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Body piercing is an ancient art once used to signify a person’s social status, authority or to beautify the body. Many cultures and some religions still practice the art of body piercing today. Modern-day body piercing jewelry comes in many styles, made with different materials ranging from titanium to jewels. Consider the steps below to help express your creativity through body piercing.

• Step 1: Relate your lifestyle and beliefs to your desired body piercing creativity. Some cultures and religions have designated piercing placement. This in itself is a form of elected creativity.

• Step 2: Consider body piercing placement. Piercing placement will express the type of creativity you seek. Lifestyle or career may not tolerate body piercings that can openly be observed. Ear piercing is the most common form of body piercing, however nose, tongue, belly button, eye brow and lip piercing have also become very popular placement choices.

• Step 3: Choose body piercing jewelry made of quality materials. Some individuals have skin sensitivities to certain metals and can cause an allergic reaction leading to infection; these individuals usually know they have these Allergies prior to body piercing consideration. Jewelry comes in many different materials such as gold, silver, stainless steel and plastic. Titanium is a popular material used in body jewelry because it is light-weight, sterile and offers many options such as barbells, rings and arched eyebrow rings.

• Step 4: Be aware of the healing time of a chosen body piercing. Tongue piercings heal fairly quickly and are easy to take care of. Belly button piercings’ can take up to several weeks or months to properly heal with the recommendation to avoid swimming during healing.

• Step 5: Choose a qualified body piercing studio. Ensure the piercing studio maintains health standards to avoid infectious diseases and potential infections.

Body piercing remains a popular and safe choice for expressing personal creativity. Choosing a health standard conscious body piercing studio with your choice of placement and style of jewelry considerate of your lifestyle, religion or culture will ensure a positive creative outlet experience.

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