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(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p>The <b>Tattoo and Piercing Industries (TPI) union</b> is a union representing and run by professional <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_artists" title="Tattoo artists">tattoo artists</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Piercers" title="Piercers">piercers</a> in the United Kingdom. It was founded recently in response to joint attempts to set National Occupati...")
 
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<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p>The <b>Tattoo and Piercing Industries (TPI) union</b> is a union representing and run by professional <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_artists" title="Tattoo artists">tattoo artists</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Piercers" title="Piercers">piercers</a> in the United Kingdom. It was founded recently in response to joint attempts to set National Occupational Standards by the <i>Hair and Beauty Industries Authority (HABIA)</i> and the <i>Qualifications Curriculum Authority (QCA)</i>.
Body '''piercing''' is a form of [[Body modification|body modification]] which usually refers to the piercing of a part of the human body for the purpose of wearing jewelry in the opening created. The word "piercing" can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to a specific pierced opening in the body. [[Play piercing]] is a temporary piercing often for the fun of piercing.
</p><p>Although the industry could certainly do with being regulated, it was deemed inappropriate by those working within this sector for standards to be set by the beauty industry! This is a battle the <b>TPI</b> won and it is currently working with the <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Environmental_Health_Department&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Environmental Health Department (page does not exist)">Environmental Health Department</a> to set basic, national standards which eventually all tattooists and piercers will have to adhere to in order to work within the industry in the UK.
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Some people practice piercing for religious or other cultural reasons. Many individuals, particularly in the modern West, choose to be pierced for spiritual, ornamental, or sexual reasons.
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Latest revision as of 09:41, 17 September 2023

Body piercing is a form of body modification which usually refers to the piercing of a part of the human body for the purpose of wearing jewelry in the opening created. The word "piercing" can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to a specific pierced opening in the body. Play piercing is a temporary piercing often for the fun of piercing.

Some people practice piercing for religious or other cultural reasons. Many individuals, particularly in the modern West, choose to be pierced for spiritual, ornamental, or sexual reasons.

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