I read it and think you guys should too… 😉
Just for the record.. I dnt like Girls with Piercing on wrong places..
The only like it in just two places…
Nose and Ears piercing ( Desi Piercing Only )…
Thats it… ;D
The simple point is the piercing on GiRL should loOk decent not like a UWB ( UGLY WiTCHY BiTCH )
Sometimes it just so happens that an idea pops into one’s head and getting it to pop out again becomes tough.. This is one of those times.. What now? Perhaps the best thing to do is to actually consider the idea..get informed .. weigh the pros and cons, let everything marinate..and then embrace it or toss it out! Lets see if i can follow my seemingly sensible advice! At this point in time the idea that has popped is none other than…drum roll… getting my nose pierced(or to be precise at the risk of being gross.. getting a hole drilled into my right nostril).. I shall now proceed with arming myself (and you in the process) with the relevant information. I’d like to see what getting a nose piercing really means.. in societal terms. The attitudes towards body piercing vary between communities and the practice is perceived differently around the world..
A few things that i am wondering about regarding nose piercing.. Is it usually frowned upon?, considered scandalous? not a big deal? not age appropriate once one crosses the gruesome 30s border?
Lets focus on the negatives first(did i mention i’m a pessimist?!)..Basic online research reveals that some devout Christians believe that the Bible has forbidden believers to indulge in such piercing by admonishing against ‘self-mutilation as a way of expressing grief when faced with the loss of a loved one’. In other words.. body piercing for masochistic or cathartic purposes is not something that is easily condoned.
In the West it is seen as a symbol for the punk rock era and is hence associated with emotional or rebellious behavior. Many employers disallow or discourage employees from having visible body piercings.
However, in eastern societies it is more prevalent as well as acceptable. Yaay East! In India, a nose piercing in the left nostril is supposed to be make childbirth easier(according to ayurvedic medicinal methods) hence married women get it done .. sometimes done the night before the woman marries. Interesting! According to some accounts, nose piercing was prevalent in the Middle East and then taken to India by the Mughals in the 16th century.
It was also popular among the Aztecs, the Mayans and the tribes of New Guinea, who adorned their pierced noses with bones and feathers to symbolize wealth and (among men) virility.
ok and now we come to the age issue.. What age is the appropriate age?.. Being the savvy researcher who bases conclusions only on hard facts, i did what i do best …i googled ‘What age is too old for getting your nose pierced’ and came up with some conclusive evidence that 30+ is considered to be a no-no by about 70% of those who responded.. the rest were probably just being nice though!.. all the ‘you go girl’! type of comments can easily be taken with a grain of salt!! Sigh! As someone once tweeted on my TimeLine ‘Yeah Right! Age is just a Number…and Prison is just a Room’! That said ..better to get it before 33 than 43, i say! my inner child does not let the inner aunty put a damper on things! (Inner child For The Win!)..