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How To Prepare for a New Piercing

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How To Prepare for a New Piercing

It doesn’t matter if it’s your first piercing or your fiftieth, follow this guide on how to prepare for getting a piercing. Even the most seasoned pros still need to take safety steps in order to ...

age

How Old Do I Need to Be to Get Pierced?

Every piercing enthusiast has faced this issue at one very distinct point in their lives. When we're first starting to get into piercings and body modifications and we need to bring our parents al...

belly button

Inverse Navel Piercing Info & FAQ

An inverse navel piercing is done on the bottom fold of the belly button rather than on the top. Apart from position it is exactly like the straight forward belly button piercing. Depending on you...

earlobe

Top Five Piercings that Heal in No Time!

In a perfect world we’d be able to go around rocking brass jewelry and not dealing with the pain of a healing piercing. While this isn’t a perfect world, if you’re looking for a piercing that won’...

body piercing

Popular Piercing Healing Times

The more assessable to blood flow any area of the body means the less time it will take to heal. This means, unfortunately, that some of the piercings we love like industrial piercings and the br...

history

A Brief History of Septum Piercing

These days you might find a septum piercing on one out of every five people, especially on trendy girls in cute styles of septum clicker, but that’s a far way away from where they began in societ...

ear gauges

10 Beautiful Wooden Plug Styles!

Wooden plugs aren’t just beautiful; they’re also surprisingly easy to look after! So, don’t be scared off from opting for a look that’s a little bit different and pick yourself up a pair of organic...

help

Five Things You Shouldn't Do Before Getting Pierced

You might think that it won’t hurt to go out drinking the night before a morning piercing appointment or that skipping breakfast the morning of isn’t that big of a deal. But when it comes to gett...

belly button

5 Easy to Hide Piercings that Aren’t Boring!

Do you want an awesome piercing that will really add to your look, but don’t want to spend half your day wearing clear retainers to hide them? Don’t worry! Here are our suggestions for awesome pie...

body jewelry

Know Your Piercing Jewelry Materials

When it comes to piercing jewelry we have so many options to choose from! It’s important to read up on all of the different kinds because often piercers won’t give a crash course in metals when y...

aftercare

What is a Monroe Piercing? | The Ultimate Monroe Piercing Guide

The Monroe piercing takes its name from the famous model, actress and singer Marilyn Monroe because its placement mimics her famed beauty mark. When it comes down to it a Monroe piercing is simply...

labret

Everything You Need to Know Before Getting Snake Bite Piercings

While they are more popularly known by their slang name, snake bites piercing, two piercings on the outer edges of the bottom lip are also known simply as paired labret piercings. These piercings g...

piercing

5 Reasons You Should Run from Any Body Piercing Place

When getting pierced it’s important to find the right studio for you! Not just because you need to be comfortable with the employees and the price, but because choosing the wrong studio could lead ...