Cheek Piercing - History and Culture

History and Culture

Permanent cheek piercing appears to be of primarily contemporary origin.

Ritual cheek piercings were and are common throughout the world in both primitive and modern cultures. Perhaps the most well known of these rituals is the annual vegetarian festivals in Phuket, Thailand where "mediums" (both lay people and monks) pierce their cheeks with an array of objects in varying sizes, while in an altered state.

Body piercing
General piercing topics
  • Contemporary piercing practices
  • Scalpelling
  • Stretching
  • Play piercing
  • Pocketing
  • Surface piercing
  • Ear piercing gun
Jewelry (materials)
  • Barbell
  • Claw
  • Captive bead ring
  • Flesh tunnel
  • Plug
  • Prince's wand
  • Spiral
  • Stud
  • Nose chain
  • Nipple shield
Ear piercings
  • Tragus
  • Antitragus
  • Snug
  • Daith
  • Conch
  • Helix
  • Rook
  • Industrial
Facial and oral piercings
  • Cheek
  • Eyebrow
  • Anti-eyebrow
  • Lip (Labret
  • Lip plate
  • Monroe
  • Medusa
  • Jestrum)
  • Nose (Bridge)
  • Tongue (Tongue frenulum)
  • Uvula
Body piercings
  • Corset
  • Hand web
  • Hip
  • Madison
  • Navel
  • Nipple
  • Nape
  • Wrist
  • Neck
Unisex genital or anal piercings
  • Anus
  • Guiche
  • Pubic
  • Chastity
Female genital piercings
  • Christina
  • Clitoris
  • Clitoral hood
  • Triangle
  • Fourchette
  • Isabella
  • Labia
  • Nefertiti
  • Princess Albertina
Male genital piercings
  • Ampallang
  • Apadravya
  • Hafada
  • Foreskin
  • Deep shaft
  • Dolphin
  • Dydoe
  • Frenum (Frenum ladder)
  • Lorum
  • Magic cross
  • Prince Albert
  • Reverse Prince Albert
  • Transscrotal

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