Body Modification
Body modification is the permanent or semi-permanent altering of the human Created by body for non-medical reasons. The most popular forms of body modification are tattoos and piercing. ... Body modification has taken place for thousands of years, and is now growing in mass popularity. ... Body Modification can become addictive and even compulsive. People put themselves through body modification because they want to “belong,” for spiritual beliefs, or to rebel against societys ‘norm’. ... A tattoo is a permanent mark put intentionally on your body by inserting ink under the pigment of skin to alter its appearance. A piercing is putting a hole through your body intentionally and leaving something in its place. These forms of ‘art’ are the most popular forms of body modification in our society. But body modification does not stop there; there are several other practiced modifications, such as plastic surgery, scarification, mutilation, amputation, mehndi, foot binding, ‘implants’ and even hair dying. Plastic surgery is surgery done to repair, restore or improve injured, defective, or misshapen body parts. ... Scarification is defined as “a mark on the body after a surface injury heals. ... Body mutilation is cutting up or altering the body radically as to make imperfect (to some, perfect); it is a permanent modification. Amputation is the complete removal of a body part through surgery. ... Amputation, like a scar can also occur unintentional, like in a car accident, a body part may be so badly damaged; it needs to be removed. Applying henna (a natural dye) and painting it on a body makes Mehndi. ... This, along with scarification and amputation are considered more ‘radical’ forms of body modification. Changing a body in any way is considered body modification, including dieting and bodybuilding. ... Primitive people used tattoos and body paint for wars to distinguish which clan they represented. ... In 2000 a poll conducted by Health Canada found that today 23% of Canadian teens (12-19) had a body piercing, and an additional eight percent had a tattoo [7]. ... Popularity of body piercing seems to have hit a plateau. ... At any given punk show, the minority is those who do not have several face or body piercing. ... Body art is a way of identifying a place in society and a comfortable place for themselves.