Josh from Wisconsin wanted to get his nipples pierced because he said he was in the piercing shop and the option was open. Heather Bullock

John Weir, 19, had his first piercing when he was 16 years old. It was his septum. The reasoning was because he was watching an old Madonna music video and in the video there was a kid sitting on a stoop with his septum pierced. Since that point on he wanted to get the same piercing. Nancy Kohn

Cat, 28, pierces and tattoos her body because it is the only thing that is truly hers. Samuel Perry

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