Body piercing jewellery

Body piercing jewelry is jewelry manufactured specifically for use in body piercing. The jewelry involved in the art of body piercing comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes in order to best fit the pierced site. Jewelry may be worn for fashion, cultural tradition, religious beliefs, personal symbolism, and many other reasons.

History

Originally, hardly any other jewelry than circular earrings were used in modern Western body piercing. As the body piercing became more of a fashion, a vast amount of specially crafted jewelry became available to the public. Common types of body jewelry that are sold often in modern days include barbells, captive bead rings, labrets, navel rings, plugs, spirals, and various other types of piercing jewelry. Materials used for production have grown from traditional gold and silver to widespread use of surgical steel as well as titanium, niobium, glass, several kinds of plastics (PTFE, tygon, bioplast, nylon). Wood, horn, amber, stone, bamboo, silicone, fossilized ivories, tusks, bones, and porcelain can also be used to craft body piercing jewelry. With so many different materials being used, body piercing jewelry can be as modest or as adventurous as the wearer pleases. Less conservative piercings and piercing jewelry is becoming more socially acceptable.

  • Variety of body piercing jewellery
  • 14K gold barbells in front of 24K gold for color comparison
  • Belly button ring that snaps closed
  • A labret (pronounced with a strong "T") stud is commonly used for piercings through the cheek, such as labret piercings, madonna piercings, monroe piercings, and dimple piercings. It can also be used for other piercings, such as tragus or conchs, just to name a few. Shown with external screw threads
  • Hand carved tusks made out of horn, these are normally worn in nasal septum piercings
  • Ear Spirals made out of glass
  • Nipple shields are attached to barbells when worn
  • Captive bead ring
  • Prince's wand
  • Circular Barbell, Barbell, Ball Closure Ring and Curved Barbell

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