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Body Modification

By: Jiaxin Ma ( Linda )

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What is Body Modification?

- Body modification is anything that is done to your body that changes your natural appearance. It’s often done for aesthetics, rites of passage, religious beliefs, to display group membership or affiliations. To create body art, for values, self-expression or several other reasons.

- Examples are: Piercings & tattoos.

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Now a days, it’s very common to see more and more people getting tattoos and piercings. Especially teenagers and people through early ages. People choosing it as a way to reflect their identity. reflects an aspect of who they are, fashion statements ,represents personality, interests, goals, life philosophy. Due to the technology today, People are looking for new ways to change the way they look, examples are: Tongue splitting, Permanent Eye color surgery, piercing on body parts, and surgeries on changing their facial shape.

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People have become victims of tattooing and piercing businesses. Most teenagers get tattoos at the moment with out thinking about the consequences.Some people get a tattoo and then regret it because they then realized that it looks ugly or it wasn’t what they wanted. Having a tattoo even effected them in their personal and professional life. Tattoo removal without scarring may not be possible.

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Worst can happen.

• Getting a tattoo, or piercing, can cause Allergic reactions, Skin Infection, Blood borne diseases, and MRI complications. Piercing and tattoos that’s done with a dirty needles can cause you to contract Hepatitis and HIV.

• If you have a ear piercing, when it’s infected, the bacteria can grow into your brain, it’s possible that It will cause brain damage if you don’t treat it in time.

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Interview.• I have Interviewed my friend, Kini Kim. She is currently 18 years old who

just had her first ear piercing in this April. Soon, after she got her ear pierced. She went home and shared a picture of her new ear piercing on the internet.

• Two days later, she start to feel that her ears are getting swollen. When She looked in the mirror, she saw her ears are getting infected, she didn’t want to take it out until it got worst and she had to go to the doctor to get a treatment.

1. Why did you decide to get your ear pierced? All my friend s are doing it, it looks pretty, so I want to get one too. I was going to get my belly

bottom pierced too. But I don’t think I will do that since I got infected from my ear piercing and it hurts a lot.

2. Are you regret of getting the ear piercing done? Why? Yes, when I got infected, the pain woke me up in the middle of the night. The doctor told me its

so dangerous that if I don’t take the earring out. It might be so bad that I have to do a surgery on my ear.

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3. What do you think about people getting their body parts pierced? I think people should really think about what they are doing, it might look

like something popular and small to do, and it’s never going to get infected, But try to avoided getting pierced in places that’s really sensitive, because it could be very dangerous.

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I have interviewed another friend. Ying Sun, 20 years old. She got her first tattoo when she was 18, she had a cross on her left

hand. She had a laser removal when she was 19, now she has a permanent scar on her left hand.

• 1. Why did you decide to get a tattoo? I got it on my 18th birthday as a gift for my self. 2. Why did you get it removed? Are you satisfied with the

result? I got it removed because I was really tired of it, I feel so

stupid that I got it without thinking if it’s really what I want. I'm very unsatisfied with the result after getting the laser removal. Because it hurt more than when I was getting the tattoo, And plus, it didn’t really go away, it left a scar on my left hand. It looks very ugly.

4. What do you think about tattoos. Most people don’t realize that a tattoo is permanent ,

they will have it for the rest of their life, so everyone should really think twice of what they want to get, and if they really wants to get one.

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Girl wakes up with 56 stars tattooed on her face.

Kimberley Vlaminck, 18 years old, She said that she went into a tattoo parlor and requested three star on the left side of her face by her eye. She claims that she fell asleep during the processes and woke up with 56 stars on her face.

• But she has now confessed she knew exactly what tattoo parlor owner Rouslan Toumaniantz was doing but she has changed her mind later.

• She said she lied because her father was "furious".

• Cited• "'I Lied about Tattoo Blunder Because My Father Was Furious': Teenage Girl with 56 Stars on Her Face Finally

Comes Clean." Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.

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Don’t be a victim.

• Teen tattoos are easy to get, but even easier to regret .• Most teenagers get a tattoo to expressed their personality. But they don’t see

the consequences. • Getting a tattoo can affect your health, Complete removal without scarring may

not be possible. • After you graduated from college and thinking of getting the job you wanted,

you may not be able to get it because some jobs don’t allow tattoos. • Examples are:• Most Hospitals

Most theme parks (Disney especially)Delivery Drivers (Fedex and UPS specifically)Many Retail Organizations (Petsmart, Blockbuster, Kohls, Costco, Old Navy, Gap)Fast Food (McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Wendys)Most conservative jobs (anything in the financial industry, attorneys)

• Many people are discriminated against and miss out on job opportunities due to their tattoos.

• I think the permissible age for tattoos, piercings and body modifications should be at least, 21.

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Sources.

• ABCNEWS.COM > GMA> MORE GOOD MORNING AMERICA> PARENTING. ( Teens and Tattoos.

• ConsumerReports.org > Consumer News ( Teen Tattoos )• http://teenstattoosandpiercings.com/index.html• About.com > Ages and Stages: Teens > Teen Culture > Teens

and Tattoos.• Huffingtonpost.com > Teens And Tattoos: “ think Before you

Ink”

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Questions.

• What permissible age for tattoos, piercing and body modifications do you think it should be ?

• Do you know anyone that has been a victimized by permanent body changes?

• Are you thinking of getting a tattoo?

• What questions should you ask yourself before getting a tattoo?

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Works Cited• "'I Lied about Tattoo Blunder Because My Father Was Furious': Teenage

Girl with 56 Stars on Her Face Finally Comes Clean." Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.

• "What Is Body Modification?" Essortment. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.• "What Jobs Dont Allow You to Have Tattoos?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d.

Web. 10 May 2013.• Rivera, Rhonda, and John Allen. WiseGeek. Conjecture, n.d. Web. 10 May

2013. • "Does Body Piercing Affect Your Health?" WikiAnswers. Answers, n.d.

Web. 10 May 2013. • Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Tattoos: Understand Risks and Precautions." Mayo

Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 20 Mar. 2012. Web. 10 May 2013.