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Hi! My name is Rick Wyckoff. You can check out our website at avatartat2.com. I’m here
on behalf of expertvillage.com talking about body modification. More and more these days
you’re seeing people with, on television shows and on the Internet with I guess what
people will call it extreme body modification. Scarification and branding that’s taken
to a level that some people will find shocking. The reasons for people exploring these rounds
of body modification, part of it has to do with people out there taking it to the limits,
seeing how far they can go with it or trying to outdo the next guy. But I think that part
of it is people looking for a sublime experience or seeking out something, an extraordinary
experience for themselves. Suspension and ritual scarification, etc., cuttings and all
that kind of thing. Basically, exploring the realms of consciousness and where pain can
take somebody to an elevated state of consciousness. Some people are taking that whole experiential
thing and also making a functional end out of it. The tongue piercing was a popular,
and still is a very popular piercing to get. It also has a *** function. Most of the
body piercing industry has its roots. I guess dungeon culture of San Francisco is where
you first start to see it. In the gay community especially; the underground etc. is where
most of the body piercings that you see now a days were kind of created in a sort of experimental
environment. Now a days, it’s become mainstream but it has still those *** overtones. Tongue
splitting has become a more recent alternative to the people who have become disenchanted
with the tongue piercing. My tongue is split. Both sides move independently.