Jewelry Fashion

Body Jewelry Update: Built for Buttons

  Today is the funky unofficial holiday known as Button Day, when buttons, buttons, and even more buttons of every size, shape, and color abound.   Buttons are meant for so much more than jeans and...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Beauty is Pain – So Why Do We Get Pierced?

Body piercing is by no means a new trend; it has been around in some fashion since the beginning of time.  There are a number of reasons that a person would choose to get pierced.  Many are persona...
Jewelry Fashion

Jewelry Fashion Fix: Back in Black

Black.  It goes with literally everything, and we’re not just talking about clothing.  Black humor, black magic, black eyes, black keys, black belt, black ice, black cat, black board; or in the wor...
Body Jewelry History

Jewelry Symbolism Then and Now: Animal Magnetism

Throughout history many civilizations have coexisted with, identified with, and even worshipped various animals.  We’ve revered them as deities, building statues in their honor, and assigned them b...
Body Jewelry History

Modification Around the World: Most Popular Piercings Worldwide

It’s no secret that the number one most popular piercing in the world is that of the ear lobe.  In both western and tribal societies, the ears are regularly pierced during childhood, and in some ca...
Body Jewelry History

Style History: the Phenomenon That is Movember

  The growing of facial hair is popularly linked to supporting one’s team during playoff season. Think hockey, especially: the superstitions about not shaving began among the players themselves and...
Holiday Jewelry

Body Jewelry Update: Celebrating Our Veterans

Tomorrow is a major holiday in the US.  It’s Veterans’ Day, and also the lesser know USMC Day, which celebrates our men and women in service with the Marines.  So in honor of this awesomely patriot...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Piercings and X-rays or MRIs

As the modified generations get older, the likelihood of needing medical imaging increases.  Just like with everyone who isn’t pierced, breaking a bone, taking a knock to the skull, headaches, or a...
Labret and Monroe Piercings

Piercings and Style: a Little Love for the Upper Lip

If you’re looking for a unique new facial piercing, why not try a Medusa or its vertical counterpart the Jestrum?  Medusa piercing is also called philtrum, divot, or upper piercing.  It’s a facial ...