Whether it is a fashion statement or a fad, one cannot ignore the fact that many youngsters are going in for body piercing these days. If you thought a 15-year-old in an oversized basketball jersey, with scarlet coloured spiked hair, and to top it al l, a pierced eyebrow, looked eccentric, think again. Youngsters now throng jewellery stores and even beauty parlours to get piercing done.
“A few years ago, one was apprehensive about even getting one’s nose pierced, now girls are in a hurry to adorn their navels with a fashionable stud,” says Sneha Suresh, a beautician.
Anjana Seth, a college student, feels it is only a matter of changing with the times.
In India, a revolution has definitely taken place, at least with respect to body art. While navel piercing has been a rage for sometime now, tongue piercing has become just as popular. Rohit Das, an engineering student, says: “Men usually prefer ear and eyebrow piercing, but lower-lip piercing is considered most trendy.”
With women, ear, nose and navel piercing sell best. “Women are more hung up about eyebrow piercing and what is quite hideous is that many go in for nail piercing!” says a rather rattled Vrinda Shukla, a hotel management student.
The piercing process can be agonising but most people have no issue as long as the job is well done. The gunshot is the ideal method of getting one’s ears or nose pierced. The needle method is preferred for almost all other kinds of piercing. Shaima Iqbal, a student, got a navel piercing a few years ago and claims that it did not hurt at all.
However, there are others who have had a sad twist to their tale. There have been instances when people have passed out during a piercing session, or have even bled profusely in the process. Malvika Rao, a PR executive, who recently got her belly pierced without local anaesthesia , went through an ordeal. Most often, the wounds become septic and medical treatment is required.
Most Indian parents are still not comfortable with this unconventional trend. Surekha Iyer, a mother of two, says: “I am strictly against piercing that is done only to flaunt. It makes one look bizarre.”
As far as jewellery is concerned, rings and studs are both in demand. Even the metrosexual man, whose favourite was the silver ring on his ear, is now opting for a stud. The dainty stones are more popular among women and serve as great pieces of embellishment, be it for the nose or the navel
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