Beauty & Fashion: The Health Risks Involved Body Piercing, Tattoos, and Cosmetic Surgery

In this project, you will:

• Explore what is involved in body piercing, tattoos, and cosmetic surgery.

• Discuss why people engage in these activities.

• Research the health risks involved with these activities.

• Create a power point to present to the class answering the six questions that the assignment focuses on.

Introduction:

Tattoo and body arts option:

Begin this activity by reading and discussing the article “Body Decorating and the Risks.”

We will discuss why people engage in these activities and research the health risks involved in getting tattoos, body piercing and cosmetic surgery.  You will use Spartan Notes to help you understand the articles that you choose. Using your Spartan notes you will produce the slides for a power point presentation on your topic.  

Your PowerPoint presentation will answer the following questions: 

1. What is involved in getting a tattoo, having a body piercing done, or having cosmetic surgery performed?  Describe how each is done.

2.  What are the benefits of engaging in this activity?

3. What are the short term risks?

4.  What are the long term risks?

5. Why do people engage in this activity?  What is the attraction? 

6. Based on what you have learned, would you engage in this activity now or when you get older?   Give reasons to support your idea.

7. Use the MLA Style Sheet or NoodleBib to help you create a Works Cited Page.

Fashion Trends of the Past Option:
You will research fashion trends of the past. You can select any time period (for example, 1920s or the 1960s).  Answer the following questions and use them to make your power point presentation.

1. What kinds of clothes did people wear during the time period you selected?
2. How did women wear their hair? How did men wear their hair?
3. Did people engage in any behaviors that presented health risks? If so, were they aware of those risks? Did they change their behavior if they became aware of the risks?
4. What do you think of the fashion trends from the time period you selected? Do you think they are attractive? Why or why not? Give reasons to support your ideas.
5. Why do you think people may not find former fashion trends attractive? Why do you think fashion trends change?
6. Did people do anything during the time you selected to permanently alter their bodies? If so, what?
7. Students can begin their research by visiting the Web sites listed here. After they’ve conducted their research, have students present their findings as a visual display. Make sure the display includes when the fashion was in style, what it looked like, and how long it was popular.
8. Use the MLA Style Sheet or NoodleBib to help you create a Works Cited Page

You will analyze the influences of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health, as part of your decision making process.  You will need to determine the essential information from the non-essential information.

We will watch the video “Tattooing and Body Piercing: Thinking Smart about Body Art” after you complete your presentations.

Resources:

Body Art

• US FDA: Tattoos and Permanent Makeup http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-204.html
• National Geographic: Tattoos, Piercings, and Body Markings http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tattoos/
• U. Penn: Body Modification http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/body_modification/bodmodintro.shtml
• Mehendi World http://www.mehendiworld.com/
• American Museum of Natural History: Body Art http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/bodyart/
• Australia Museum: Body Art http://www.amonline.net.au/bodyart/
• Is Tattooing Safe (Kids' Health) http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_art/safe_tattooing.html
• Body Piercing (Kids' Health) http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/beautiful/body_piercing_safe.html
• Student Resource Center: Health Module
• elibrary
• Student Resource Center Gold
• EBSCO Student Research Center
• SIRS Knowledge Source
• EBSCOhost: Health Source Consumer Edition (Select EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down to Health Source: Consumer Edition)

Also browse around the Dewey number 391.6 and 617.9 in the stacks or in reference.

Fashion

• Kingwood College: Decades Links http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html
• History of Fashion: 1920s http://www.vintageblues.com/history2.htm
• History of Fashion: 1960s http://www.vintageblues.com/history6.htm
• Yahoo! Flappers http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/1920s/Flappers/
• Costume Gallery http://www.costumegallery.com/1970.htm
• Hairstyle History http://www.costumegallery.com/hairstyles.htm
• Beauty World: Fashion http://www.beautyworlds.com/fashion.htm
• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
• Student Resource Center Gold  (Search: fashion and 1920s or fashion and 1960s)

Also browse around the Dewey number 391 in the stacks or in reference.

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