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    A piercing is described as a semi-permanent procedure when a needle and appliance (barbell, stud, etc.) penetrates through the skin and tissue. For hundreds of year’s, piercings and body jewelry has been a religious and ethnic experience for many cultures, but recently in the past decade piercings have become increasingly popular.1 25-51% of young adults and teens have at least one piercing.2 The most pierced areas are the ear and navel area. The orofacial area is becoming more popular recently in

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    Oral Piercings

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    relevant to oral piercings and the health issues that coincide. The findings from this research suggested that oral piercing has become one of the most widely followed trends in recent times, but the complications and consequences are often ignored. The research has considered five quality journals with experimental researched on the oral infections caused by oral piercings. Education, awareness, and prevention must be considered in order to reduce the obstacles with oral piercings.

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    compare America to a maximum security prison. Throughout the poem the speaker mentions things that relate to consumerism in America. An example in the poem that speaks about consumerism comes from lines 1-4 “Then one of the students with blue hair and a tongue stud Says that America is for him a maximum-security prison Whose walls are made of RadioShacks and Burger Kings, and MTV episodes Where you can’t tell the show from the commercials” In most American societies the economies are run by food chains

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    Throughout the world, many individuals have body piercings. Various parts of the body can be pierced, including the navel, earlobe, eyebrow, or even the septum. The many different areas of the body that can be pierced have caused major controversy. While many believe that piercings are an exquisite form of art, others believe that piercings are tacky and a form of self-mutilation. Permanently marking ones skin to insert jewelry has become a hobby that the American culture has become obsessed with

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    In modern day America, it is common to see people with facial piercings and body modifications; of these piercings, one of the most common and striking is the lip piercing. This can consist of a barbell, hoop, spiral, or other types of rings. They are placed in the sides or center of both the upper and lower lips; multiple piercings side-by-side can even be connected with the spiral rings. But in Africa, these lip rings are nothing in comparison to the lip plates found in many of the women of various

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    teeth so sharp? Were you born with that pole in your tongue? Why are your eyes red?" Four year old's are well known for their excessive questioning, and he was no exception. Karkat immediately went to jump in to spare Dave of more questioning, but Dave cut him

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    Oral piercings have become more and more popular among the past couple of decades, especially with younger groups of people.1 They get these piercings because they think it will make them more popular in their social groups or because they think it looks good to get their tongue or lip pierced.2 Years ago, people got piercings because of their certain religious practices or different ethnic groups, but today oral piercings are becoming increasingly popular with the general population regardless of

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    Speech On Oral Piercing

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    Body piercing may sound like a new-age art but the truth is that we have been practicing it for centuries. Have you ever realised that even your earring hole is a form of body piercing? It is the most common form of body piercing practiced. In India, women routinely pierce their nostrils too. Instances of body piercing have been found in the Bible as well as in Egyptian Mummies. Body piercing is the piercing of a body part in order to wear jewelery in the opening created. Does that sound crazy?

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    Bodily piercing and tattooing are regarded to some as art or adornment, to others, a purposeful religious sentiment. Many individuals fail to entirely consider the fulminant risks associated with penetrating subcutaneous tissue with foreign bodies. The human body is composed of complex systems and mechanisms, which interact in order to maintain homeostasis. When deviancy disrupts the bodily chemical reactions, the internal processes operating to uphold optimal living conditions will be altered.

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    decades, body piercings have become a popular form of body art and have been accepted in the American culture. Society has learned to recognize body piercings as a form of self-expression; however, most employers are not allowing them to be shown in the workplace. Body piercings serve as a function to stand out from the rest of society. Employees with piercings are defending their right to express themselves in efforts to make body piercings permitted in the work place. Even though piercings are becoming

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