Archive for the 'Body Piercing & Your Health' Category

The Importance of Choosing the Right Piercing Studio

Friday, February 13th, 2009

From lips to navel to nostrils and even genitals, piercings are getting more and more popular by the day. A quick trip to the piercing studio and you can be the proud owner of a beautiful jewelry piece adding grace to the already gorgeous you!
Piercing aftercare is a much talked about thing, and thus, most [...]

Where should one get his or her body pierced?

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Body Piercing involves a lot of precision and concentration. It is a practice that can result in a complete transformation of personality both physically as well as psychologically. Getting one’s body pierced includes enduring some pain, which is not everybody’s cup of tea. The procedure involved in body piercing requires a lot of attention and [...]

The Right Jewelry Materials for New and Old Piercings

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

The materials used in body jewelry is very important to the healing process. While some materials irritate the piercing and prolong the process, some others make the healing comfortable and accelerate it. What you wear in a new piercing is crucial for its proper healing and overall well-being. But what you wear in a healed [...]

Common Body Piercing Aftercare Problems and How to Effectively Deal with Them

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Proper aftercare of a piercing makes sure that it turns out to be healthy and flaunt worthy. An irritated and infected piercing is neither healthy, nor does it look good. What will you ever wear in a piercing gone bad? No beautiful jewelry and that defeats the whole purpose of getting a body piercing in [...]

Getting Ready for A Piercing? Here Are 5 Important Pre-Piercing Preparations

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Piercings have become an important part of our lives. It is very uncommon to come across someone who does not sport them. In fact, today’s population believes in sporting more than the common two or three piercings, and in all places imaginable!
We all know about taking care of a fresh piercing, but there are some [...]

Myths about Body Piercing

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Body Piercing is undoubtedly one of the most popular cultural practices and indulgences of people of all ages. However, it is also one of the things which is greatly misunderstood and misconceived. This is mainly due to the fact that body piercing involves pain which makes many people uncomfortable and hence leads them to build [...]

Body Piercing and Pregnancy

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Body Piercing involves no additional risks for a woman. However, during pregnancy the body of a woman undergoes a lot of changes to which she has to adapt and hence, getting a piercing when already having conceived the fetus is not advisable. According to the APP guidelines, getting a navel piercing or nipple piercing are [...]

Is Organic Body Jewelry the latest Fad?

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The tradition of adorning body with beautiful jewelry came into practice during the time of early civilizations. They carved attractive shapes out of organic material such as wood, animal bones, ivory, horns, stones, jade, etc. Therefore, in a way organic body jewelry is a predecessor of metal and surgical steel body piercing jewelry. However, [...]

The Numbing Sensation - Is Anesthesia Really Necessary for Piercings?

Monday, October 13th, 2008

We all love body piercings and decorating them with innovative and trendy jewelry, but what stops most of us from actually going ahead and getting our tongue, navel, eyebrow or nose pierced is the fear of pain. Frowning parents and troubles at work can be handled but the pain factor seems to scare most of [...]

5 Sure Sings that Your Piercing is Infected and the Precautions You Can Take

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

What can ruin a perfectly good and hot looking piercing? Infections! Once infected, piercings hurt, bleed, ooze and, in short, don’t look pretty. Body piercings are the in thing and we all must get them, but with every good thing comes a bunch of responsibility. When you decide to get a piercing, especially in uncommon [...]