Body Art and Extreme Modification

Interview Series: Firsthand Look – Dimple Piercings

Hey, piercing fans! Check out our latest interview with Body Candy team member, Tara. Here she talks about her labret, septum, and dimple piercings, and tells us all a little something about safety...
Body Piercing Interviews

Video Firsthand Look: Septum Piercing – Up Close and Personal

Recently we had an amazing opportunity to follow BodyCandy friend, Lulu, as she embarked on a mission for her first septum piercing.  Here’s how it went: “Alright, we ready?” the piercer asks. “I t...
Belly Piercings

Video Firsthand Look: Belly Button Piercing – Up Close and Personal

Hi guys.  It’s Lorna from Body Candy, and this is me, about to get my belly button pierced. Like with all piercings, the entire area around the piercing has to be cleaned first.  As you can see, th...
BCRs

Video: Up Close – How to Change a Captive Bead Ring

Check out our amazing new Body Candy video called “How to Change a Captive Bead Ring,” narrated by our own Body Candy team member, Janna.  It’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about opening, ...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Mess with the Bull and You get the Horns: Male Septum Piercings

“Oh what a cute piercing, I love how it shines on you!” Just about one of the last things that a guy wants to hear someone say to him about the new piece of metal that he’s displaying proudly.  Tod...
Oral Piercings

Diary of a Pierced Girl Part 2: Tongue Piercings

I was 16 and I really wanted a piercing.  But I had to get one that I could hide from my mom so I opted for a tongue ring.  My friend and I went together to get them done and I was pretty nervous, ...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Surface Piercings: What You Should Know Before Digging Deep

What is a surface Piercing?  Well, a surface piercing is any piercing that follows the plane of the skin rather than piercing through it; essentially any piercing on the skin’s surface rather than ...
Body Jewelry Information

The Tragus: Piercing, Healing, and Jewelry Styles

Like most piercings of the ear cartilage, the tragus piercing is named for the anatomical portion of the ear that is being pierced: the tragus.  Your tragus is the fleshy nub of cartilage that prot...
Eyebrow Piercings

Diary of a Pierced Girl: Multiple Eyebrow Piercings

When I was in 7th grade, I decided that I really wanted to have eyebrow rings.  Not just one eyebrow ring, but two.  I was, of course, too young to get them and back in 1995 there weren’t too many ...