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Maureen’s Septum Piercing

Money Shot: 0:46 Where is a septum piercing located/ What is a septum piercing? The septum is the anatomical name for the piece of flesh that divides the nasal cavities or nostrils. Made mostly of ...
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Faking it in Style: Clip-On Septum Jewelry

It’s no big surprise that the most of the people you know have some kind of piercing. Ears are the big ones, with a whopping 83% of Americans having their lobes pierced. And not just the lobes, but...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Curiosity: The Whys and Hows of Body Mod – Getting Nosey

Ever wonder why so many people cry during nose piercings?  Or exactly where a septum piercing is really supposed to go?  Then stay tuned, because we’ve got the cure for curiosity.   Q: Why does eve...
Rising Stars of Modern Piercing

Rising Stars of Modern Piercing: the Septril

Location:  Through the fistula (healed tunnel of flesh) of a stretched septum piercing, exiting on the outside of the nose, usually just below the tip.   Alternate Names:  Septril, jungle piercing,...
Jewelry Fashion

Le Mustache: Mustache Madness – Awesome in Disguise

What do Tom Selleck, Hulk Hogan, Ron Burgandy, John Waters, Burt Reynolds, Charlie Chaplin, Ron Jeremy, Mario, Luigi, Salvador Dahli, Groucho Marx, the Pringles Can Man, hoards of hipsters, and you...
Modification Around the World

Modification Around the World: Septum Piercing in New Guinea

Septum piercing has recently been on a meteoric rise in popular Western culture, with the trend of smaller gauge septum piercings for women being fed largely through music culture and celebrity pie...
Body Jewelry History

Septum Piercing Overview: History and Standards

The septum is the piece of cartilage that separates the nostrils, though it is often used as a blanket term to refer to the entirety of the space between them, including the skin and other tissues....
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New Year, New You: Choosing a New Piercing for 2012 – Part 1

It’s the end of the calendar year again, and like usual all of us are taking a look in the mirror and thinking, I really wanted to do that last year, but I didn’t.  So of course we’ve made a vow th...
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of

Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard of: The Nasallang

The Nasallang, a tri-nasal piercing, is a piercing of all three major points on the nose at the same time: the left nostril, right nostril, and septum.  This is performed as a single piercing throu...