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Cause and Effect

Introduction

Body piercings and tattoos, also known as body modifications are very common these days. They are showing up not only on sports stars and celebrities, but also on friends, classmates, neighbors, cousins and perhaps even on an individual's own body. The reasons why people get tattoos or pierce different parts of their body are never-ending. Some do it for self-expression, some just because they can. Still others do it simply for shock value (Polhemus, p.79). However an individual should be pretty much aware of the risks before he/she pierce or gets a tattoo. Permanence is ...