A New Trend In Portland Puts A Hole In Your Chin Area

Portland, Oregon has always been right up there with Seattle, Washington for states that are filled with free thinkers and new trends. According to social media, the new trend that is hitting Portland is called 'lip plates' also called lip plugs, or lip discs. These are the newest body modification trends wherein a plate is placed just below the lower lip, exposing the teeth and gums of the modified person. I have had a few piercings in my time; the standard basic white girl belly button ring, several ear piercings all throughout my ears and one drunken lip piercing that my father begged me to remove. But I do not see how this piercing is gaining popularity.

Origins from this trend can be traced back to Africa. In Africa, in the Muris tribe, for example, girls and women would wear lip plates in their lower lips, and this jewelry would be considered a sign of beauty. Those plates actually stretch the lip outward, whereas the lip plates in Portland are clear and just expose the inside of the mouth, even when the mouth is closed. Let’s hope these people have some stellar looking teeth!

Ever since the first story was posted about it, the trend began to spike in numbers of participants even more, and although it's super weird, there's something for everyone. They say it can be compared to having a plug in your ear. The human body is pretty flexible, and body jewelry is always there to test those limits. 

Just try getting a job with a massive hole in the front of your face, but then again you probably don't care about things like that if you went out to get the piercing in the first place. Just discriminating. Don't mind us. It happens.