Body Piercing: Deviance or self-expression?
“Whether you self pierce with a sterile body piercing kit or you go to a professional body piercer to have it done, wanting a body piercing does not make you crazy or self-destructive”
Body Piercing
For Pros Only: Is There a Best way to Pierce a Lip?
“While piercing from the inside of the lip outward may prevent accidental poking of the client’s gums, piercing from the outside in can be more accurate when placement is critical”
Cool or Fool: Extreme Septum Stretching
“While this guy may be the Backyard Horseshoe Champion of his Iowa home town, this type of body modification is definitely considered extreme and not for everyone”
North Carolina Teenager suspended from school for Nose Ring
“… a 14 year-old’s nose piercing has resulted in her being suspended from her school and ignited a debate over her constitutional right to express her religious beliefs”
How to know if a body piercing kit is sterile
“If you are purchasing these items in a body piercing kit or from an online seller, make sure what you are getting has been properly sterilized by the methods described above, and that the company can provide recent spore test results for their equipment”
The Vertical Tragus Piercing
“A tragus piercing is a body piercing that perforates the fold of cartilage that sticks out, near the ear canal entrance…”
Tongue Web Piercing
“…a type of body piercing under the tongue that pierces the frenulum, or webbing that attaches to the bottom of the tongue”
For Pros Only: It’s all about position
“Before you pierce, show the client (with a mirror) where you have marked the points to be pierced, and if there is a friend, relative or spouse present, bring them over and make sure they confirm the decision as well.”
The Brooch Piercing
“While not as common as other surface piercings, brooch piercings are still performed and requested today (although mostly by female devotees).”
Cool or Fool: Golf Anyone?
“although this may impress a few of the local golfers present on any given golfing day, you have to wonder how this kid is going to be able to suggest what club to use…”