Body Piercings are a form of self expression. Many people feel that certain piercings bring out their personality and show their individuality. Some take body piercings to a religious level stating that body piercings saved their lives. The say this because when Jesus was hung on the cross, nails pierced through his body and that is what held him on the cross. No matter what your reasoning is, there is still some thing you should know and consider before getting any type of body piercing. Deciding on the type of body piercing you want is the hardest part. Whether it be navel, nose, tongue or genital you need to decide what would be the easiest for you to take care of or which would be the least to notice if you are in a professional field. After you have decided what type of piercing you are going to get, then comes the decision of what piercing studio you are going to get it done.

The history and poetry of rings is more curious and more fascinating than that of dynasties and of princes. A ring has been the symbol of power; it has been also the mark of slavery; affection and friendship have wrought it into a remembrance; love has placed it encircling with its gentle pressure a vein supposed to vibrate in the heart. Millions upon millions have been bound together with it for better, for worse, more firmly than ever shackles have bound a felon. It decks the finger of the blushing maiden standing shyly, half reluctant, wholly willing, at the portal of Love's sweet fane; it gleams bright and pure and steady upon the hand of the new-made wife, token of the love she vowed; it shines, though none can see, in the darkness of many a coffin, emblem of the man's immortality.
The origin of the ring is shrouded in mythology. The old story of Prometheus is well known; how Jupiter in a fit of rage chained Prometheus to a rock on the Caucasus and sent a vulture to feed upon him. According to Hesiod, the god had sworn to keep him there eternally; according to other authors, his rage was not so boundless. At any rate, so the story runs, even the terrible Jove relented and pardoned Prometheus; but in order not to violate his oath he commanded that he should always wear upon his finger an iron ring in which was fastened a small fragment of Caucasus, so that it should still be true in a certain sense that Prometheus was bound to the rock. This was the origin of the ring, according to Hesiod, as well as the insertion of the first stone.

The use of the ring, both in betrothal and marriage, seems to be of very old date. Among the ancient Hebrews the selection of a bride, always made by the parents of the lover, was followed by an espousal, which was confirmed by oaths and accompanied by presents. These gifts were probably the origin of the gift of the ring.
In modern Greece there are two rings used - gold for the bridegroom, and silver for the bride - which are frequently interchanged by the two in token of union and of domestic equality, the higher value of the ring of the husband, however, still marking his superiority.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Italians used betrothal-rings, which were generally of silver, inlaid with niello. The bezel was oval or circular, and the shoulders of the hoop formed sleeves from which issued hands that clasped. The medieval Italians esteemed the diamond for espousal-rings, from its supposed power of maintaining concord between husband and wife.
Among the Anglo-Normans, the ring was always worn on the middle finger of the right hand, while in the latter part of the seventeenth century the wedding-ring was often worn on the thumb. The Quakers reject the ring as a remnant of Pagan superstition, and in the time of the Commonwealth the Puritans endeavored to abolish it for the same reason.
Wearing the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is due to the belief of the ancients that a vein of that finger ran directly to the heart, and that the nuptial sign was thus joined to the seat of life. The fact that the soft metal is less worn or injured on the finger of that hand may have much to do with it. It is said, however, that the ring originally worn among the Anglo-Normans on the right hand of the bride was changed to the left, or inferior hand, in token of subjection. The particular finger is also said to be favored from an old custom of placing the ring on the first finger in the name of the Father, on the second in the name of the Son, and on the third in the name of the Holy Ghost. This usage probably grew up at the time of the Arian controversy.