Body piercing

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Multiple facial piercings
Different types of piercing jewelry

Body piercing usually refers to the piercing of a part of the human body for the purpose of wearing jewelry in the opening created.

Pierced people[edit]

Traditional body piercing[edit]

  • Man with septum and ear lobes piercing, Nepal

  • Woman with nostril piercing, India

  • Woman with septum piercing, Mali

  • Woman with streched ear lobes, Thailand

  • Mursi woman with stretched labret and ear lobes, Ethiopia

  • Woman with septum piercing and stretched ear lobes, India

  • Rikbaktsa man with streched ear lobes, Brazil

Modern body piercing[edit]

  • Woman with septum piercing and stretched ear lobes

  • Man with labret piercing and stretched ear lobes

  • Woman with septum piercing and stretched ear lobes

  • Man with nipple piercing, labret piercing and stretched ear lobes

  • Couple with septum piercings and nostril piercing

  • Woman with septum piercing and labret piercing

  • Man with septum piercing and ear lobes piercings

Piercing process[edit]

Preparation[edit]

  • Ear lobe piercing

  • Labret piercing

  • Nostril piercing

  • Nipple piercing

Insertion[edit]

  • Industrial piercing

  • Multiple tongue piercing

  • Nipple piercing

  • Madonna or Monroe piercing

Video of the process[edit]

Piercings by body region[edit]

Facial piercings[edit]

Ear piercings[edit]

  • Anti-helix piercing

  • Ear lobe piercing

  • Conch piercing

  • Helix piercing

  • Industrial piercing

  • Rook piercing

  • Tragus piercing

Oral piercings[edit]

  • Lip piercing

  • Eskimo piercing

  • Madonna or Monroe piercing

  • Jestrum piercing

  • Tongue piercing

  • Tongue surface piercing

  • Lip frenulum (Smiley) piercing

Nose piercings[edit]

  • Bridge piercing

  • Nostril piercing (ring)

  • Nostril piercing (stud)

  • Septum piercing (ring)

  • Septum piercing (curved barbell)

Other facial piercings[edit]

  • Cheek piercing

  • Vertical eyebrow piercing

  • Horizontal eyebrow piercing

  • Anti-eyebrow piercing

  • Crows feet piercing

  • Eyelids piercing

Body torso piercings[edit]

  • Nape piercing

  • Cleavage piercing

  • Horizontal nipple piercing (female, with ring)

  • Horizontal nipple piercing (female, with barbell)

  • Vertical nipple piercing (male, with barbell)

  • Navel piercing

  • Hips piercing

Male genital piercings[edit]

Glans penis[edit]

  • Ampallang piercing

  • Apadrayva piercing

  • Dydoe piercing

  • Prince Albert piercing

  • Reverse Prince Albert piercing

Other male genital area[edit]

  • Pubic piercing

  • Foreskin piercing

  • Frenum piercing

  • Hafada piercing

  • Guiche piercing

Female genital piercings[edit]

Clitoris and labia[edit]

  • Horizontal clitoral hood piercing

  • Clitoris piercing

  • Triangle piercing

  • Inner labia piercing

  • Outer labia piercing

Other female genital area[edit]

  • Christina piercing

  • Nefertiti piercing

  • Fourchette piercing

  • Anal piercing

Stretched piercings[edit]

  • Stretched ear lobe piercing

  • Stretched septum piercing

  • Stretched nostril piercing

  • Stretched labret piercing

  • Stretched Prince Albert piercing

Jewelry[edit]

For standard piercings[edit]

  • Variety of piecing jewelry

  • Barbell

  • Ball closure ring

  • Labret-Pins

  • Septum keepers

  • Standard ear studs

  • Nipple shields are held in place with a barbell.

For stretched piercings[edit]

  • Talens on top with clear plugs near the bottom

  • Flesh tunnels

  • Glass ear spirals

  • Palm wood plugs

  • Amethyst plugs

  • Spiral

  • Septum tusks

Instrumentation[edit]

Piercing tools[edit]

  • A typical ear piercing gun with a plastic non-autoclavable handle.

  • Assorted O rings are used to hold on some kinds of jewelry.

  • Immediate disposal of used needles into a sharps container is standard procedure.

  • An advanced technique is for the piercer to hold the jewelry pieces in the recessive hand as shown, so they can be retrieved immediately without turning from the client.

  • A septum clamp close up.

  • A dermal punch creates a large initial hole by removing a disk of skin unlike a needle that cuts a crescent shaped hole and pushes the plug to one side within the piercing.

  • Proper trajectory is essential for the piercing to be straight, practicing on a sponge with a toothpick improves this skill.

  • Plastic forceps are single use disposeable and are sometimes included in "Do-It-Yourself" piercing kits.

  • Proper glove size, and jewelry length as well as diameter are important.

  • A good set of ball holders can be very helpful in getting the bead or ball in place.

  • A close up of 4 prong ball holders, bag and autoclave these same as you would forceps.

  • Professional code of ethics displayed in studios around the world.

Stretching tools[edit]

  • Tapers of different sizes

  • Stretching a piercing hole with a taper

  • Crescent for a slower stretching process

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