What many people don’t realize when they get a body piercing is that along with the hole in their body can come medical complications. The majority of complications from body piercings come from allergic reactions or bacterial infections. It is not uncommon for a serious issue to come from a new body piercing. Anybody who ...
When I agreed to let my Australian friend, an exchange student in our tiny rural school double pierce my ears, that was considered just short of anathema. In Melbourne, my friend said this was very common. In rural Michigan in 1981 it was not. I only agreed to let her pierce my ears a second ...
When I was 16, I pierced my own navel. All it took was a deep breath, some hydrogen peroxide, a thick sewing needle, and an ice cube. While doing your own body piercings yourself may seem like a cheap thrill, there are a lot of reasons why body piercings should be left to the professionals. ...
Tin punch is the art of punching holes through a tin sheet to create a design. Tin punch art was used American cabinet making to make a “Pie Safe.” For those individuals who are not familiar with a pie safe, it is a cupboard specifically for cooling pies. The holes in the tin panels allowed ...
Body piercings have been a part of cultures for hundreds of years. Once used to mark a person’s statue in society or as a method to ward off evil, today’s culture celebrates piercings primarily as body decoration. Pierced ears have been fashionable for some time in the United States. Many people also opt to pierce ...
Piercing has become a widely practiced trend in the modern day fashion world. Individuals indulge in piercing many areas of their body, but the ears remain the most ample spot for sporting jewelry. Snug piercings reside in the ear, somewhere along the ridge created by the antihelical fold and the anti-helix. They can be single ...
One of the latest trends in body piercing is dermal anchoring. This piercing can be performed on various parts of the body and face, and is a cross between a surface piercing and an implant. You can get a single dermal or multiple dermals to take the shape of something, such as a star. The ...
When I was pregnant I worried about everything from what I ate and taking vitamins to decorating my new baby’s room. The last thing on my mind was my belly button piercing. I didn’t know what a problem belly button piercing could be during pregnancy. Many women don’t think about how their piercing would be ...
Getting your ears pierced is almost a right of passage for any young child, especially girls. One thing I couldn’t wait to do was buy as many dangling earrings as possible to use after my ear’s had healed and the earrings in them could be removed. But there is a lot more to ear piercings ...
Before The Piercing Piercing Method Ask the piercing parlour whether they use a gun or a needle. Using a gun on a nose can cause micro-organisms to be transmitted between anyone who has had the gun used on them. This could be porentially fatal due to the proximity of the nose to the brain. Nose ...
