Body piercings are ancient traditions of art and is the same with the tradition of tattoos. About five thousand years ago in Egypt, belly button pierced in a ritual, the Roman soldier pierced nipples to show manliness, the Maya tongue pierced as spiritual rituals, and members of the Royal Victoria before choosing pierced nipples and genitals.
Body piercing is done on the course is very ill, let alone ancient times there was no adequate facilities sterile piercing equipment like today's modern era. Likewise, the healing process differently depending on the part of the body with a hole. For example, piercing the ear cartilage belly button pierced and took four months to a year, and two to four months for pierced nostril. Meanwhile, female genitals piercing healing takes four to 10 weeks, and piercing male penis took four weeks to six months.
