Piercing and Aftercare Information

Sweet Summer Mods: Tragus and Anti-tragus Ear Cartilage Piercings

The tragus piercing is on my own personal bucket list of things that I want to get done this year. It is subtle, stylish, girly, and looks fabulous with elegantly petite jewelry.  The tragus is tha...
Jewelry Fashion

Piercing Fashion Flash: a Way with Words

Raise your hand if you feel like giving a little lip.  One of the funnest ways to backtalk (besides getting it tattooed of course), is with what you wear.  It may not be a new fashion, but with the...
Body Jewelry History

Modification Around the World: Cinco de Mayo in the US and Mexico

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated in both the United States and Mexico, primarily in the Mexican state of Puebla.  Contrary to popularized notions, Cinco de Mayo has nothing to do with Mexican ...
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Quick Take: Stone Plugs – Metaphysical Meanings and Uses

If there’s someone in your life who’s a fan of alternative medicine, eco-friendly living, or the traditional neo-pagan arts, and that person has stretched ears, a nice pair of natural stone plugs i...
Jewelry Fashion

Jewelry Fashion Fix: the Flash of the Mustache

  Break out the mariachi music and the marzipan; it’s time to live it up “like a sir” with a myriad of mustachioed jewelry that would turn even the most discerning handlebar aficionado green with e...
New Body Jewelry

Body Jewelry Update: Quite a Steel

One of the best things about piercings in the nineties (aside from the fact that not a lot of us had them) was the simplicity of the jewelry that was commonly worn.  Standard solid colored titanium...
Oral Piercings

Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: Snake Eyes

Have you ever heard the expression “It’s just right on the tip of my tongue”? The very unique snake eyes piercing is just that. Not to be confused with snake bites, which are a pair of lip piercing...
Jewelry Fashion

The Color of Mod: Hair Color as an Accent for Tattoos and Piercings

Now that colorful tresses have made their way into the mainstream, nobody bats an eye when they see a full head of pink.  The modification subculture though takes color to a whole new level, whethe...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Extreme Body Mod: When It’s Time to Split

At this point most of us have seen what’s referred to as a “split tongue,” even if only on the internet.  But how exactly do you split the human tongue partially in half?  Well, there’s actually a ...