Whether it be knuckles, hand webbing, hip, neck, navel, sternum, nostril, chin, ear, genitalia or lips, the body is a piercing paradise. Be they subtle or conspicuous, piercings have always been a form of body art, whether symbolic or sporadic. Some piercings have taken precedence over others. The traditional earlobe piercing has become routine and others have risen in popularity. Daniel Kicinski, a piercing and scarification artist at Binghamton’s The Shaman’s Den, said the profession sees phases in what customers request. “Right now the nostril is popular, the tongue is fading away,” he said. People are getting pierced in more…