Body piercings have been around for ages, but only now has it become something that lets teenagers fit into crowds, only now have “cool piercings” become a common thing, more like a rite of passage for many teenagers if they want to survive in their social circles. Body piercings, all types of cool piercings, have been around for as long as we know. Many old cultures used body piercings to denote which tribe they belonged to. Many used body piercings as a way to ward off evil spirits. In Arab & South-East Asian culture, getting a baby girl’s ear pierced is considered a way of enhancing her femininity from a very young age. Different cultures used body piercings & tattoos to denote different things & they had different meaning in each culture.
Belly button piercing is one of the many types of cool piercings gaining fame with teenagers & pre-teens these days. The reason this type of cool piercing is so famous is because it is easy to cover up while it is healing, & even afterwards. It is becoming a common practice for girls between the ages of 12-15, but some get it at such a young age as 9. It is becoming the new trend, as stated above, a rite of passage, especially into high schools.
There are a number of online sites & also jewelry shops that sell different types of jewelry & accessories for such cool piercings. There are the usual barbells that they use to keep the piercing open during healing after it is first performed. The barbell that they put in when the piercing is performed is supposed to be worn up until the wound completely heals. There are other jewelry pieces available in the market. There are barbell variations; different sizes, different colored stoppers; there are rings, plain & with little diamantes on them to give them a ‘bling’ factor. All these different types of jewelry for belly button piercing make a normal piercing into cool piercings. There are also the new, fancier pieces of belly button jewelry, with dangling diamantes, etc. that give enhance the look of a lean belly.
Ear piercings have been at the top of the cool piercings list forever, it seems, since one was discovered on the oldest mummy to have ever been found. Different cultures used this type cool piercings to denote different things. There was the Egyptian culture, where a special shape of earrings was reserved for women of noble standing. Then there are the ancient Greeks, who wore earrings fashioned in the shapes of the Gods from their mythology. There were ancient tribes, whose remains told of tribes whose cool piercings were 7-10mm in diameter. There are also tribes that use ear piercings to increase the size of the hole the piercings create gradually until the hole is big enough to fit bigger ornaments.
Such cool piercings have always been a favorite among people it seems. There was a time in the a 4th to 16th centuries when earrings in went out of fashion for women, as their hair-dos covered up their ears & there was no point buying gem-studded earrings if they weren’t going to show through your hair anyway. There was also a time somewhere after the 1st World War when ear piercing went completely out of fashion because of the introduction of clip-on earrings. But once again ear piercing has come back into style as a form of cool piercing & the Western culture, especially, has adopted different cool piercing techniques from many different cultures, & has come up with different piercing techniques & results.
Lip piercing is another form of piercing taking the center stage as a cool piercing. There are different forms of this type of cool piercings depending on the location of the piercing. There’s the Monroe piercing, done above the lip, on the left or right, in the spot where Marilyn Monroe had her famous mole. There’s the Medusa piercing that is done in the center of the upper lip. There are many other variations of this type cool piercing, but these are the more common ones.
Originally part of the South American culture, lip piercings are fast becoming a hip trend, being counted as a type of cool piercing. Some of the most daring of these cool piercings are seen in African tribes, which have lower lip piercing in which they wear big lip discs. Today, there are various types of jewelry available for this type of cool piercings, like labrets, studs, studs with diamantes or zirconia, rings, etc.
There is a lot of care to be taken when going got these cool piercings. The wound is to be kept clean at all times & preferably dry, as the moisture would cause growth of bacteria & that would definitely make matters worse. The lip piercing can’t be kept as dry as the others, so it is to be cleaned with a saline solution 2-3 times a day so as to keep it from getting infected.
There are certain complications regarding all types of cool piercings. The belly button piercing might get infected due to sweat & moisture. This infection could get nasty & causes cysts. There is also the problem of scarring. Different people’s skin scars in different ways. & once you’ve had the cool piercings, and at any later time you don’t want it anymore, the scar will always be there as a reminder. Ear piercings heal relatively quicker, especially if you get it at a younger age. But if in case of an accident, if the cool piercing is somewhere close to the ear edge rips off, it might not heal back to its actual shape without a plastic surgeon’s help.
Any such type of cool piercings should be done by a professional, who has had some medical training as to how to perform a piercing procedure. Having a professional perform the piercing will reduce the risk of any infection & will guarantee a smooth job & a less painful procedure. So go and get your cool piercings today, but from a professional.