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  2. Apadravya - Wikipedia

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    The healing time of an apadravya piercing can vary greatly depending on healing rate and diligence of the aftercare. Usually one can have penetrative intercourse with a condom after about one month, although the person with the piercing will still feel pain. Normally it takes at least three to nine months for the piercing to fully heal.

  3. Karnavedha - Wikipedia

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    Karnavedha (Sanskrit: कर्णवेध, Karṇavedha) or Karnavedham is one of the sixteen major samskaras (sacraments) known as "Shodasha Samskaras" of Hinduism. It is an ear piercing ceremony that is typically performed between the first and fifth years of life. This can also be performed during later years.

  4. List of body piercings - Wikipedia

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    1 Ear piercings. 2 Nose piercings. ... 6 Genital piercings. Toggle Genital piercings subsection. 6.1 Male. 6.2 Female. 7 Miscellaneous. 8 References.

  5. From 'cultural tradition' to 'child abuse': Piercing a baby's ...

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    In Latin cultures, she explains, infant female ear piercing is routine. "In Mexico, it's customary to have girls' ears pierced at the hospital before they are discharged," she says. "I wanted my ...

  6. Earring - Wikipedia

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    Teenage girls were known to hold "ear-piercing parties", where they performed the procedure on one another. By the mid-1960s, some physicians offered ear piercing as a service. [17] Simultaneously, Manhattan jewelry stores were some of the earliest commercial, non-medical locations for having one's ears pierced. [citation needed]

  7. Iyer - Wikipedia

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    The child's first birthday is the most important and is the time when the baby is formally initiated by piercing the ears of the boy or girl. From that day onwards a girl is expected to wear earrings. A second initiation (for the male child in particular) follows when the child crosses the age of seven.

  8. Body modification - Wikipedia

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    Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. [1] In its broadest definition it includes skin tattooing, socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear piercing in many societies), and religious rites of passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures), as well as the modern primitive movement.

  9. Huh? If Your Right Eye Is Twitching, There Could Be a ... - AOL

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    Woman covering her face because her right eye is twitching. When we experience an eye twitch, it is usually a fleeting event. When your right eye is twitching, it could be due to stress, fatigue ...