I really don't like facial and body peircings, they make me feel quite sick, but if people want them , well hey ho..
I have worked with a lot of young people with piercings/ tattoos and bizarre hair colouring - many of them were very troubled, and I came to view the piercings as a legitimate form of self harm....
same with the weird hair colours- it is often seen on larger young women, almost as a defiant look at me I am special kind of statement -sadly, while they hope it is individual, they all look the same and you would be hard pushed to tell one black garmented , overweight tattooed girl with facial piercings from another.....
I wish these youngsters could see that they are lovely and individual just as nature intended, but sadly they are all to often plagued by lack of self esteem and self belief due to poor parentiong