According to the last official Nigerian census in 2006, women comprised almost half of the then 140 million populace at 68.3 million. Updated figures for 2009 put the headcount in Africa’s most populous, as well most densely populated nation, at 148 million1. Allowing for applicable variables, it would be logical to assume that the female population has grown correspondingly in the period, were it not for another set of disturbing statistics. Let me set up a situation for you: an event that has cheering, booing and a wide range of emotions such as happiness, anger, sadness and confusion. No, I’m not talking about a movie on television or in your local theaters right now. I’m talking about the people attending the health care town-hall type lectures at various cities across the United States. Things around us are changing rapidly. Each day the fashion trends, technologies and the entire world changes. You will be well aware of the fact that change is inevitable. While tattoos and piercing are breaking into an increasingly open society, new and surprising forms of aesthetics are arising: the scarification and branding tattoos, the subcutaneous implants and the mutilation. Some of these techniques have thousands of years, such as the scarification, who have been practiced in cultures like the Maya since ancient times. Today, in capitals like Berlin, you can see more and more people with these new forms of extreme beauty.
