Pain Reducing Pads for Body Piercing
“Pain reducing pads are now available that actually numb the skin surface sufficiently to substantially reduce the pain felt during piercing”
Tired of screwing? Try push-in labrets
“Another option is to wear a labret made of flexible material, such as Bio-Flex or PTFE. This type of body jewelry is light-weight and the head does not screw into place but pushes into a tube that can be cut to fit almost any lip snugly.”
How do you know it’s real gold?
“Another way to know if something is made of solid gold is it will be stamped on the piece itself with a small ’14K’ (or other purity number) etched into the metal”
Renegade Body Artists: Are you in compliance?
“Once a body piercer or tattoo artist takes a Health Department approved pathogen course, they are still required to undergo a series of Hepatitis B vaccinations (3 vaccinations over a 9 month period) before they can be issued a county body technician permit.”
Body Piercing Kits: The Good, The Bad and the dirty
“Using unsterilized body jewelry endangers your client and puts you at risk legally…”
Body Piercing Tools for Professionals
“A tool that malfunctions during a piercing can not only be highly unpleasant for the client (not to mention the piercer) but possibly lead to extended bleeding and complications leading to injury to the client…”
Cool or Fool?
“Sporting what looks to be four to five inch tunnels on his lobes and top cartilage stretching of about an inch, this guy’s ears will never be the same”
Extreme Labrets
“These extreme labrets are designed to follow the curve of your face, extending their reach several inches from the lower lip until reaching the top part of the chin”
Where can I find real nipple jewelry?
“after enduring the initial pain of the piercing, and the lengthy healing times, nipple piercing devotees are left with the epic problem of actually finding nipple jewelry…”
Apprenticeship: a dying art?
“The truth is, whether we like it or not, these aspiring body artists are everywhere, and they are going to continue to follow their dreams, and make do with what they have available to them”