every year a trend comes around that strikes fear into the hearts of women whether it is crocs, hotpants or ugg boots, everyone has their achilles heel and this summer many will be concerned about the arrival of the septum piercing in recent months, a whole host of stars have been wearing the body jewellery, including fka twigs, rihanna and lady gaga fka twigs has been one of the main trendsetters when it comes to the septum ring  the septum ring isn't a new trend   the process of piercing the wall between the two nostrils has been done for years it was a coming of age ritual for some north american tribes   the boys would be given the nose ring when they became a man, the shawnee leaders tecumseh and tenskwatawa both had them in certain warrior tribes, it was used in a similar way to war paint   to look terrifying in front of opponents in australia, aboriginals used the piercing to try and flatten their nose, which they believed made them look more attractive lady gaga (left) and lourdes leon (right) have both adopted the trend  it girl pixie geldof wears a simple silver septum ring  rihanna wears an outlandish septum ring and offsets the look with a 90s bucket hat  in india, and bangladesh septum piercings are still very popular with women   many bengali women wear it to show they are married, although this practice is being increasingly replaced with a nose stud in nepal, it is often used as a status symbol the septum ring, which is also known as the 'bull ring piercing,' is also used as a way of controlling and handling bulls but in the uk, america and australia, it is mainly used as a fashion trend and to create a hippy or rebellious look australian actress samara weaving (left) offset her silver septum ring with red heart shaped glasses, while zoe kravitz (right) adopted a tiny ring  jordin sparks showed off a new septum piercing after breaking up with her ex jason derulo 
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septum rings are a new craze among celebrities . fka twigs started the trend after appearing at red carpet events with one . it has been used in various asian and north american cultures for years 