What is Body Art, and its consequence on society?

Body Art

Body art is a practice whereby people use forms of artistic expression to decorate their bodies in to indicate their status , religious devotion , desired protection against the evil and diseases . People express themselves for many different reasons for getting various forms of body art . Some could mean personal expression , cultural expression while other continues to decorate their bodies as means of remembering some important time or event in their lives

In different cultures , various parts of the body are painted and the pattern of painting may reflect age , gender

or social status . In the United States women decorate their faces with cosmetics after they reach puberty while in some societies men mark their adult status by painting designs on their babies . Babies and children may also be adorned by painting designs on their bodies or faces . There are different styles of body art and these include

Scarification- is the process of decorating the body by inflicting wounds and allowing wounds to heal . It is performed by people trained in the art . The marks can be of different shapes and form a decorative pattern . This is common among the Samoans

Tattooing- is widely practiced worldwide and is a procedure of permanently marking the skin with ink or dye . The process is painful and extensive tattoos are a mark of stoicism . Various parts of the body may also be pierced or otherwise surgically altered

Piercing- is a procedure in which a sharp instrument is passed through a fold skin...