Cheek piercing
| Cheek piercing | |
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| Other names | Cheek piercing, dimple piercing |
| location | cheek |
| Jewellery | Barbell, labret connector Note on jewelry |
| Healing time | 6 to 8 weeks note on healing time |
| ‣ Topic overview | |
A cheek piercing (English cheek piercing ) is a facial piercing in the cheek . According to the dimple , as it occurs in some people in the cheek area, it is also called English dimple piercing. It is often stabbed in the place of a dimple . Because this region is where important arteries and nerves run, it should only be done by a professional piercer.
Jewellery
As a rule, a labret plug with a material thickness of 1.6 millimeters is used, which is excessively long, especially when used for the first time after the piercing, due to the relatively strong swelling of the cheek. After the piercing has healed, the length can be adjusted. It takes about six to eight weeks to heal.
History and culture
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The cheek piercing, compared to the similarly placed labret piercing , is worn less often as permanent jewelry and is often part of spiritual rituals. For example, it is carried out as a temporary piercing at the festival of the nine emperor gods in Phuket and the Thaipusam in Malaysia, with the monks falling into a trance and using various objects with diameters of several centimeters.
Cunhambebe , the chief from the 16th century, the Tupinambá people who once lived on the coast of Brazil , wore symmetrically arranged cheek piercings, combined with a labret piercing, according to the illustrations.
Furthermore, dervishes of the Ilwaneeyeh sect are known from Egypt , who in addition to the alleged swallowing of glass and glowing coals, also publicly demonstrated the piercing of their cheeks with skewers without suffering blood loss.
In the western culture, cheek piercing became known as costume jewelry and a comparatively rare variation of body piercing , especially in the 1990s . For a symmetrical appearance, it is usually worn on both sides. The American actress Amanda Bynes is known in public for her cheek piercings, which she wore at times.
The stretching or cutting the cheeks to bear greater jewels is hardly practiced at this point. Some wearers of such cheek plugs , for which the cheek piercings are widened to several centimeters and are similar to the plate lips found in Africa and America , are known precisely because of this unusual variant within the body modification scene. For example the Modern Primitive ZygZag, also called Fishmaul or Fishmouth. There was also international coverage of the German Joel Miggler in the tabloid press, who had widened plugs used in addition to other body modifications.
Risks
The cheek piercing is one of the more dangerous types of piercing, as important nerve tracts run in this area. If these are taken unfavorably, facial expressions in the mouth area may be impaired as well as feelings of numbness. It should therefore only be pierced by experienced piercers. Examining the area of the piercing beforehand can reduce the risk.
It should also be noted that cheek piercings can create dimples after healing. When removing the jewelry, the dimples are usually visible.
Accidentally biting the jewelry can damage your teeth.
Web links
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- ^ A b John Brown: The Dervishes Or Oriental Spiritualism . S. 245 (English, full text in the Google book search).
- ↑ Tim Coleman: A Personal Journey into the Heart of Islam Exploring the Sufi Moulids of Egypt. In: The best of Habibi. Retrieved August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Amanda Bynes presents shocking cheek piercing. In: OK! Magazine . March 21, 2013, accessed August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Shannon: Fishmaul / Fishmouth / ZygZag Cheek Stretching. In: BME News. February 24, 2008, archived from the original on June 22, 2012 ; accessed on August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Hey cheek! This is how Joel (22) lives with a hole in his cheek. In: bild.de , May 30, 2014
- ↑ Victoria Taylor: Holey molar! German man takes body art to the next level with cheek holes, forked tongue. In: New York Daily News . May 17, 2014, accessed August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ "Piercing" extremophile: El hombre de las tres bocas. In: La Razón digital. Retrieved August 6, 2016 (Spanish).
- ↑ Troye Peticols; Terri SI Tilliss; Gali N. Cross-Poline: Oral and Perioral Piercing: A Unique Form of Self-Expression . In: The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice . tape 1 , no. 3 , 2000 (English, jaypeejournals.com - Summer Issue).
