To go through this kind of pain, one still had to comply with certain conditions. After a boy came of age and had gone headhunting, he could then be tattooed under his lips as the mark of coming-of-age, and as a way of lauding his bravery.
然而要承受這樣的痛苦，還得符合條件﹘﹘男子成長後，經歷外出獵首的過程，可在唇下刺頤文，作為成年標記，也表彰他英勇的事蹟。