One special type of hoop earring belly button rings the sleeper earring. This is a very small continuous piece of (typically) gold wire which essentially hugs the base of the earlobe with the ends connecting in the back. Because their small size makes them comfortable, sleepers are sometimes worn at night to keep an ear piercing from.

girls soon after birth. This has become somewhat controversial because of its involuntary nature. Although not as common as with females, ear piercing among males has also become popular in North America and Europe. History Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification, with artistic and belly button rings references from cultures around the world dating back to early history. One of the early signs of earrings worn by males are from the walls of Persepolis in ancient Persia, the carved images of the soldiers from various parts of the Persian Empire which are displayed on some of the surviving walls of the palace shows the soldiers wearing an ear ring. The Greeks sometimes put ear rings on statues. In southern India, most children, both boys and girls, will get belly button rings ears pierced in religious belly button rings before they are about 5 years old[1]. Infants may get their ears pierced as early as seven months. Pierced ears were popular in the United States through the early.

American peoples in history; the Shawnee leaders Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, for example, had such.