Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of

Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: The Valley

The “valley piercing” is a surface piercing of the lower back that lies right above, or sometimes within, the cleft of the buttocks.  This funny and interesting contemporary piercing has also been ...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Popular Piercings: Surface Piercings

Surface piercings are piercings performed along the plane of the skin so that both ends are visible above the skin’s surface.  They most often utilize a staple shaped barbell known as a surface bar...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Video: Michele’s Nape Piercing – Up Close and Personal

A nape piercing is a contemporary surface piercing through the back part of the neck, just below the hairline. Surface piercings have a higher rejection and migration rate and must be measured and ...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Modify This: Let Your Fingers Do the Talking

Body modification can be performed on just about any part of the human body.  The skin can be pierced, the neck elongated, the teeth filed to points, and the waist reshaped by corsetry; even the ey...
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Popular Modification: It’s All in the Hip Piercings

There is magic enveloped in those hips: the movement, the power, and the beauty hold no limits. Hips create the seductively sexy sway of a woman. It is no wonder that contemporary hip piercings hav...
Rising Stars of Modern Piercing

Rising Stars of Modern Piercing: the Vampire Bite

Location: The vampire bite piercing is traditionally found somewhere on the neck or near the clavicle, however, in recent years single surface piercings tipped in red gems have been found in a vari...
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Rising Stars of Modern Piercing: the Nape Piercing

Location: The nape of the neck (the back of the neck in the area between the hairline and the base of the neck.)   Alternate Names: Nape surface piercing, neck piercing Piercing: The nape piercing ...
Rising Stars of Modern Piercing

Rising Stars of Modern Piercing: the Anti-Eyebrow

Location: Any piercing performed along the outer edge of the orbital cavity may be referred to as an anti-eyebrow piercing.  This includes the upper cheekbone area, underneath the eyebrow, or more ...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

What’s That Called?: Facial Piercing Names and Locations

As piercing of the face, ears, and just about anywhere becomes more popular, shopping for jewelry for ourselves or as gifts for others may be more confusing.  One surefire way to be certain you’re ...