Another thing that people don’t usually think about is how long tattoos and piercings take to heal. The time that it takes a body modification to heal depends on a few different factors. Where you get the piercing makes a very big difference in the time it takes to heal. People may look back on when they got a tattoo in one place and think …show more content…
In places like the Middle East, bodies have been found containing piercings and tattoos. One corpse, that was frozen in a glacier, was over 5,000 years old and contained multiple tattoos. A 4,000-year-old figurine made out of clay was found in Iran that contained multiple ear piercings. (Zelyck).
The most advanced ancient tattoos were seen in Ancient Japanese culture. Tattoos designs have been “ornamental, ritual, or identity oriented in nature” or they would use Japanese myths and legends for inspiration. The tattoos that most people acquired were done as a body suit, covering most of the body. Many times tattoos were received during the transition from adolescence into adulthood or rite of passage. Even though tattoos were so popular it doesn’t mean that they were accepted as norms. In Japan, people with tattoos had to have their own bathhouses, brothels, and bars