| You might not think that one small diamond by | | | | Pierced noses have been around ever since then |
| itself could make much of a jewelry statement. In | | | | and have become even more in vogue today. To |
| fact, quite the opposite is true. Depending on its | | | | go with their pierced noses, the eyebrows, lip, |
| placement, it can make a really bold statement | | | | tongue, and multiple ear piercings have been |
| that can not possibly be ignored. From noses to | | | | added. The diamond studs are used frequently in |
| ties, to ears, the diamond stud adorns them all. | | | | the ears. They can graduate in size to the top of |
| The nose piercing originated in the Middle East | | | | the ear, or can all be one size. |
| approximately 4000 years ago. It is still common | | | | In history past and in some other cultures, the |
| in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and | | | | piercing of one ear or the other on a man has not |
| Arab countries. A lot of these countries use a | | | | been that unusual a thing. But as other piercings |
| gold hoop for their nose piercing. In Pakistan they | | | | have grown, so has piercing both ears on a man. |
| only use a small diamond stud. | | | | The diamond stud earring has taken on a life of |
| In India the left side of the nostril is pierced | | | | its own in this jewelry area. It is a huge fashion |
| because this is believed to help in the process of | | | | statement in the hip hop scene. It gives men a |
| childbirth by Ayurvedic medicine. It supposedly | | | | chance to wear an added piece of jewelry that |
| coincides somehow with the female reproductive | | | | gives an elegant touch, but it is also usually |
| organs. It was a mark of social standing and | | | | considered very sexy. |
| beauty. It was also a sign of honor by Hindus to | | | | Since the turn of the 20th century when neckties |
| their marriage god, Parvathi. Nose piercing has | | | | became the style for men, the tie tac has also |
| been a new trend in European and Western | | | | found a great place to show off a single diamond. |
| civilizations since the hippie generation in the 1960's | | | | It seems that as long as there is just one |
| and 1970's. It seemed to die down for a little | | | | diamond left available anywhere, someone will be |
| while and then made a new comeback with the | | | | able to find a great place to put it. |
| punk rock culture of the eighties. | | | | |