, as it will greatly damage it.
If you have any questions about healing and taking care of fresh mods, you need to consult the artist that did the mod.
Tattoo Aftercare
Right after getting a tattoo, you must consider tattoo aftercare, as it is very important to best preserve your tattoo.
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Tattoo Removal
Just remember that tattoo removal will more than likely cost you more monetarily than the actual tattoo did. But, you must weigh your costs and benefits. If you think that paying the money will benefit you more having the tattoo removed versus leaving it there, then by all means do what will make you truly happy.
Tattoo removal can be painful- many recall that it feels like being hit with rubberbands.
Tat B Gone
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They speak with tons of people all with one thing in common... Body Modifications...
You may not think about it, but most people are into body modifications to some degree. Like to tan, but think tattoos are disguting? Tanning's a body modification, you're changing your body, aren't you?
Plastic surgeries, trans-gender surgeries, tanning, and hair dying, are all forms of body modifications.
Modify, the movie, talks to people in all wakes about every modification you can think of. From simple procedures to genital implants.
Bod Mod Blog
Find various infomation, pictures, and links about body modifications.
You will find information and pictures about tattoos and piercings most often, but don't fear, as you will definately find info about scarification, branding, suspension, and more.
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Scarification do Grande Edilberto.
Scarification da Sônia.
Scarification da Sônia.
Scarification by Mac (www.puncturedbodypiercing.co.uk) (Model is NOT me for thos...
Scarification
Scarification
Matt Cottrell is an Ottawa body artist based at Planet Ink. But he is practicing a new and controversial technique.
Body Mod Gifts and Products
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Artist Pain Solution performing Body suspension at opening show. JavaZone Oslo N...
Artist Pain Solution performing Body suspension at opening show. JavaZone Oslo ...
Put on that swing music," Shane Post, body modification artist at Wingn...
Suspension
Suspension Video - Body Modification Video
Mod Links
- Body Mod
- Great place for pictures- Piercings, Tattos, and Hardcore Stuff!
- Tribalectic
- Great source of piercing information, pictures, and jewelry.
- Modify
- Official website of Modify.
- BME
- Body Modification Ezine
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Posted March 26, 2009
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Posted August 25, 2008
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