The topic of this report is certain forms of body modification. By this the author mean tattooing and piercing.
Body modification varies from a simple clipping of fingernails to tattooing to suspension.
The author chose to cover this topic at the prompting of her professor and classmate. The purpose of this web page is to bring together knowledge available on the topic of body modification, specifically tattooing and piercing. Piercing has not been traced back as far, but there is evidence found on mummies from 200 B. C. which proves that piercing was practiced in that period. Since those times, both have been practiced constantly in one part of the world or another. The purpose of this study is to look at tattooing and piercing from an anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspective and provide information other than how they are performed.