Body Modification

I have 2 tatoos, 4 ear piecings, and a nose ring. I had always wanted to get my ears pierced, ever since I was a kid. My parents wanted me to wait until I got out of Elementary School. Eventually in 6th grade I got tired of waiting so my friend Emily pierced my ears on the playground during recess. It was soley for fashon purposes, and probably made me feel "grown up". I just started piercing my ears whenever I felt that I needed more. I got up to four earrings on each side but I decided to let most of them close. I didn't like to take them out every night and have to put them back in every morning, but they were too uncomfortable to sleep with.
For my first tattoo I was in Mexico with my friend Emily ( yes the same one) and we decided that we would find someone to give us tattoos. We were only 13 so we couldn't get them legally. We met some kids who took us to this "underground" tattoo shop. I ended up getting a butterfly tattoo on my hip and she got cherries in the same place. The tatoos came out pretty bad, so once our parents found out we had them (they were pretty pissed) we had to go get them fixed. I really don't know why we got those tattoos. Mostly out of rebelousness I guess. Partly out of just being teenage girls. We hate them now but we laugh about our experiences and how stupid we were. Anything could have happened in mexico, including disease from the needle. If nothing more, it was just a fun experience.
My last and most recent tattoo is of my sons name and his newborn handprint. That one was more carefully thought out. I took in his baby book and the tattoo artist tattooed his first handprint on my lower back. I do not regret that tattoo. It is something I will always love because I will always love my son.
Lastly- my nose ring. That too was for fashion reasons. I just thought it looked cute. But now its a pain in the ass to take care of and I will probably let it close up too someday soon.