In the United States, the older generation did not like body ornamentation because they think it is bizarre or abnormal. However, the younger generations is changing that today because they believe that it is a sign of meaning of self-expression. For example, people that have tattoos are trying to tell a story in the form of art and body piercing is a sexual expression. Likewise, other cultures around the world have been doing this for centuries. The African women will input rings around their necks and both sex will insert plates in their lips. Therefore, every culture practice these body ornamentation differently. Going back to the pages of history, tattoos in the early ages, were borne not for fashion. Instead, they were generally inscribed in body, essentially for the medicinal and spiritual qualities (iloveindia, n.d.).

“While beadwork and jewelry are also frequently used as a means of beautification, there are a few types of body art that dominate. Body decoration and transformation occurs at set times in a person’s life and the decoration’s thought to enhance a person’s status and beauty” (Admin, 2010). In varies of cultures, tattoos and body piercing is the form of beauty and power because it reconfigures identity, sexuality, gender, and status. Africans and indians mark themselves for beauty, medical purpose, and protection from evil spirits.

“Traditional tattooing in African culture is not a mere expression of one’s individuality. It’s a series of intricately designed patterns that carry major cultural implications, where the body displays the strength of the inner character. Tribal lineage, maturity, spiritual protection, political and social status as well as personal strength are all indicated through the art of African tattooing” (Admin, 2010).

Tattoos are known as a historic mark because it shows what that person experience and what