Gold Body Jewelry – Make a Brighter & Better Piercing Choice

Thinking of getting your body pierced? Go for gold body jewelry. It’s shinier, brighter and safer than many other metals. Body piercing takes a lot of guts to say yes to in the first  place and if it’s gold jewelry that you have set your eyes on, than guts alone won’t be helpful. Gold body jewelry definitely costs much more then stainless or plastic body jewelry but it sure is worth every dollar spent!

And it’s your body so the piercing jewelry has to be gold, doesn’t it? Alright may be at least one. No other metal can surpass the luxury and royalty that gold possesses. Also gold being a lot safer adds to it’s indispensability in body piercing.  So let’s talk about it and analyze:

Why opt for gold body jewelry?

Its safety is already talked about. There is one more thing -  gold body jewelry for body piercing should be completely nickel free. Nickel is an impurity that may cause allergy to skin and even result in rejection of the the body jewelry. Also try and always buy 14K pure gold body jewelry.

Because there’s both white and yellow – Both white and gold body jewelry are great and look absolutely stunning on skin. White gold may be a tad rarer (and perhaps more expensive) than yellow but is awesome for both men and women.

Gold jewelry adds fashion and zing to personality – Nothing can beat a brightly shining piece of body jewelry glistening on your skin.

As the summer gets on and the more skin shows, have piercing with gold body jewelry may be a good idea! The above are reasons enough for us, hope they are for you too!

Before the Body Jewelry is Installed – Pre-Piercing Preparation

Pre body piercing preparation is much easier than this tongue-twister-of-a-phrase. All it requires is a little bit of alertness, care and clear-cut know-how on part of the girl or guy deciding to take the pinch of the needle.

So what should you do to get your body piercing-ready? Follow the steps below and get all set for the sparkles

1. Binging on alcohol is definitely a no no. Not even if the binge was 48 hours before  the piercing appointment.
2. Go to the piercing parlor well hydrated and avoid taking blood thinning medication  or other such foods. That means aspirin, Advil or Aleve.
3. Stop taking caffeine several days before the actual piercing happens. Take Vitamin K as much you can. It’s needed for optimal piercing.
4. Get enough rest the night before your piercing appointment. Nervousness won’t really help you much.
5. Personal hygiene needless to say will come in very handy in fighting off the undesired things that may come along with body jewelry like infection.
6. Right before you’re on the chair/table; try some breathing and relaxing exercises and be acceptable to the situation and remember that it’s only going to take a few moments.

Have a snack, fruit or juice after the piercing is done. It will help maintain the blood sugar level and will relax you a bit.

Pre-piercing prep is area-specific too. That means it depends on what part of the body are you getting the piercing done. So oral piercing, eyebrow piercing, genital piercing  each will have unique preparations before the piercing. However, the basic points above  also remain  valid for all sorts of piercings.

Belly Button Piercing – Feminine Fashion Alone?

A strange thing about belly button piercing is that it has more women takers than men. Ever wondered why? Also the men who get their navel pierced have to battle off strange stares and even stranger notions about them. Somehow, getting one’s navel pierced isn’t considered that manly.

Let’s look into the reasons of such a trend.

• Navel piercing seems to be  women’s territory since the beginning. Everyone from top models to actresses, social butterflies and not to forget the trend setters – belly dancers have had their navel pierced. Perhaps it has something to with having a curvy waistline?
• There’s another generalization that works against men having a navel piercing. It’s always been beer bellies when it comes to men and belly buttons when it comes to women!
• Does hair make a difference? Women’s stomach’s aren’t hairy so they have all the more reason to show them off with some bling. Well guys can wax it off as well but still a women’s stomach is much smoother let’s face it.

Well guys who think they can pull it off should go ahead and get it! We are not really sure about how will it be received but if you think you’ve got it then people would do too. And the girls can continue to flaunt their navel piercings as usual!

Nickel Free Body Jewelry – Why Safety is Better than Saving

Heard of nickel free body jewelry? Or may be just about nickel? Well, nickel is that metal that is merged with base metals such as gold and silver to create body jewelry that is harder, stronger and shinier. Nickel is also the one to blame for most all allergic reactions that people mistakenly think that any and every body jewelry can cause. It’s nickel that does the damage and which is present in regular jewelry that you buy off Mall Kiosks (Very Bad Idea) and other bargain stores.

That does not mean you stop buying but instead start buying smartly. So the solution is not to shun body jewelry but body jewelry with nickel! Nickel free body jewelry is your best bet and it’s not only different from regular jewelry in terms of quality, look but is a lot safer overall, and you will usually find that the manufacturers that use nickel free jewelry will also provide you a much better quality and finish because they care about quality more then price.

What makes Nickel free body jewelry safer?

Absence of nickel of course! Body jewelry made from Titanium and Nickel Free Gold is usually the safest materials to opt for because these contain zero nickel!  These are a tad more expensive than body jewelry with nickel but what’s a little money when it comes to the safety of your body, right? And we all know how majority of us do not reject gold at all

Especially when the first cheap piece from the mall causes and infection so then you purchase another one from a different kiosk only to make the problem worse, so you go to another store and get what they say is the best, on and on. Sound familiar? How much did all of those pieces of junk that you can not even wear cost you?

The difference between nickel free body jewelry and normal jewelry lies also in being medically and legally endorsed. The former has a legal sanction, the latter carries a directive against (especially in Europe).

So opt for safety rather than getting an allergy. And with all the potential allergies (and their treatments) that nickel can cause, regular body jewelry may not turn out to be that pocket saving anyways. only shop with company’s that have your safety in mind such as wwwTheChainGang.com , where all of their jewelry comes from the USA or England.

Smile & Shine with Smiley Piercing

This ain’t no emoticon but instead a new body piercing style!  Want to add a little sparkle to your smile? Then the smiley piercing is for you. Also known as upper lip frenulum piercing, this piercing is one of the easiest to heal and involves minimum pain. The piercing is done on the inside of the upper lip (the webbing) and hence shows only when you smile.

Smiley piercing has surfaced recently and even has an antagonist to it – the Frowny piercing! Gaining popularity by the minute, many people are getting attracted towards smiley piercing due to a virtually painless procedure and obviously the shine it adds to your smile.

Captive bead ring is the most commonly used jewelry option for smiley piercing. Curved barbells have been known to be used as well.

Smiley Piercing – Smile your way out of the parlor

Since it does not really hurt much and heals quickly, smiley piercing may be the best way to get initiated into body piercing (just may be, rest depends on your choice). The piercing jewelry will fall below gum line and hence keeping gums and teeth clean (especially after meals) is very important.

Take care that there are no gum infections or damage to teeth. Touching/ playing with the jewelry is a total no no. This not only because your oral health is threatened but also the piercing jewelry may tear out!

Smiley piercing sure has a lot of takers lately yet its still rare overall. It’s body modification at it’s innovative best.

Potential (Avoidable) Problems Involved in Body Piercing

Body piercing has many takers and why not? It’s about being yourself, after all! However, sometimes even the greatest of things come with a few not-so-great risks and in body piercing these are a few (avoidable) problems.

When a piercing goes wrong it’s the pierced area that gets effected the most – sometimes serious and other times curable. That’s why it is mandatory to get body piercing done from a certified professional with great piercing skills and even a more hygienic piercing studio and tools.

Let’s take a look into what problems there can be and how you can avoid them.

Infections – Generally happens when the piercing is fresh and susceptible to bacterial and fungal invasions. Swelling, redness may result as the body fights them off. A discharge of puss is also common. A good clean up after piercing and compresses can help to prevent infection.

Metal Hypersensitivity – It’s nickel that causes it. Many people are allergic to nickel and hence the body rejects body jewelry with nickel in it, causing an allergic reaction. Go for nickel free body jewelry always or hypoallergenic metals.

Migration – Yes a piercing can move to another place. The piercing can travel through the skin and position in a different location other than the original. This is usually a result of improper piercing or a body’s reaction to body jewelry.

Scarring – The pierced area may appear scarred and different from the surrounding tissue. Scars become prominent when the piercing is removed.

Others could be skin abscesses, boils etc. Body piercing isn’t just problems but since there’s piercing, needle and skin involved you can’t really get out of it the way you went in. And if you ask those with piercings they will tell you how the passion and plenty of reasons-to-get-pierced easily outnumber these problems. Moreover, these can be easily avoided by being a little more aware and following healthy practices.

So don’t let these put you off, remember it’s about who you are and not what can go wrong.

Engagement Tongue Rings – For a Jaw Dropping Proposal

Engagement rings are no longer cut out for the ring finger. The bling symbol of commitment has found a different place to make its mark – the tongue!! Make way for engagement tongue rings!! Hard to digest? Well the trend not really but the rings should be (hard to digest) as these better stick to tongues only.

A unique and fast catching body piercing jewelry trend, engagement tongue rings is no tongue in cheek humor. Love bitten couples daring to be bold, different and not so traditional are finding engagement tongue rings to be pretty fab!

Available in diamonds and gold, tongue rings for the pre-nup commitment are not short on any shine or sparkle. Branded under the tag of ‘alternative engagement’ jewelry, engagement tongue rings are sure alternative!

Tongue Engagement rings – Piercing trends do not stop at that

There’s more – belly button rings have also caught the fancy of couples ready to go down the aisle. Now we’ve heard about Cupid piercing hearts but spouses piercing each other is something rare. Anyhow whatever floats one’s boat!

When you are in love nothing seems beyond it. Thinking of popping the question and wanna go the road less traveled – go for engagement body piercing jewelry. However, first make sure that your girlfriend/ boyfriend is fine with it or else one of you will end up with a bruise!

What say the traditionalists?

Double Eyebrow Piercing – Twice the Attitude

Eyebrow piercing is one of the first off the usual body piercing trends. After navel, ear and nose, it’s eyebrow piercing that is perhaps most common and sought after. And now there’s a unique innovation in eyebrow piercing too – Double eyebrow piercing. It looks funkier, smarter and more daring then your regular eyebrow piercing.

Double eyebrow piercing means two body jewelry pieces  or two piercings through the eyebrow. And the great thing about it, people already having a single eyebrow piercing can go for another too to get the double bling.

What’s Double Eyebrow Piercing All About?

Some people go for vertical piercings in which the piercings are next-to-each-other. Others get horizontal piercings one beside another (especially those who already have a single piercing done). The trend is fast catching up and will soon cease to be a rarity. Right from  barbells, wires to rings all sorts of feasible  body jewelry can be used for double eyebrow piercing.

Say, you go for horizontal eyebrow piercing placed side to side, above the eyebrow, then you would have four barbells visible. Or one could even try the one above and one below the eyebrow piercing for that killer style.

Whichever you choose just make sure that it goes well with your face and personalty.

P.S – The double eyebrow piercing is a great way to set yourself apart from the crowd! So go ahead take it on!

Body Jewelry for Weddings is becoming popular

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Doctors say corset piercings, skin implants very dangerous

CBS News has recently posted a rather disturbing slideshow of much more extreme body modifications, such as tongue bifurcation, transdermal skin implants, and corset piercings. Doctors are concerned about these procedures, saying they are risky business.

Body piercing, the practice of puncturing a part of the body to create an opening for jewelry, is not a new trend. Ear piercings and nose piercings have been documented back more than 5,000 years. Facial piercings in the lip and tongue have been found in African and American tribal cultures long before its popularity among young Americans. Even nipple and genital piercings can be documented in literature dating back to Ancient Rome.

A more contemporary form of piercing is corset piercing. It is often associated with erotic behavior and most are intended to be temporary. Corset piercing starts with the creation of two rows of piercings on either side of the spine. Once these heal, they can be laced with ribbons and pulled taut. The wearer must be diligent about keeping the area clean, which is difficult when the piercings are on your back. Risks of this kind of body modification include infection, rejection of the jewelry, and unsightly scarring.

Tongue bifurcation, or splitting the tongue into a “fork”, is performed by cutting the tongue along the middle from the tip back to about midway along the tongue. The practice can be traced to Hatha and Kumbhaka yoga practices where it is used as a part of breathing exercises. Of course Hindu mythology and Christian religions associate a forked tongue with evil.

Healing takes approximately 2 weeks to one month, and during this time, a person may be unable to eat a normal diet
or speak clearly. An oral surgeon can perform the procedure, but – according to one source – will charge around $500 to $3000.

Some piercing studios may also offer tongue bifurcation, which should be examined by a consumer very closely to ensure a sterile environment to prevent infection. Other risks of having the procedure outside a medical office include loss of blood. The tongue contains major blood vessels and amateur practitioners may accidently cut one and not be able to control the bleeding.

Although some subdermal implants have medical purposes (the Norplant contraceptive device is actually a type of subdermal implant), the kind of implant used for body modification is described as a kind of body jewelry
placed under the skin, allowing the body to heal over the implant and creating a raised design. Some examples include “raised brows” which cause the face to look feline-like or metal spikes which protrude from the body. Health risks include infection both from the procedure (if not performed in a sterile environment) or from the implantation of a foreign object into the body.

The most risky procedure highlighted in the CBS slideshow is eye tattooing. Some people are choosing to color the whites of their eyes (sclera) in wild colors such as red and blue. Pigment is injected under the top layer of the eye using a syringe. Ophthalmologists are supporting bans of the procedure. Last year, the state of Oklahoma made it illegal to color the sclera of the eye.

Some doctors have gone as far as to call extreme body modification a sign of mental illness. A recent paper published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics suggests that there is a link between some body modification practices and symptoms such as depression, negative emotionality, and participation in high risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse.

“People have the right to make their own choices,” says Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Jon Perlman. “I think it’s a terrible idea to try and produce the bizarre.”