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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. It can be made by insertion of a needle followed by inserting a piece of jewelry or by utilizing a specific tool such as a piercing gun which utilizes specially made jewelry to make the piercing opening while simultaneously inserting the jewelry.
Pierced people
[edit]Traditional body piercing
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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
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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
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Ear lobe piercing -
Labret piercing -
Nostril piercing -
Nipple piercing
Insertion
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Industrial piercing -
Multiple tongue piercing -
Nipple piercing -
Madonna or Monroe piercing
Video of the process
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Tongue piercing
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Neck piercing
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madonna piercing
Piercings by body region
[edit]Facial piercings
[edit]Ear piercings
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Anti-helix piercing -
Ear lobe piercing -
Conch piercing -
Helix piercing -
Industrial piercing -
Rook piercing -
Tragus piercing
Oral piercings
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Lip piercing -
Eskimo piercing -
Madonna or Monroe piercing -
Jestrum piercing -
Tongue piercing -
Tongue surface piercing -
Lip frenulum (Smiley) piercing
Nose piercings
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Bridge piercing -
Nostril piercing (ring) -
Nostril piercing (stud) -
Septum piercing (ring) -
Septum piercing (curved barbell)
Other facial piercings
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Cheek piercing -
Vertical eyebrow piercing -
Horizontal eyebrow piercing -
Anti-eyebrow piercing -
Crows feet piercing -
Eyelids piercing
Body torso piercings
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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
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Ampallang piercing -
Apadrayva piercing -
Dydoe piercing -
Prince Albert Piercing -
Reverse Prince Albert piercing
Other male genital area
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Pubic piercing -
Foreskin piercing -
Frenum piercing -
Hafada piercing -
Guiche piercing
Female genital piercings
[edit]Clitoris and labia
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Horizontal clitoral hood piercing -
Clitoris piercing -
Triangle piercing -
Inner labia piercing -
Outer labia piercing
Other female genital area
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Christina piercing -
Nefertiti piercing -
Fourchette piercing -
Anal piercing
Stretched piercings
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Stretched ear lobe piercing -
Stretched septum piercing -
Stretched nostril piercing -
Stretched labret piercing -
Stretched Prince Albert piercing
Jewelry
[edit]For standard piercings
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Variety of piecing jewelry -
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Barbell -
Ball closure ring -
Labret-Pins -
Septum keepers -
Standard ear studs -
Nipple shields are held in place with a barbell.
For stretched piercings
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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
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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
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Tapers of different sizes -
Stretching a piercing hole with a taper -
Crescent for a slower stretching process
