To crease or not to crease: I read a lot on the internet, obviously. Lately I’ve been reading a lot about nostril piercings and how some piercers prefer piercing the nostril in the crease, and some rather not. It’s well…
I’ve seen this question come by regularly so I decided to write an article about it. How do I stretch my genital piercing safely? Well here goes: Basicly, it’s just the same as with stretching any other body piercing. It…
Everybody knows it. You have to go to the hair dresser but the piercing in your ear isn’t behaving. It’s either irritated or you just had it done. Piercings and your hair dresser don’t match very well… Hair dressers and…
The Wisdom of Your Face by Jean Haner I’m sure you’ve ever wondered if your piercing has any influence on our body. Be it physically, medically or psychologically or in maybe even changing your character in some way. There are…
There are many books you could read about piercings and body modifications and other things that have to do with these, you just have to know about them. Most of these are either in English or in German. Personally, I…
This time a book tip about a very important book. At least, that’s my opinion. Anyone who is a piercing enthusiast should have read this book or at least know about what it’s about. Jim Ward, the grandfather of body…
Errare humanum est Making mistakes is human. I was stretching my earlobes to 18mm as I wrote before in another article on this website. But that went wrong, on my right earlobe that is. The one earlobe that keeps demanding…
Eyebrow piercing: My professional work porfolio. Here is a small selection of eyebrow piercings I have done. Obviously I have done more but I don’t always get the opportunity to take pictures, especially on busy days. Not everyone allows me…
All kinds of organic jewelry such as stone, fossils, wood… are materials that cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. You can’t clean them with harsh chemicals either. Therefor you can’t wear someone else’s jewelry because there is no good way…
Safe piercing jewellery materials: In this article, we’ll talk about different materials we can find piercing jewellery made of. Which are safe, and which aren’t and why. These materials are suitable to wear in healed piercings. Some are better than…
a) For stretching You have read about how to safely stretch your own piercings in the article on this website. Also you now know that acrylic jewelry is bad for you, and that you shouldn’t stretch your piercings with it….
Materials of piercing jewelry suitable for healing piercings, initial piercings or stretching piercings: Hypoallergenic means that there barely can be an allergic reaction to the material in question. It means that there are less or very little allergens. An allergen…
What piercings are nose piercings? Well there are a lot of piercings that can be done on or through the nose. You have the nasallang (a bar through both nostrils and the septum at once), the high nostril, the nostril piercing, the…
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I’ve had a special case in the studio a couple times now. Medical piercings: Nipple piercings that had been performed by medical professionals. You might be thinking “that is awesome! so I can get my piercings done and payed for…
I started stretching my lobes a long time ago as you can read in another article I posted earlier. I’ve had them at 5/8″ of 16 mm for a year or two now. I’ve spent a lot of money on…
Bleeding piercing: How come (often/sometimes) when you get pierced, you don’t bleed? This question came up as one of the search terms that landed someone on my website. I think it’s an excellent question! So here’s the answer: You don’t…
Pierced diabetic: When is it dangerous and what to look out for. It’s first of all very important for anyone to know that if you’re diabetic, haemophiliac or are suffering from any other immune disorder it is very much discouraged…
Emu oil piercing aftercare: This is the exception to the rule of no using ointments on a piercing that is not fully healed yet. Even if it’s called an oil, emu oil is really more sort of a lotion. It…
Will the hole of my navelpiercing, or belly button piercing go away? In most cases, a navel piercing that has fully healed is practically permanent. Very comparable to earlobe piercings. If you haven’t worn jewelry in the hole for quite…
My tongue looks yellow on the surface… Is that normal? Yes it is. Not only can it happen because of the mouthwash you’re using to care for your new piercing but also this can happen when your tongue is healing….
Here are a couple interesting little Fun facts about body piercing: William Shakespeare had an earring on his left ear. In the 16th century, it was very popular. That stayed so for very long, until the clip earring was introduced in…
Self piercing: Is body piercing a DIY kind of thing? Absolutely not. Piercing is a serious matter and if you do it wrong you could end up with serious nerve damage, deformities, infections and worse. Piercing? DO NOT TRY THIS…
Some information about ear piercings and some answers to FAQ Which piercings are earpiercings? helix piercing (piercing through the helix or your ear) tragus piercing (through the tragus of your ear) vertical tragus piercing anti-tragus piercing conch daith rook forward…
Does a piercing close back up? Some do, some don’t. The longer you’ve had your piercing, the bigger the chances of the hole remaining more or less open. But this doesn’t go for all types of piercing. All piercings in…
Pierced for the first time: How to prepare yourself It’s very important that you do not think too lightly of getting pierced. A piercing is a serious thing even though you could remove most of them alter on if you’re…
