People from many different cultures have pierced their bodies for centuries. If you look in a history book, you will find that Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans decorated their bodies with piercings and tattoos.
Many pierced their bodies to show their importance in a group, or because they thought it protected them from evil. Today, we know much more about the risks of body piercing. Body piercing is a serious decision. Before you decide to get a piercing, ask your parents, trusted adults, and friends what they think.
What are teens saying about body piercing today?
Ask other teens who have been pierced what they thought of the entire experience. How much did it cost? Was it painful? How long did it take to heal? If they had the chance to do it over again, would they still get the piercing?
Some tips teens have passed along to us:
Are there any medical reasons why I should not get a piercing?
Yes. There are medical conditions (see the list below) that could interfere with the natural healing process after a piercing, which makes getting a piercing under these circumstances not only a bad decision, but a risky one.
The Association of Professional Piercers recommends that you should not get a piercing if:
Bottom line, if you are wondering if it’s safe for you to have an oral or body piercing, you should talk to your primary care provider and/or your specialist health care provider (for example, your cardiologist).
What are the risks of body piercing?
The most serious risks are infections, allergic reactions, bleeding, and damage to nerves or teeth. Infections may be caused by hepatitis, HIV, tetanus, bacteria, and yeast. If the piercer washes his/her hands and uses gloves and sterile equipment and you take good care of your piercing, the risk of infection is lowered (but can still occur).
Did you know that:
Another cause of problems from piercings is using the wrong kind of jewelry for the area pierced. If the jewelry is too large, it can actually cut off the blood supply to the tissue, causing sweet...... /p6mVfk-5O ..

I want to pierce my belly button biko

LOL!
Piercing of the body is for forkboys and girls alone.

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Piercing of the body is for forkboys and girls alone.

Correct

Nothing wrong with body piercing for those who want to, stop dwelling in the past. We live in a free world and people should be free to do whatever they want with their body without facing stigmatisation.

Everything we do in life has it health implications including eating, sleeping, and even the continuous use of the phones we use. At the end, we are all going to die whether you have body piercing, tattoos etc etc. Live and let live biko, life it's not that hard.

Kai,dat thing wld be painful.only got extra piercings on both ears cos dats enough for me

I guess, it depends a lot on the jewellery you use for such piercings. As for me, I got all of mine from https://wholesalepiercing.com and they are very nice and nothing bad happened to my piercings at all. I have 4 so far