Body shaping
The term body design or body styling summarizes various measures of conscious influence on the external appearance of the person.
definition
In a narrower sense, it means the immediate change in the body; In a broader sense, the term refers to any change in the external appearance.
Body design can underline the natural appearance (“appropriate to the type”) or increase the attractiveness. In other cases, it serves the stylization ( " Styling "), ie the production of a particular style . This can be individual or a current fashion style. Youth cultures also often celebrate their lifestyle in their scene style.
The term body modification also summarizes sub-areas of the term “body design” in the narrower sense . It includes measures that change in the area of the skin and individual body parts (see there).
Body design in the narrower sense
skin
- Personal care and cosmetics . In addition to cleaning and caring for the skin, the area also includes make-up and make-up .
- Tanning and skin lightening . Darkening of the skin through sunbathing or solariums or lightening through chemical agents.
- Body painting . The temporary decoration of the body with dyes.
- Body art also includes artistic designs of the human body. The most common forms are tattoos , brandings , implants , also jewelry scars / scarring and shaping.
Many of these measures injure the skin, including some of the cartilage and fatty tissue underneath. Instead of the term body art , body jewelry is also used . Most body art also includes piercing on the border between jewelry and body art (see below). Body modification includes interventions on the skin and also the anatomy of entire body parts (see there).
Figure and anatomy
- Weight reduction adapts the body to its own or social ideals of beauty
- Bodybuilding . Building a muscular body.
- Body shaping . Modeling the body shape through targeted muscle building.
- Plastic surgery . Surgical interventions change the body.
- Body modification . Harmful interventions in the substance of the human body, e.g. B. Piercing , tattoo
hair
- hairstyle
- Hair coloring . Changing the hair color using chemical or natural dyes
- Hair extension
- Hair transplant
Body design in the broader sense
Body design in the broader sense also includes clothing and decorating the body in addition to the measures described above.
- Clothes , see there.
- Jewelry . Jewelry is understood to be elements with which the body is provided, which, unlike clothing, have no practical use value, but are purely decorative or creative. The line between jewelry and body art (see above) is fluid. Body jewelry is usually referred to as jewelry for which a physical modification is carried out.