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| x Hand web piercing |
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Barbell | Hand |
A hand web piercing is a piercing through the loose skin between two digits, such as between the fore-finger and middle-finger or fore-finger and thumb. This piercing is considered a surface piercing and, as such, has a high rate of rejection....
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| x Dolphin piercing | Barbell | Penis |
A Dolphin is a Prince Albert piercing attached to another, deeper Prince Albert piercing. It is usually done with a curved barbell as jewelry. Its name comes from the appearance of the jewelry "diving" through the surface of the skin.
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| x Clitoris piercing |
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Barbell | Clitoris |
A clitoris piercing is a piercing through the clitoris itself. It is a relatively uncommon piercing and is often confused with the more common clitoral hood piercing, which pierces only the hood of the clitoris. Depending on the anatomy of the...
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| x Clitoral hood piercing |
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Barbell | Clitoral hood |
A clitoral hood piercing is a female genital piercing through the clitoral hood surrounding the clitoris. There are two main types of hood piercing, the vertical clitoral hood piercing and the horizontal clitoral hood piercing. As the name indicates...
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| x Snug |
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Antihelix |
A snug (or antihelix piercing) is a piercing passing through the anti-helix of the ear from the medial to lateral surfaces.
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| x Industrial piercing |
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Barbell | Ear | 13 wk |
An industrial piercing (North America), sometimes called scaffold piercing (UK/IRL) or construction piercing, is any two pierced holes connected with a single straight piece of jewelry (compare to orbital piercing); however, it typically refers to a...
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| x Lip plate |
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A lip plate, also known as a lip plug or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly larger discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, thereby...
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| x Prince Albert piercing |
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Barbell | Urethra | 2 wk |
For other uses of "Prince Albert", see Prince Albert (disambiguation)
The Prince Albert piercing (PA) is one of the more common male genital piercings. The PA pierces the penis from the outside of the frenulum and into the urethra. There exists the...
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| Prince's Wand | Penis | ||||
| Captive bead | Frenulum of prepuce of penis | ||||
| x Madison piercing |
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Barbell | Surface piercing |
A Madison Piercing is a body piercing going through the skin at the front of the neck. They are surface piercings, and have a high rate of migration and rejection. They have a long healing period, if they heal at all. The Madison Piercing is named...
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| x Princess Albertina |
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Urethra |
Princess Albertina is a female genital body piercing, where a ring enters the urethra and exits through the top of the vagina. This is a relatively rare piercing, as placement is difficult and the potential for urinary tract infections may be...
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| x Lorum |
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Barbell | Scrotum |
A lorum is a male genital piercing, placed horizontally on the underside of the penis at its base, where the penis meets the scrotum. The word "lorum" is a portmanteau of the words "low" and "frenum", so named because it is essentially a very low...
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| x Lip piercing |
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A lip piercing is a type of body piercing that penetrates the lips or the area surrounding the lips, which can be pierced in a variety of ways.
Approximate healing times for most lip piercings are between 3 to 4 weeks. After this time, some scar...
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| x Triangle piercing |
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Clitoral hood |
A triangle piercing is one of several forms of female genital piercing. The piercing passes from side to side, through the base of the clitoral hood tissue where it meets the inner labia and under the clitoris. In addition to serving as adornment,...
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| x Uvula piercing | Captive bead | Uvula |
A uvula piercing is a body piercing through the uvula. This is a rare piercing, and although the procedure is relatively simple many piercers may refuse to perform it. The uvula is an extremely vascular piece of tissue and heals very rapidly. Uvula...
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| x Neck piercing |
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Barbell | Surface piercing | 5 wk |
A neck piercing is a series of surface piercings done to emulate the appearance of a bite on the side of a person's neck. A barbell is placed in the skin of the side of the neck. When the earring/barbell is removed it looks like a vampire bite.
This...
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| x Ampallang |
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Barbell | Glans penis | 18 wk |
The ampallang is a form of male genital body piercing that penetrates horizontally through the entire glans of the penis. The piercing may be transurethral (passing through the urethra). A variant on this piercing is the shaft ampallang, which...
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| x Tongue piercing |
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Barbell | Tongue | 4 wk |
A body piercing through the tongue, usually directly through its center, is one of most popular piercing sites in the western world. Only the ear is more popular.
There is a history of ritual tongue piercing in both Aztec and Maya cultures, with...
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| x Helix piercing |
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Captive bead | Helix | 26 wk |
The helix piercing is a perforation of the helix or upper ear (cartilage) for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. The piercing itself is usually made with a small gauge hollow piercing needle, and typical jewelry would be a...
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| x Reverse Prince Albert piercing | Urethra |
The Reverse Prince Albert piercing (RPA) is a form of male genital piercing. The “Reverse Prince Albert piercing” enters through the urethra and exits through a hole pierced in the top of the glans.
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Barbell | Glans penis | 18 wk |
A dydoe is a type of male genital body piercing that passes through the ridge of the glans on the head of the penis. Commonly, one is centrally placed on the ridge of the glans (as seen at right), or two are placed on either side (picture below)....
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| x Daith piercing |
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Captive bead | Ear |
A daith piercing (original pronunciation is "doth", although "day-th" is common as well) is a perforation of the ear cartilage for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. The daith is primarily placed on the outer rim of the ear...
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| x Lip frenulum piercing | Barbell | Lip | 6 wk |
A lip frenulum piercing is a body piercing through the frenulum of either the upper or lower lip. A piercing through the upper lip frenulum is sometimes called a scrumper, or a smiley, because it can be visible when the wearer smiles. Opposingly,...
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| x Nape piercing |
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Barbell | Nape | 13 wk |
A nape piercing is a piercing through the surface of the nape (back part) of the neck. Nape piercings are a type of surface piercing. They carry a high rate of rejection and migration, unless they are properly measured and placed. They may reject if...
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| x Transscrotal piercing | Barbell | Scrotum |
A transscrotal piercing is a body piercing that travels through the scrotum from front to back, or from side to side.
This male genital piercing is an extremely advanced procedure, and is not done using a needle. Instead a scalpel or occasionally a...
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| x Corset piercing |
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Captive bead | Surface piercing |
A corset piercing is a series of surface piercings done to emulate the appearance of the lacing on the back of a corset. Two rows of bilaterally symmetrical piercings are performed and can be composed of as few as four piercings (two in each row) or...
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| x Labia piercing |
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Captive bead | Labia minora |
Labia piercings are a type of female genital piercing. This piercing can be placed either through the labia minora or the labia majora. They are one of the simpler and more common genital piercings performed on women, and are often pierced in...
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| x Tongue frenulum piercing |
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Barbell | Frenulum linguae |
A tongue frenulum piercing or the tongue web piercing is a body piercing through the frenulum underneath the tongue (frenulum linguae). These piercings are relatively simple piercings, and heal quickly, although they do have a tendency to reject...
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| x Antitragus piercing |
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Antitragus | 26 wk |
An antitragus piercing is a perforation of the inner ear cartilage for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. It is placed in the antitragus, a piece of cartilage opposite the ear canal. Overall, the piercing has characteristics...
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| x Eyebrow piercing |
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Eyebrow | 6 wk |
An eyebrow piercing is a type of body piercing done through the eyebrow, usually vertically. Eyebrow piercings are relatively common facial piercings. They may be pierced anywhere along the eyebrow from directly above the eye to the edge of the...
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| x Rook |
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A rook is the name for a piercing on the antihelix of the ear. The rook piercing tends to be much more painful due to the large amounts of cartilage tissue (soft spot) through which the needle passes. It shall normally migrate a bit, as every...
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| x Frenum ladder |
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Barbell | Penis | 2 wk |
A Frenum Ladder, also known as a Jacob's Ladder, consists of a series of frenum piercings often extending from below the head of the penis and extending as far as the base of the shaft of the penis.
Sometimes, a frenum ladder will be accompanied by...
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| x Labret |
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A labret is one form of body piercing. Taken literally, it is any type of adornment that is attached to the facial lip (labrum). However, the term usually refers to a piercing that is below the bottom lip, above the chin. It is sometimes referred to...
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| x Deep shaft piercing | Barbell | Penis |
Deep shaft piercings pass through the penile shaft. They are most commonly seen in the form of deeply placed ampallangs and apadravyas. They are more rare piercings due to associated pain, difficulty, bleeding and long healing times. Common...
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| x Christina piercing |
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Barbell | Mons pubis | 13 wk |
A Christina piercing, also less commonly known as a Venus piercing, is a female genital piercing. It is located where the outer labia meet, below the pubic mound. Unless the recipient has an extremely sympathetic anatomy, Christinas are usually...
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| Captive bead | Labium | ||||
| x Frenum piercing |
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Barbell | Penis | 2 wk |
A frenulum piercing is a type of body piercing located on the underside of the shaft of the penis. A series of parallel frenulum piercings is known as a frenum ladder. A frenum ladder may be extended to include lorum piercings, hafada piercings and...
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| x Cheek piercing |
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Barbell | Cheek |
Cheek piercing is facial body piercing through the cheek. The most common variation of the cheek piercing penetrates the facial tissue into the oral cavity. The usual placement is symmetrical on either side of the face, either penetrating or...
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| x Nose piercing |
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Barbell | Nose | 6 wk |
Nose piercing is the piercing of the skin or cartilage which forms any part of the nose, normally for the purpose of wearing jewelry; among the different varieties of nose piercings, the nostril piercing is the most common. Nose piercing is one of...
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| Captive bead | Nostril | ||||
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| x Hafada piercing |
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Barbell | Scrotum |
A hafada piercing is a surface piercing located anywhere on the skin of the scrotum. This piercing does not penetrate deep into the scrotum, and due to the looseness and flexibility of the skin in that area, does not migrate or reject as much as...
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| x Fourchette piercing |
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Frenulum labiorum pudendi |
A fourchette piercing is a female genital piercing. It is a piercing done at the rear rim of the vagina, in the area of frenulum labiorum pudendi. Many women do not have a pinchable flap of skin in the area, and are not suited for this piercing. If...
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| x Nefertiti piercing |
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Barbell | Clitoral hood |
A Nefertiti piercing is a female genital piercing that is a combination of a vertical clitoral hood piercing and a Christina piercing. Healing can be lengthy due to the amount of tissue the jewelry must pass through. Flexible bars are recommended...
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| x Conch piercing |
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Barbell | Ear |
A conch piercing is a perforation of the ear cartilage for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. It can be either an inner or outer conch piercing, depending on the exact location on the ear.
The inner conch piercing is located in...
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| x Foreskin piercing |
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Foreskin |
A foreskin piercing is a piercing that passes through the foreskin . It is a fast healing piercing and involves a fairly simple procedure. The only true requirement is the male must be uncircumcised (or at least have some foreskin left from his...
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| x Tragus piercing |
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Barbell | Tragus | 9 wk |
The tragus piercing is a perforation of the ear for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. The tragus projects immediately in front of the ear canal. The piercing itself is usually made with a small gauge hollow piercing needle,...
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| x Anti-eyebrow |
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Barbell | Cheek | 6 wk |
An anti-eyebrow is a body piercing. Normally it is a small surface bar that is placed above the cheek bone or below the eyebrow. This piercing can be vertical or horizontal, depending on the person's preference. Though it is a surface piercing, with...
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| Captive bead | Eyebrow | ||||
| x Nipple piercing |
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Barbell | Nipple | 13 wk |
A nipple piercing is a piercing, centered usually at the base of the nipple. It can be pierced at any angle but is usually done horizontally or, less often, vertically. It is also possible to place multiple piercings on top of one another. A nipple...
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| x Medusa piercing |
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Philtrum |
A medusa piercing is an upper lip piercing, very similar to a labret piercing; it is placed in the philtrum, directly under the septum of the nose. It is typically pierced using a labret stud as jewellery, with the ball sitting outside of the mouth...
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| x Navel piercing |
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Barbell | Navel | 13 wk |
Navel piercing (also referred to as belly button piercing) is a type of body piercing. It does not heal quickly. it takes from 2 to 4 years for it to completely heal because it not exposed as much as the ear. an ear piercing, or may heal more like a...
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| x Monroe piercing |
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6 wk |
A Monroe piercing is a lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip and is meant to resemble a beauty spot; it is also known as a 'Madonna' or 'Crawford'. The three name variations of the piercing bear their names from famous female icons:...
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| x Apadravya |
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Barbell | Glans penis |
The apadravya, like the ampallang, is a piercing that passes through the glans. While the ampallang passes horizontally through the glans, the apadravya passes vertically through the glans from top to bottom, almost always placed centrally and...
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| x Guiche piercing |
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Barbell | Perineum |
A guiche piercing is a body piercing on the perineum. Guiche piercings are much more common in men than in women. Although a guiche normally runs perpendicular to the direction of the penis, lateral placements are possible. A series of guiche...
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| x Pubic piercing |
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Barbell | Penis | 10 wk |
A pubic piercing is a genital piercing in the pubic area, on the mons pubis in females, or at the base of the penis in males. It is similar to the Christina piercing. Healing times and pain factors are similar to a Christina, at around 3-4 months....
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| x Isabella piercing | Barbell | Clitoris | 9 wk |
Isabella piercing is a female genital piercing. This extremely deep clitoral shaft piercing starts below the clitoris and just above the urethra, and then goes up through the clitoral shaft and exits at the top of the hood (where the entrance hole...
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| x Bridge piercing |
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Barbell | Nasal bridge |
A bridge piercing is a body piercing through the skin on the bridge of the nose, usually directly between the eyes of the wearer. The bridge piercing is also known as an "Erl" or "Earl" piercing, after its first recipient, Erl van Aken. A variation...
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| x Orbital piercing | Captive bead | Ear |
An orbital piercing is two piercings connected by one piece of jewelry, generally in the area by one's cartilage. After it heals up one can put in a hoop gauge, and it looks like an illusion of one's "ear orbiting".
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| x Anal piercing |
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Anus |
An anal piercing is a body piercing around the surrounding area of the anus.
Anal piercings are not very common compared to many other body piercings. One unusual difficulty that people report is keeping the area moist while the piercing is healing....
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