Body piercing jewellery
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Body piercing jewelry is jewelry manufactured specifically for use in body piercing. The jewelry involved in the art of body piercing comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes in order to best fit the pierced site. Jewelry may be worn for fashion, cultural tradition, religious beliefs, personal symbolism, and many other reasons.
History
[edit]Originally, hardly any other jewelry than circular earrings were used in modern Western body piercing. As the body piercing became more of a fashion, a vast amount of specially crafted jewelry became available to the public. Common types of body jewelry that are sold often in modern days include barbells, captive bead rings, labrets, navel curves, plugs, spirals, and various other types of piercing jewelry. Materials used for production have grown from traditional gold and silver to widespread use of surgical steel as well as titanium, niobium, glass, and several kinds of plastics (PTFE, Tygon, bioplast, nylon). Wood, horn, amber, stone, bamboo, silicone, fossilized ivories, tusks, bones, and porcelain can also be used to craft body piercing jewelry.
Design features
[edit]The Association of Professional Piercers recommends that jewelry used in initial body piercings be internally threaded, adding that "the part of the jewelry that passes through your skin is smooth, and the threads are on the removable end(s), such as balls, gems, or spikes"[1] On body jewelry pieces, the surfaces and ends must be smooth, free of nicks, scratches, burrs, polishing compounds and metals must have a consistent mirror finish.[1]
Gallery
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Variety of body piercing jewellery -
14K gold barbells in front of 24K gold for color comparison -
Belly button ring that snaps closed -
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Hand carved tusks made out of horn, normally worn in nasal septum piercings -
Ear spirals made out of glass -
Nipple shields attached to barbells for use in nipple piercings -
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Circular barbell, barbell, ball closure ring and curved barbell
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See also
[edit]- Body piercing materials
- Body piercing jewelry sizes
- Barbell
- Captive bead ring
- Claw
- Prince's wand
- Spiral
- Stud
- Flesh tunnel
External links
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- ^ a b "Jewelry for Initial Piercings". Association of Professional Piercers. 2020-05-03. Archived from the original on 2025-04-15. Retrieved 2025-04-15.