The picture posted above is an extreme version of body mofidication. It may scare some people, but is was the women's own choice and right to do this to herself.
I personally think that body modification isn't bad behaviour. You should be able to do what you want with your body, as long as it doesn't affect others. Offending tattoos should be considered as bad behaviour when others, and especially those who are offended by it, can see it. Piercings are an individual's own choice. I myself have 3 piercings, all 3 in my ears. I spend a lot of time thinking about it before getting them, and I believe that is very important. Ok, you can easily get rid of you piercings and with most piercings you won't even see a scar afterwards, but it is still something that needs some thinking. Nowadays you see a lot of young people walking around with piercings and tattoos. Those tattoos won't go away! They are there for life. You can try to get them removed, but usually you will still see some "left-overs" from the tattoo. Getting a tattoo when you are young will have consequences. Your taste, believes and ideas will definately change before reaching maturity. And even after you can still change completely. Wouldn't it be sad if you got an tattoo at 14 and regret it the rest of you adult life? And then there is still the skin-problem. Your skin will lose flexibility when you get older, and some tattoos will look completely different 30 years after getting them. I think that untill a child reaches 18, it is the parents who are responsible for their actions, and it is them who should be giving approval before their child gets an tattoo or piercing. After that, just do what you want :)
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