Nose Piercings

Video: Tara’s Nose Piercing – Up Close and Personal

Watch as beautiful BodyCandy friend Tara gets her nostril pierced by veteran piercer James. After cleaning her nose thoroughly and marking the exact point he wants to pierce, James gets the hollow ...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Video: Tara’s Medusa Piercing – Up Close and Personal

The medusa or philtrum piercing, is located centrally above the upper lip. It earned the name medusa in the 1990s from Kerrick, a hairdresser and model from Toronto, Canada. The most common jewelry...
Oral Piercings

Oral Piercing Care: Getting to the Tooth of the Matter

Today is National Tooth Fairy Day, and that means it’s time to talk about something that effects the modified in a pretty unique way: oral care. For those who have piercings of the tongue, lips, or...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Dermals

Dermal- a term referring primarily to the microdermal style of single point piercing, or the jewelry which is worn in such a piercing, consisting of a static base beneath the skin and an interchang...
Nose Piercings

Septum Rings

Septum Ring- any of many pieces of body jewelry worn in piercings of the flesh located directly beneath the nasal septum, often called “the sweet spot.” Septum Piercings:   Several variations of th...
Labret and Monroe Piercings

Lip Rings

Lip Ring- a piece of jewelry worn in piercings of the upper or lower lip, including labret, monroe, medusa, ashley, jestrum, dahlia, etc. coming in many styles: stud/post, circular, curved barbell....
Ear Piercings

Video: Kelly’s Cartilage Piercings – Up Close and Personal

Originally, I had intended on having a set of five piercings in my right ear: three cartilage, and two lobe. A few years back I got a triple forward helix piercing at a random piercing parlor on a ...
Ear Piercings

What’s That Called?: Ear Piercing Index

Lobe: This is just a standard ear lobe piercing.  For most this piercing was originally performed with a piercing gun, but in recent years trained piercers with sterile shops have been called on to...
Oral Piercings

What’s That Called?: Amazing Oral Piercing Index

Tongue: the standard tongue piercing is fairly well known and consist of a single piercing vertically through the center of the tongue.  Because of its location, this piercing is worn with a barbel...