The increasing popularity of body jewelry

Body jewelry has long been worn by people from certain culture. In ancient time, women and men wore various kinds of body jewelry for different part of the body, including ears, nose, neck, fingers, hands, feet, and so on. Today, as body piercing is gaining great popularity among young people, body jewelry is coming back with more various types and designs.
In the old days, people piece their ears, nose, lips and tongues for the sake of religious belief or sexual pleasure. Ear and nose piercing dated back to the 1500 B.C., and lip piercing were adopted by Native American and Africans. But it is after World War II that body piercing of various parts has gained popularity among young people.
The increasing popularity of body piercing is reflected in the variety of the concerned body parts. Take navel piercing as an example. In navel piercing, the upper rim of the navel is pierced to wear several kinds of body jewelry, like simple curved barbells, barbells with dangling pendants as well as captive bead rings. Navel piercing has gain great popularity among young people, becoming one of the most common forms of body piercing.
Belly button piercing is well received by girls who believe this makes them sexy and enhances their appearance. The trend of wearing body jewelry also gains popularity among young men who are eager to keep up with the fashion jewelry world.
However, people in some parts of the world still hold issue at body piercing as well as jewelry for belly, lips, and noses. And body piercing does have lots of demerits, such as allergic reaction and infection. Despite of all the voice of disagreement, it is no doubt that body jewelry is gaining increasing popularity.