Body Modification as an Art to Decorate Your Body

Human beings have always had options when it comes to modifying their body parts. Recently, body modification has gained popularity because of the advent of modern science and innovations in the fields of medicine and technology. While for some, it may be a part of performing traditional rituals, for others, aesthetic looks. Surgery has really improved the features of the schemes for body modifications.

You can get on your body various piercings, tattoos, ear stretching’s, breasts and navels by different methods like distended lobes, subcutaneous implants and forked tongues. There are voices in its favor as well as against it. Some may say that this is not good to inflict pain on your body, while the others may say that there is no bad in body modification if it could make you more beautiful and sexy.

A decade ago, people having done body modification were considered as abnormal. They used to base their premise on the fact that these body modifications were first introduced by the ancient kings for their slaves, as mark of identifications. The concept of slaves has been abolished, thus they are of the view that body modification should not be performed.

However, there is a huge majority who is the admirers of body modifications and thinks that the practice has evolved into an art and, hence does it for aesthetic reasons. Though, it is crucial to take proper care in body modifications like knowledge of antisepsis and sepsis, information about material use and waste products and bio- safety in general.

In the theoretical part of learning the piercing, it is important that you get know-how about the problems, diseases, anatomy of the skin and few other things. Then you should have a good knowledge of use of the jewelry and know which area is feasible for piercing and also the ethics of the field.

Tips for Stretching

Some piercers recommend piercing are stretched no more than 1 mm per month. How far you stretch your piercing is your decision. If your piercing is stretched too far, the tissue will never heal.

Take a hot shower or wash your piercing with warm water before you place your piercing. Your skin will be more flexible. Cover your jewelry with petroleum jelly or lubricant and fix it gently into your piercing. Stretching can be painful, but the pain should not be unbearable. The introduction of a larger piece of jewelry is difficult. If you fail, put the smaller body plugs back in, let the tissue heal and try again later.

Good Care

You must always continue to provide aftercare to the piercing since it occasionally relieves the jewelry for a short time .To remove the jewelry, smear with a convalescent cream at home. Some natural materials like timber make sure that the tissue around the piercing is solid and healthy. Your piercer can give you advice on how to care for your piercing.

Tools and Materials of Stretching

The first is patience for a good result; you slowly stretch your piercing to prevent tissue damage. Stretch only if it’s fully healed. Ask your piercer if it is safe to start stretching.

Different people stretching their piercing through all sorts of simple and ancient cultures and use their own methods. Modern instruments have the right size, are smooth and sterile. Do not use needles and pins. There is a wide range of jewelry and accessories for stretching piercings. You can choose conical tapers or a spiral.

Get advice from a piercer or body modification practitioner before you choose one of these methods. Stretching Jewelry has a variety of materials. There are metal, plastic and wooden jewelry piercing which help you stretch.

Stretch methods.

There are two ways to stretch a piercing:

Jump Stretching

The piercing is put through a biopsy punch instead of a needle so that the hole is big enough to wear larger jewelry. Most piercers do not pierce too big holes for your information. If you use this method, there is a lot of tissue removed immediately, so the skin does not stretch much. This means that it may not be possible to eventually get a big hole.

Gradually Stretch

In this method, the piercing is made using a standard needle. Avoid piercing gun if you already know you want to stretch your piercing. The hole is stretched over a longer period. It does not immediately result, but with this method, you can also stretch your piercing.