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Pebblebrook students have grown more and more accustomed to practice of getting tattoos and being pierced.

It is common now to see musical artists, actors and models with a variety of tattoos and piercings, which leads many students to attempt to duplicate their style. It seems like everyone, from rappers to “wannabes,� has at least one tattoo. Tattoos help students express their creative sides.

Junior Jasmine Harvard chose to get her tattoo because of her friends. She got the word “Jazzy� with music notes around it.

“It’s my name, and I love music.� Harvard admits that she did not tell her mom she was getting the tattoo.

Not all parents are against their children getting tattoos; in fact some encourage their children to get “inked.�

Junior Shamar Blackshear was inspired by his mother to get his first tattoo.

“My tattoo [which says] ‘God’s Soldier’ symbolizes strength to me!� said Blackshear.

Students are getting bolder and bolder when it comes to getting tattoos. They can be seen from the head to the toes of countless Pebblebrook students.

Other students prefer expressing themselves with a body piercing. It is no longer uncommon to see females with piercings such as belly rings that would have been deemed unorthodox just a few decades ago.

Junior Ashley Hill admits she got her belly pierced in order to make a fashion statement.

“I got my parents’ permission to get my piercing; it wasn’t painful,� said Hill.

There is no reason to believe that tattoos and piercings are fads that will eventually fade away. On the contrary, more and more students seem to want them.

Hill says that she doesn’t have a tattoo yet, but she plans on getting one soon.