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| padaung woman (Photo credit: gianluca_cozzolino) |
One
quite peculiar facet of our society's way of life and also the
culture of several communities all over the world is body
modification. Body modification has been happening for thousands of
years for many different reasons. Very early modification had
something with regards to cultural importance most of the time but in
some cases it was merely as a result of vanity. Individuals from
cultures all over the world all through time have been focused on
their personal appearance and would go to fantastic measures to
enhance it.
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| body modification (tattoo, piercing, implant) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The
very idea of beauty would appear to be one that was exactly the same
through the entire world and all through time but that is certainly
simply far from the truth. Within a particular African culture
extended necks are thought beautiful. It is actually regarded as so
significant that girls have long necks that they can place metal
bands around their throat beginning at a young age and gradually
increase the amount of bands to force their neck to extend into
unusually long proportions. This modification can be so extreme that
if the metallic bands ended up being taken from their neck, these
ladies would be unable to keep their heads up.
At one
time tiny feet ended up being regarded as attractive and incredibly
essential for ladies to have in Japan. It had become regarded as
extremely important for ladies to possess little feet that beginning
in early childhood, Japanese girls had their feet bound in tight
ribbons to stop their feet from developing.
More
serious types of body modification which are currently in practice,
include things like branding. When an individual is branded, an
incredibly hot metal device is heated to extremely high temperature
ranges and this piece of equipment is held against the epidermis for
a few seconds to result in a serious burn. Once the burn heals it
actually leaves behind a raised scar of the specific pattern that the
person selected. This specific kind of body modification is pretty
hazardous as burns very easily become infected. One really unusual
body modification which is getting into style with the underground
popular culture is implants. A stainless-steel or Teflon item is
inserted underneath their epidermis to create protrusions on the
exterior of your skin. This really is fairly uncommon still however
it is increasing in popularity.
No
matter what type of body modification a person decides on, whether it
is tattooing or getting metal implements inserted beneath the skin,
the reason why are usually extremely personal nature. Even though it
is becoming a lot more common to see individuals with unusual body
modifications a number of these body modifications continue to be
fairly taboo. The only exemption could be obtaining a tattoo. This
really is one specific kind of body modification that is certainly
rising in popularity and is pretty socially acceptable.
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