1983 Australian company Ryebuck releases a publication about the cultural practices common to native peoples in Papua, New Guinea, including excerpts from the field notes of David Fitzpatrick concerning ritual piercing.
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1989 Erl piercing is born when famous personality Erl Van Aken has his nose bridge pierced by an artist at Gauntlet.
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Circa 1990 Film star Madison Stone popularizes surface piercing of the skin above the collar bone, lending the piercing not only her persona, but also her first name.

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1992 Piercer Erik Dakota performs the first Daith piercing.

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1993 Popular rock band Aerosmith debuts a music video for their soon to be smash hit “Cryin,” featuring footage of actress Alicia Silverstone receiving a navel piercing from master piercer Paul King.
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1994 Owners and employees from Gauntlet Inc, Body Manipulations, Primeval Body, and Nomad found the Association of Professional Piercers and begin publishing their newsletter, “The Point.”

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2004 Janet Jackson accidentally exposes her nipple piercing due to wardrobe malfunction during the half-time show at Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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2004 – 2008 Studies and surveys are conducted in England, Australia, and the United States, hoping to determine a set of valid 21st century statistics concerning body modification.

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2009 “The Piercing Bible” is published.

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2011 Most pierced person in the world, Elaine Davidson of the UK, breaks the seven thousand mark in number of permanent piercings.