Category Archives: Origins of body piercing

Contemporary piercing traces its roots back to America in the 1960 to early 1970′s. Doug Malloy used to hold tattoo and piercing parties where the founders of modern day piercing met and exchanged ideas about piercing techniques and jewellery. Doug …
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Frenum Origins are in Europe and like foreskin piercing was usually used as a way of restricting sexual practice. Usually this piercing was used in conjunction with a foreskin piercing and the two joined together. Hafada This is said to …
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Nipples According to Doug Malloy nipple piercing was practised by Roman Centurions, Caesar’s personal bodyguard. They pierced their nipples as a sign of their courage and virility and supposedly as a dress accessory for holding their capes. I have also …
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Lip As far as I know this piercing has cultural origins in Africa, South America and possibly SE Asia. In Africa and South America this piercing is often stretched with a clay or wooden plug. In Southern American Indian tribes …
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Ears Ears have been the most universally pierced in all cultures, whether in the lobes, cartiledge, tragus or conch. The piercings are also widely ‘stretched up’ in many cultures. Nose There has been a long tradition of nostril and septum …
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Historically, piercing needs to be seen within the context of body modification. Humans have always been fascinated with the concept of changing how they look since the beginning of time. This takes many forms such as clothing, hairstyles and colour, …
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