Piercings and tattoos are two fashion trends that gained immense popularity in the 90s and early 2000s. However, both of them are very distinct and have different motives. White tattoos can be used as a self-driving or motivational form of art, piercings most generally are restricted to being a fashion statement. Whenever we have to look at someone for inspiration for trending fashion, we look up to the celebrities we most certainly love. Many of the superstars opted for rebellious fashion trends like piercings, weather it is nipple piercing, cheeks, neck or tongue. Nose piercings, as well as ear piercings, are something very common among the celebrities and you can see almost every third person having the same.

We all know that these trends that we follow like piercing and tattoos have a history that might date back to thousands of years ago when the villagers or tribal people used it to mark themselves distinct from other tribes. Tongue piercings especially have been associated with the Mayan and Aztec cultures. For them, the purpose was religious and spiritual in contrast to what it is nowadays, that is, restricted to fashion purposes only. Today, many choose to go for piercings and tattoos to make a fashion statement and set themselves apart from the rest. In earlier times, the same trend was to honor the Gods by inflicting pain upon themselves to show reverence. It might sound crazy now, but that was the thing in the past times.

For celebrities in modern times, however, there are drawbacks to following the trend. They have a hard time adjusting themselves to particular statistics which is considered “desirable”. They have to go through a set pattern of diet and workout routines which might be tedious sometimes. Hours of makeup and outfit fittings soon become monotonous too. It is quite a relief when they get themselves pierced as their own little secret and that’s probably why many of them are doing it at discreet places like the navel, nipples or tongue. The lesser-known piercings can be a mark of their own individuality and besides their lives are pretty public, they would want to keep a tiny part of it for themselves. Although, it is not quite surprising that such things do not stay out of the public’s sight for too long.