Body Jewelry Guide | All About Body Piercing http://body-jewelry-guide.com Find the latest body jewelry styles - belly button rings, nose rings, tongue rings and nipple rings. Read about body piercing - female and male piercing, ear piercing, lip piercing, oral piercing and extreme piercing. Also find unique body piercing stories and submit yours! Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:02:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 15 Dollars and A Dream http://body-jewelry-guide.com/15-dollars-and-a-dream.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/15-dollars-and-a-dream.html#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:02:52 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=884 By Ashley fron Bronx, NY.
 I was 21 years old when i got my first body piercing – the lip ring. I wanted it for 5 years before that, but I respected my mother’s wishes by waiting. I took her with me because I hate needles, but LOVE piercings and wanted to show her the piercer I trusted was a pro. We arrived, I signed an “over 18″ contract, paid, and asked her to hold my hand . As soon as my piercer cleaned my lip and got the needle ready, she ran out! So that leaves the experience of being alone for my first piercing.

Fast forward to 2012 – 3 years later.
I saw someone with the nasal septum ring and thought I would look AWESOME with one, it just fits my look . I told my mother and she asked why, she said i need NO MORE enhancements, I was pretty enough. But I HAD to. When I filed and receieved my taxes , I grabbed a 20 dollar bill and RAN to my piercer/tattoo artist . Once again , I had mommy dearest in tow. Deja Vu all over .. I signed the contract , paid , and asked her to join me … UNTIL my piercer said no . :(
So I sat down, let him clean my nose, and when he put the clamp on my nose, I automatically jumped up and said,
” Ummm I can’t do this. The clamp hurts, I can only imagine what the actual piercing would feel like . ” He laughed and said, ” Come on, really ???? Well let me know and I’ll refund you. ” I thought for a while and heard my mom say something about almost being late for work. So I decided to grow some BALLS and go for it !

I stuck it out ! Didn’t even flinch ! But I dug my nails into the chair so hard, I preforated his leather LOL . He showed me how to tuck it in for job interviews and/or school and I walked out …. One month later, I LOVE IT !
I may go for my right eybrow to complete it. MAYBE. As for now, I’m pretty satisfied, other than my CRAZY ass uncle said I looked like a cow . I get LOTS of compliments on it.

]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/15-dollars-and-a-dream.html/feed 0 The Long awaited One! http://body-jewelry-guide.com/the-long-awaited-one.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/the-long-awaited-one.html#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:40:14 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=876 By Janice  from Texas.
 The holidays came around, and I wanted another piercing. I didn’t know which one I wanted until my friend Josh came up with the idea. I decided to get my tragus pierced. I had always like the way this piercing looked, and it was not another body piercing. Along with my friend Josh, we went to the piercer and I got my sparkly.
It was New Year’s Eve and I was excited. It was a long time since my last piercing so naturally I was anxious. Around 2:00 my friend Josh picked me up and we headed toward the piercers. I was even more nervous when I noticed there were few people there that day. We went up to the lady at the front of the store. She asked us what we wanted, and I told her that I wanted a standard tragus piercing. She asked for my ID, but as usually I didn’t have it. My friend Josh instantly pulled out his ID and showed it to her. He also decided to pay the $40 dollars since it was his idea anyway. After he paid her, she told use to sit down and wait. By this point I was more nervou than ever.
When she finally came out to get me, my heart was racing because I knew I was about to be pierced. She led me to a back room and told me to sit down in one of those familiar chairs. She was the one that would be piercing me. After I sat down, she started to set up the tray with the needle, clamp, gloves, jewelry, and marker. She told me to put up my hair and marked the spot on my tragus to be pierced. She put on her gloves, placed the clamp on my ear, and proceeded to put the needle through. Before I could breathe out, it was done. Ouch is the exact word I used. The worst part was when she tried to put the jewelry in. The needle came out but the jewelry was stuck halfway through my ear! I had two choices: wait for the hole to close up and try again or force the jewelry through. I chose to have it pushed through, and it hurt so bad. After the jewelry was successfully pushed through my ear, she gave me a card about the aftercare involved, and we left.

]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/the-long-awaited-one.html/feed 0 Lips, rings and pointy things.. how NOT to peirce your lip! http://body-jewelry-guide.com/lips-rings-and-pointy-things-how-not-to-peirce-your-lip.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/lips-rings-and-pointy-things-how-not-to-peirce-your-lip.html#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:58:01 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=870 By Halo from Illinois.
A while back me and my boyfriend went on a little unauthorized week-long vacation. During which i decided i needed to get my snake bites back (for no other reason then i missed them).

I had no money and prefer piercing myself so i had to find someone with a lip ring or two i could use) After finally finding a friend that had a lip ring i decided with only one ring, things needed to be even, it had to go in the middle. My friend, boyfriend and i went to a local cafe and took a thumbtack off their bulliten board then my friend and i headed to the bathroom.

I washed the tack and the ring with soap and water (gotta keep things clean right? :p ) and then tried to push the tack through… lets just say dull tacks and water (which is not a lubricant by the way) make it really hard to get through those little balls in your lips… About half way through i had to stop and breath.

After finally getting the tack through i had to pull it out (which kinda closes the hole btw) and try to put the ring throug…. Just a reminder if your ring is bigger than the thing you made the hole with, your in a WORLD of hurt!!! after getting the ring half way through i had to have my friend help. she sat me on the toilet and tried her best to get it through. it wasnt gunna happen.

after about 20 mins of this i went out to my boyfriend who told me to hold onto the fence behind me. i grabbed the fence and bent my knees… lets just say some people thought my boyfriend and i were fighting with the scream and tears that followed 10 mins of pushing.. my friend said it sounded like i was giving birth… in a way i was kinda…. only it was mettle and on my lip.

After that my lip swelled alot and i had problems eating and drinking and kissing… the easiest way to care for a peircing like this is to NOT do it or take it out and get it done professionally… this piercing stayed in for a week before it got infected (even with the use of cleaners and proper care technique). I had to take it out.

A note from the editor:

This website does not condone or encourage self-piercing. Piercing should be carried out by a fully qualified, trained professional in a suitable studio with the appropriate equipment. Piercing is dangerous and, if done incorrectly can cause infections and serious injury. Halo, in her story, is wise to encourage others to get their piercings done professionally. Thanks for the story Halo.

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]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/lips-rings-and-pointy-things-how-not-to-peirce-your-lip.html/feed 0 1 inch lobes http://body-jewelry-guide.com/1-inch-lobes.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/1-inch-lobes.html#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:28:01 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=865 By Carissa from California.
I started stretching my lobes when I was fourteen right after I got my lip pierced. My earsI started stretching my lobes when I was fourteen right after I got my lip pierced.

My ears wernt pierced I just had a scar from when I had them done when I was a baby so friend and I went to hot topic to pick me up some plugs and the smallest size they had were 12′s so I bought them anyways, we went to the bathroom and I shoved them in I pretty much just tore a hole in my ear, it was stupid. my earlobes were so swollen I couldnt sleep or eat because it made my jaw swell too. Probably the dumest move ive made with any of my body modifactions.

I stretched stupidly and cleaned my ears with rubbing alcohol until I was to about a zero and I realized I was doing everything wrong so I took my time with stretching I stopped jumping sizes, cleaned them properly, taping them, stopped wearing acrylic its like murder for your ears dont buy acrylic. dont do what I did it was dumb. Ive seen so many storys of people ust totally killing their ears by jumping sizes putting random objects in them, using peroxide to clean them , its horrible, strettching your ears isnt a tiny piercing like an ear piercing that wont effect your life, if you want to stretch think about it it isnt always reversable, it will effect how you get a job and if you’re doing it wrong it can severly effect your health. no one wants a ripped, or blown out ear so be smart with it. stretching isnt some joke or fad.

After 5 years of stretching im at an inch, im staying here for a while, possibly going to an inch and a half, but im not sure im going to sit on it for a year and think if I want to, I do plan on keeping these, not letting them close up, I put to much work and care and love into my lobes. they look great they are healthy and happy and perfect, ive never torn them or anyuthing like that its easy to have nice looking stretched lobes people just dont take the time to take care of them.

I however did. It isnt a race.

]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/1-inch-lobes.html/feed 0 What did you do?! http://body-jewelry-guide.com/what-did-you-do.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/what-did-you-do.html#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:35:41 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=860 By Janice from Texas

My favorite piercing is my tongue. Out of all of my 20 or so piercings, I have always been attached to my belly, industrial, and tongue. My tongue, though, has been an adventure.
I was about 12 when one day I was in the grocery store and I noticed a woman with a tongue ring, and I was like,”That is awesome!” I wanted one so bad that I kept asking my mom if I could get one. She, of course, is one of those no piercings allowed parents. I finally got upset at her one day and decided to pierce my own tongue.
I was alone on a Saturday night and I had already gotten a tongue ring from a friend that had gotten his pierced about a month earlier. I decided to use a sewing needle again like I had done on my belly before( another story). I had no idea what I was doing, but I wanted it sooooo much I could no longer deal with the compulsion to have it. I stuck out my tongue, and I pushed the needle through the top of my tongue in the area where you are supposed to do it( my friend told me). It ddn’t hurt as bad as I thought until I tried to push the jewelry through. I winded up leaving the sewing needle in my tongue until the next day. I tried pushing it in and I succeeded after an hour or so.Yay! So I thought.
A month went by, my tongue healing properly, and I decided to change out the metal bar I had to a plastic one. I had it in a week and my tongue started to itch like crazy. I didn’t want to take out the bar because it was pretty and I had lost my other one. It turns out my body prefers metal to plastic, so my tongue got an infection. I treated the infection, but I noticed my tongue was starting to scar a little. It was then that I decided to take out my beloved piercing. I was upset, but I got my piercing back for my 18th birthday.

]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/what-did-you-do.html/feed 0 My Medusa/ Nose Piercing Experience http://body-jewelry-guide.com/my-medusa-nose-piercing-experience.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/my-medusa-nose-piercing-experience.html#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:48:25 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=854 By Tabitha from Baltimore.
Ok i was the end of june on my bestfriends sister birthday, we decided to bring out the piercing supply to kill time before we went to the club. so as everybody was doin hair and makeup, i was like yo ima do it im not scared i grabed the 18g needle and clamps and i was like what i shoud i do a monroe, medusa, snake or spider bites?

nobody never what i should do they thought they all would look great on me so i decided to be different and do the whole medusa piercing. so as i prepared myself to do this i jus dirfted off in my own zone blast some lil boosie to get father in the zone before you knew it i done shoved the needle in my upper lip underneath my nose. icounldnt fint the little ball so i panic like omg i just did this for nothing yo help me find the ball quick my bestie found it and put it on the bar tightly. i was in a mode for pain and pleasure and more piercings so i decied to do my nose at that very moment for some reason i got scared btut isaid to hell with it ima do it i want so put the clamps on my nose i did it but this time i bleed. i was terrified because my bigest fear is bleeding to death but i proceded and i put the small nose ring in i als o grabbed a napkin to apply pressure on my new pierecing and it bleed for 30 mintunes striaght i thought iwould never stop but it did jus in time for me to get washed up and dressed to go out and enjoy her wonderful party.

]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/my-medusa-nose-piercing-experience.html/feed 2 Cat got your tongue? http://body-jewelry-guide.com/cat-got-your-tongue.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/cat-got-your-tongue.html#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:44:58 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=848 By Casie from Florida.

Im 15 years old and a bit of a peircing fanatic. I have 6 earings in my right ear and 4 on my left. All peirced by myself, using very unproffesional equeptment (safty pin and dirty earings) I moved on to facial peircings when i was 12 by peircing my nose and lip. At 14 i peirced my belly button ( WORST PEIRCING EVER! THE DAMN THING IS STILL INFECTED TODAY) When i turned 15 i decied i liked the taste of metal and wanted to peirce my toung.

I never perpaired for my toung peircing alli did was boil my old 14 gauged needle in saline water and withought an ounce of thought stuck it in my toung. BAD IDEA. It was slightly crooked and blood was EVERYWHERE. I didnt even have a barbell for the new peircing so i used an old industrial barbell and put it in my mouth. It was so oversized i couldnt even close my mouth! The next day i switched it with a real barbell but my toung was so swallon i could barely screw on the bead! My toung was like a ballon for the next 5 days. I couldnt speak. I couldnt eat.And worst of all i coudnt kiss my boyfriend.(i kissed him anyway and he ended up chomping on my toung)

After the 5 days of swollen pain my toung went down to normal size and now i cant even notice its there. it never got infected. No problem with my toung peircing. least complicated peircing ive ever had. :)

So overall the first 5 days sux when you first peirce your toung but the results are sooooooo worth it. Just ask my boyfriend. He loves it ;)

]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/cat-got-your-tongue.html/feed 4 THE DAY I CONVINCED MY MOM http://body-jewelry-guide.com/the-day-i-convinced-my-mom.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/the-day-i-convinced-my-mom.html#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 11:21:03 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=791 By Sara from Arlee, MT

I was 16 years old and have been wanting to get my tongue pierced for as long as I could remember. I was bothering my mom for years to let me get my tongue pierced and she always said no. This day was different, she said yes. I smiled and thought to myself that this is why it is good to be sixteen years old.

I have always loved body modification even as a young child so when I wallked into to the tattoo/piercing shop I got a burst of excitement. There was belly rings on the left of me, Nose rings to the right of me and books of tatoos.

My mom showed her and my ID and filled out some paper work. Right after being done with paper work I was sent to the back room were I would get my tongue pierced. “My mom was to freaked out to come in with me”.

The piercer was a guy who had a tatooed ring on his left finger. He gave me some mouth wash that came in a little cup and I swished my mouth for a few seconds. A special marker for peoples tongues was pulled out and the piercer let me mark were I wated it.

I was nervous but more excited when he pulled out a big clamp and a long needle. “I was a few seconds away from having a pierced tongue”.

I came home with a sore tongue but with no regrets. The piercing itself didn’t really hurt for me but the days afterwards were extemely painful but I lived through that :) !

~Overall I love my tongue piercing and it was quite an adventure getting it done~+

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When I was in 4th grade I decided I would never pierce my tongue – I thought it was gross and looked like torture.

Since tongue piercings are no joke and I’m a over-analyzer, I researched tongue piercings pretty extensively before finally deciding to get one. I read stories about people who had to have fragments of their skulls removed to relieve pressure on the brain because of a tongue infection…people losing their sense of taste or all the feeling in their face, and most common–breaking all their teeth.

Eventually it came down the the inevitable question - “Is it worth the risk?” Upon attempting to answer this for myself I noticed that almost everyone that’s had their tongue pierced successfully loves it and never regretted it.

On the day I had it done I went to all the piercing shops in my area (there are a ton) and I basically inteviewed all the piercers. I wanted to be familiar with their policies, procedures, and make sure they weren’t amatuers.

So I chose my favorite one and thencame back later–making sure I had eaten, didn’t want to faint again… It didn’t hurt that much at all; it was just like every other piercing I’ve ever had–just a pinch and poke (or vice versa) I took 2 ibuprofen just before I had it done too, that probably helped.

The healing process was the part that scared me the most: not being able to eat for 3 days and being in constant pain, sounds like paradise! The internet lied to me…the healing process was a piece of cake–easy peasy lemon squeezy (but i highly discourage any citrus). I was eating whatever i wanted the next day, no problem. You pretty much have to try to get your barbell caught and if you just chew slowly and be mindful it won’t be an issue.

The swelling also sucks pretty bad, I just ate tons of those thirstbuster slushies and ibuprofen–especially right before i went to sleep. The cleaning was easy too, I just got a little bottle of mouth wash and kept refilling it.

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]]> http://body-jewelry-guide.com/easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.html/feed 0 Mum said no to 14 year old tounge piercing http://body-jewelry-guide.com/mum-said-no-to-14-year-old-tounge-piercing.html http://body-jewelry-guide.com/mum-said-no-to-14-year-old-tounge-piercing.html#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:45:17 +0000 William http://body-jewelry-guide.com/?p=729 By Emily, from Australia.

I REALLLY wanted my tounge done but my mum said no and wouldnt allow it. So I got my dad to take me as he and my mum are seperated and he is more laid back.

I went to a few places but they were either closed or appointment only. Finally I found one that looked really good. They told me to come back in half an hour and they could slot me in, I came back 5mins late and the piercer was freaking out as he had a tattoo to start in 5 minuites, he already had everything out and just told me to lie down and stick my tounge out.

The next thing I know the clamps are on and the needle is going through. It took less than about 2 mins. I then sit up and I’m fine. I got really sick after my last piercings But I was fine. Im a bit annoyed cause its slightly to the right and too far back, he rushed it alot but atleast I got it! :)

My mum hadnt noticed cause I could still talk fine but randomly in conversation a few days later I stuck my tounge out. She freaked out at first but was then okay, because it i cold talk and It was already done. Im pretty happy :)

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