Who Fears Piercing Pain the Most: Men or Women?

“It is true that pain (or the experience of feeling pain) is subjective, and in truth, there is no actual pain to fell but an ‘interpretation’ that is done inside the brain based upon varying degrees of nervous stimuli. Just as we do not actually ‘see’ our world around us (and it is interpreted through our brains), it is also true that we do not actually ‘feel’ pain either…”

Who was the first society to embrace body piercing?

“evidence of nose piercing has been recovered dating back to biblical times (2000 b.c.) in the Middle East, as well as mentions of earrings and nose rings (made of gold) are found in the book of Genesis (24:22)”

When you should re-pierce

“Just keep in mind that if the reason you have for wanting a re-piercing is purely subjective, and not the fault of your piercer, you may (and should be) re-charged for the piercing. Not only will you endure the original pain (and possibly more if the position of the new piercing(s) are near the original area that was pierced), but the final result may not be any better (or different) than the first time around”

What kind of license do you need to body pierce?

“Remember, as an apprentice, you should never be charged a fee for working at a shop – they are already benefiting from you enough with having you there for free. If a shop tells you that you will have to pay to learn (like a school), you are better off going somewhere else…”