In the 1980s-90s, a trend of new piercing fashions hit the USA from the punk and rock-n-roll eras who revered the tribal and gothic roughness of ancient cultures around the world.
The wildness of fashions simmered down in the 1990s, but there was one thing that remained extreme and matured into a 1990s "one-fits-all" fashion, and that was "ear piercing".
Ear piercing became so casual and accepted by all classes that the trend gave way to fashions like the industrial piercings, snug piercings, orbital piercings, rook piercings, lip piercings, and much more. The most dangerous piercing fashion though is "Gauge piercing" which makes a large hole in the ear lobe area and is expanded on with heavy earrings.
The Gauge piercings of the 90s has done some real damage. The youth of the 1990s has of course turned into the parent figures today, and the problem is that gauge holes and lip holes don't heal or shrink.
Samoan Fashion watcher "I was here and grew up during those times. An ear piercing was nothing in these parts. It was something to get when you were young and wanted to have fun, no biggie. I'm just glad I never did anything like get a gauge or lip or eye or piercing."
"The gauge piercing looks cool when you're about 16 years old, but imagine wearing a big brown cork in your ear for the rest of your life. A cork is light weight, and people have to put a light cork in their ear to keep the hole from getting hooked on things. If they keep putting a heavy earring in there, the hole gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger!" he said
"Beware of the gauge and the lip piercing, or all piercing in general. There's warnings out there on Tattoos that aren't from your personal culture, but at least most tattoos can be covered. Your ears, lips, and nose are hard to cover. Theres plastic surgery for ear repair, but harder for lips and noses, its expensive. If you plan on being a respectable public figure one day, do not even think about punching holes in your body"
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