Makeup Exploration

It is often done for aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage, religious beliefs, to display group membership or affiliation, to create body art, for shock value, and as self-expression, among other reasons.

• scarification or branding

• tattoo

• piercings

• surgical implants

• cosmetic surgery

• tooth filing

• Corsetry or tightlacing - binding of the waist and shaping of the torso

• Tongue splitting - bisection of the tongue similar to a snake

• Foot binding - compression of the feet of girls to modify them for aesthetic reasons

• Neck ring- multiple neck rings or spiral are worn to stretch the neck (in reality lowering of the shoulders)