Body piercing
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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
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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]
Tongue piercing
Neck piercing
madonna piercing
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
various
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
