Body Piercing and tattooing date back thousands of years. Body piercing can be traced as far back as the 9th Century BCE in Iraq, and as early as 2000 BCE in China (History of Body Piercing). Evidence for the practice of body piercing among Mayans, Aztecs, Romans, Egyptians and Victorians is also prevalent. According to the History of Body Piercing, the Victorians pierced out of firm religious beliefs and to signify a rite of passage and …showed first 75 words of 327 total…

…showed last 75 words of 327 total…the piercings have migrated throughout the body. According to one study of college students in America, among college students 42% of men and 60% of women had body piercings. However, it has been suggested that these piercings are sought out of the same reasons for which they were sought back in ancient times. However what ever the motivation is to pierce or tattoo oneself, there are many things that can go wrong, and many adverse side affects.