Body Piercing Aftercare

The so-called ‘civilized’ world may frown at any mention of body piercing and body modification. They may even cock their nose up at body piercing being called an art. However, art it is, and leaving the skeptics and cynics to fight over it, more and more people are decorating their body with ornate jewelry, which is pierced through their skin. Though body piercing may look outlandish, and for some people it may also seem freaky, it is this very nature that attracts people towards it. Those who think that body piercing is a recent phenomenon patronized by freaks and admirers of gothic will be surprised to know that people have been piercing their body from time immemorial. In fact, body piercing ranks alongside tattoos as one of the oldest art forms practiced by man. While nose and ear piercings were widely prevalent, and also accepted in the modern world, piercing of other body parts were also fairly common among the ancients. And body piercing was practiced in almost all the cultures of the world. For example, lip and tongue piercings were practiced by African and Native American tribes, and even Egyptian mummies were found with a few piercings in their nose and ears. If that seems hard to believe then it will come as a shocker to know that the Ancient Roman were the first people to have nipple piercings while genital piercings were mentioned in the Kama Sutra, and its practice may have been prevalent from the 300 to 550 Christian Era. Whatever be the history, body piercings have been embraced by today’s youth. Since, in body piercing a wound is made on the skin to insert an ornament, piercing becomes a perfect recipe for infection. Without proper care, the risks are many. That is why as soon as you get a body piercing you must start with the aftercare procedure. To know more on how you can take care of your body piercing read below.