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Gentle salt soaks and warm showers can go a long way toward keeping your piercing clean. But beyond a gentle soak once per day, extra aftercare can actually having a drying effect on a healing pier...

The tragus is a tiny "nub" of cartilage located near your temple. It's that tiny, rigid flap of cartilage that quasi protects your ear. Naturally, this little nub makes for a perfect place for a pi...

There are lots of different ways to pierce your lips. There are the typical labret, monroe, and madonna piercings, done on either side of the lower or upper lips, respectively. There are also "bite...

We're not saying proximity shouldn't be a factor in your search for the right piercing shop. In fact, the piercer closest to your home may in fact be the best shop in your area! But there are other...

Tongue rings have existed for a long time (and no, they're not just done for sexual purposes). There are many different variations of tongue piercings, but they are all located in that muscle insid...

You wake up the next day and your septum ring seems a little cockeyed. Maybe your nose ring seems a bit less centered than you thought it was yesterday. What gives?! Why doesn't your new piercing l...

The navel piercing is a classic and timeless body mod. Belly button piercings have many variations, but are located somewhere in/around the skin surrounding the navel. You can pierce the top of you...

Stretching your ears is a popular way to modify you body - it involves the process of gradually inserting larger and larger jewelry into your lobe until you reach a desired side. Compared to tradit...

Needles. Clamps. Yikes. Getting a piercing can be an intimidating procedure, no matter where the location. Before you head out to a piercing shop to get your new body mod, you might find yourself d...