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Pictures of Belly Button Piercings

July 19th 2008 18:26

You may think that all belly button piercings are exactly the same, but in reality there are tons of different types and styles of navel piercings... Well, not tons but there are a few different styles that you may consider...

You can get the upper rim navel piercing, lower rim navel piercing, and the left/ right rims pierced. These are consider standard belly button piercings, even though the true standard is the upper rim belly button piercing.

Other types of belly button piercings can include a true navel piercing, which is through the actual navel. This is great for people with outties and cannot get a standard navel piercing, although it is more risky.

You can also get a horizontal piercing, which is consider an anti- navel piercing.

Anyway, check out some of the different belly button piercings and pictures.

(by Calvin, The Wildside Tattoo, Southington, CT)

Upper Rim Belly Button Piercing

Upper and Lower Navel Piercings

(by Steven Cool, Electric Chair Tattoo, Flint / Clio, Mi.)

Left and Right Navel Rings

by sue at raven tattoo and body piercing studio, SYDNEY

Multi Navel Project

Multi-Navel Project

(by Shawn O'Hare, Charlies House of Tattoos and Body Piercing, Camarillo,Ca)

True Outtie Belly Button Piercing

The piercing was done at baseline studios in Manchester, England and the name of the piercer was Alan Hoffman.

Lower Rim and True Navel Piercing

And, here are a few pictures of stretched navel piercings.

by John Durante, Laughing Buddha, Upland, CA)

00 Gauge scalped belly button

Belly Button With Wood Plug - 12Mm

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Male Genital Piercings

July 4th 2008 13:27

Women are not the only gender that gets their privates pierced, but like women, men get their genitals pierced for pleasure and appearance.

There are actually a number of male piercings that are pretty common; they include;

* Ampallang- The piercing is made horizontally head of the penis, either above, under, or through the urethra, depending on the individual. Ampallang piercings take about 6 to 10 months to heal fully.
* Apradravya- The piercing is made vertically through the head of the penis. Apradravya piercings take about 6 to 12 months to fully heal.
* Foreskin Piercing- The foreskin of an uncircumcised penis is pierced. Foreskin piercings take about 2 to 4 months to heal.
* Frenum Piercing- Second most popular male piercing, next to the Prince Albert, frenum piercings are pierced on the underside of the shaft, just behind the head of the penis. Two common frenum piercings include the lorum (lower frenum at the base of the shaft, near the scrotum) or the ladder (several frenum piercings ranging from the base of the shaft to the top). Frenum piercings take about 2 to 4 months to heal, and tend to be relatively painless, when compared to the other male genital piercings.
* Guiche Piercing- (Also known as Perineum) This piercing is one of the less common piercings due to complication and placement. The piercing is located under the scrotal sac near the anus. Guiche piercings take about 4 to 6 months to heal.
* Hafada/Scrotum Piercing- The piercing can be anywhere on the scrotum, as the skin is elastic and causes relatively little pain, but they can be difficult to heal, On average, scrotum piercings take about 2 to 4 months to heal.
* Prince Albert- Probably the most popular male piercing, the Prince Albert is pierced using a recieving tube through the urethra and out the bottom of the head. You may also see the reverse P.A., where the piercing circles around the top of the head, instead of the bottom. Although, P.A. piercings typically heal pretty fast, the average healing time is about 2 to 4 months.

The basic Do's and Don'ts are the same for both male and female genital piercings... They are as follows.

DO'S
* Wash your hands before touching your new piercing.
* Cean the piercing in the shower by allowing clean water to run over the piercing. This will help soften and loosen up the crusted discharge from around the jewelry.
* For at least the first few weeks, take showers instead of baths. You don't want to saturate the piercing in bacteria laden water.
* Use saline twice a day for the first few weeks. Soak a cotton ball in the saline and gently clean the piercing with the cotton ball.
* Clean the piercing after sex and after masterbation with saline.
* After the first few weeks, clean the piercing just once a day until fully healed.

DON'TS
* Don't use a washcloth or towel to clean or dry off your piercing, as they both harbor bacteria.
* Do not use ointment, cream, or an astringent on a healing piercing.
* Don't use hydrogen peroxide on a healilng piercing.
* Don't use Witch Hazel on a healing piercing.
* Don't use scented soaps on a healing piercing; if you feel you must use soap, use Provon or Satin only.
* Restrict sexual activity for at least 2 weeks and do not let the piercing come into contact with bodily fluids (saliva or semen) for the first 2 weeks. Make sure to use a condom or dental gaurd during sexual contact to prevent infection.
* Do not wear tight clothing.
* Do not excessively clean or touch the piercing, as you can increase infection risks.

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Female Genital Piercings

June 30th 2008 14:58

Gential piercings, whether male or female, are erotic and sensual. There are actually a number of reasons to get a genital piercing, although the more common reason is for pure sexual stimulation or to just get shiny jewelry in a feminine area. Whatever your reason for getting a genital piercing, you'll want to be prepared for the amount of care and commitment that is involved- IE sexual limitations and healing the piercing properly to prevent infection.

Common female piercings include:
* Christina- Not a very popular piercing due to the high rejection rate, but hte Christina is a vertical piercing through the V-shaped junction at the top of the outer labia and exits right about pubic area. It generally takes Christina piercings 12 to 16 weeks, if not longer, to heal.
* Clitoris Piercing- Often confused with hood piercings, but the piercing actually goes through the clit.
* Fourchette- This piercing only works with certain body shapes, as the piercing is through an extra tissue flap at the perineum from the bottom of the vaginal opening, that many women do not have. Fourchette piercings take about 12 to 14 weeks to heal.
* Horizontal Clitoral Hood Piercing- With proper placement, when standing up, the bead of the CBR will lay on the clit. The base of the CBR is pierced through the hood tissue about the clit. With slightly larger gauge jewelry, the weight will actually cause more stimulation than the typical 14 and 12 gauges that are commonly used. Horizontal hood piercings heal in an average 4 to 6 weeks.
* Vertical Clitoral Hood Piercing- Often thought to stimulate the female more than the horizontal hood, vertical hood piercings are pierced through the hood tissue above the clit using a recieving tube, but instead of using a CBR, the piercer will use a banana barbell so that the bottom ball, lies on the clit. It is thought that vertical hood piercings heal better than horizontal hoods as they flow with the shape of a woman's body. Vertical hood piercings heal in about 4 to 6 weeks.
* Inner Labia- The skin tissue in the inner labia is pierced as to create an aesthetic view as well as some stimulation. It typically takes about 4 to 6 weeks to heal.
* Outer Labia- The outter labia piercing has an interesting history; men would have their wive's outter labia pierced with multiple rings and lock them together to prevent the wife from sleeping with other men. The outter labia piercing tends to be more painful than the inner labia, and it tends to reject more often than the inner labia. Not all women can have this piercing. Outer labia piercings tend to heal in an averaged 8 to 12 weeks.
* Triangle- Not all women are anatomically suited for triangle piercings, as they are situated so that the jewelry is just behind the clitoris, so that when the front is being stimulated, so is the back. Only get this piercing with a skilled and experienced piercer, as you don't want him to slip... It typically takes about 8 to 12 weeks to heal a triangle piercing.

A few other piercings you may have heard of include the Isabella, Nefertiti and the Princess Albertina, which are more experimental and less common.

When healing a genital piercing, you want to take into account the following Do's and Don'ts so that you prevent infection and irritation, as the last thing you want to do is get an infection in your sensitive area.

DO'S
* Wash your hands before touching your new piercing.
* Cean the piercing in the shower by allowing clean water to run over the piercing. This will help soften and loosen up the crusted discharge from around the jewelry.
* For at least the first few weeks, take showers instead of baths. You don't want to saturate the piercing in bacteria laden water.
* Use saline twice a day for the first few weeks. Soak a cotton ball in the saline and gently clean the piercing with the cotton ball.
* Clean the piercing after sex and after masterbation with saline.
* After the first few weeks, clean the piercing just once a day until fully healed.

DON'TS
* Don't use a washcloth or towel to clean or dry off your piercing, as they both harbor bacteria.
* Do not use ointment, cream, or an astringent on a healing piercing.
* Don't use hydrogen peroxide on a healilng piercing.
* Don't use Witch Hazel on a healing piercing.
* Don't use scented soaps on a healing piercing; if you feel you must use soap, use Provon or Satin only.
* Restrict sexual activity for at least 2 weeks and do not let the piercing come into contact with bodily fluids (saliva or semen) for the first 2 weeks. Make sure to use a condom or dental gaurd during sexual contact to prevent infection.
* Do not wear tight clothing.
* Do not excessively clean or touch the piercing, as you can increase infection risks.

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Types of Ear Piercings

June 19th 2008 14:53

Along with navel piercings, ear piercings are probably another of the more popular piercing amongst anyone of any age and any gender. There are so many different noks and crannies on your ear, which means that they can all be pierced.

Ears are generally pretty easy to heal, especially in the lobe area. The average healing rate is about 6-10 weeks, and cartlidge piercings taking a little longer.

To heal an ear piercing, you want to clean it with saline solution twice a day, soaking it for about 10-15 minutes. The longer you have the piercing, you can go to cleaning once a day. I'd give it at bare minimum 2 weeks before reducing the number of times you clean the piercing in one day. Just make sure not to over clean, as you can dry out the piercing and irritate it.

Now, as for the different types of ear piercings, the basic ones include:

* Lobe
* Horizontal Lobe (Transverse Lobe)
* Orbital
* Industrial
* Conch (Inner and Outer)
* Daith
* Helix
* Rook
* Snug
* Tragus
* Anti-Tragus

Horizontal Lobe Piercing

Industrial Piercing

Helix Piercing

Rook and Lobe Piercings

(bottom-up) 2 Lobe Piercings, 1 Inner Conch Piercing, 1 Orbital Piercing, and 1 Rook Piercing

Daith Piercing

Industrial and Anti-Tragus Piercing

(bottom-up) 3 Lobe Piercings, 1 Tragus Piercing, 2 Helix Piercing

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Navel Piercings- Aftercare, Jewelry, and Tips

June 15th 2008 20:58

Belly button piercings are probably one of the more common piercings that you see in today's society. They're easy to hide, and typically easy to heal. The one thing that I'm tired of hearing is the all-mighty question asked by 12 and 13 year old girls- "how do I convince my mom to let me get my belly button pierced?" What's sad is that most of these girls don't understand or won't actually care for the piercing once they get it.

When you get any piercing you need to be able to properly care for it in order to prevent infection, migration, and rejection. Although, there's not much that you can do to prevent rejection, you can prevent infection.

Before you actually get a navel piercing, you want to make sure that you understand proper healing techniques. You want to be able to plan out when you'll be able to clean the piercing, which should be at least twice a day for 10 minutes for hte first 2 weeks with saline solution only, and then at least once a day for 10 minutes thereafter, until fully healed.

You want to avoid going swimming until the piercing is healed. I realized that most females, especially the younger crowd, want to get their navel pierced during the summer so that they can show it off in their two piece bathing suit, which is fine, as long as they avoid going swimming. That means no swimming pools, lakes, oceans, ponds, whatever... Just don't do it. The bacteria levels in any body of water is just not the risk of infecting your new piercing. Before you go swimming, make sure that the piercing is 110% healed. The risk isn't worth it.

Also, avoid tanning beds until the piercing is healed.

You want to make sure that you know the common signs of belly button infection so that you can potentially stop the infection before it becomes severe. Common signs of navel infection include redness, swelling, warmth/fever in the area surrounding the piercing, pan, and pus.

Tri- Belly Button Piercing

For the few days or so, don't start to stress out because the are around your new piercing is red, swollen, and painful. Give the piercing at least one week before you start to stres out, as by then the area around the piercing should be substantially less swollen and painful. As for the redness, now that will depend on your body, and is pretty much person-to-person as to how fast the redness fades.

When you're picking out jewelry for your belly button piercing, make sure that you stick with steel or another high-grade metal. You want to avoid wearing dangle belly button jewelry and other large navel rings for long periods of time because the weight can severely irritate the piercing.

If you’re pregnant and you’re worried about losing your navel ring, don’t worry. You can find pregnancy belly button rings that are typically banana barbells that are much longer to accommodate your growing abdomen area.

You still want to keep watch on the barbell to how large your abdomen grows. Some women will quickly grow out of the steel pregnancy barbell. In this case, you’ll want to find tygon that you can have sized for your navel piercing. A body piercer is the best place to find tygon; plus the piercer will be able to help you with your piercing.

piercing extension for pregnant bellybutton

And, lastly, stretched belly button piercings... It's possible. It's actually more common for males to stretch their navels, but it's not uncommon to see a female stretch her belly button piercing. As with stretching an ear piercing, you want to stretch one gauge at a time, and remember that slow and steady wins the race. You never want to race a stretching.

As you increase the gauge, you want to watch out what jewelry you use in the piercing. You don't want to snag or potentially cause a tear to the skin. If you want to stretch your navel piercing, I'd definitely suggest that you go to a reputable body piercer to ask for jewelry tips.

Strectched Belly Button Piercing (0 gauge)

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Facial Piercings

June 4th 2008 15:51

Facial piercings are the next to most popular type of piercing, ear piercings being the most popular. Facial piercings are a rather old and tribal form. Primative tribes used piercings as rites of passages, such as wedings and childbirth. Women commonly had labret piercings to mark a wedding, and the piercing was stretched for each year of the marriage. In some cultures, nose piercings were performed during pregnancy, as they were thought to make labor and childbirth easier on the woman.

There are a number of different types of facial piercings that you can choose from. Each piercing has a different healing time, but generally saline solution is the best way to heal any piercing. Now, if you get a mouth piercing, which is typically grouped with facial piercings, you don't want to swish your mouth with saline, but mouthwash. You can use a Q-tip of saline for outside of a labret piercing, but make sure to use mouthwash to clean the inside of the piercing

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Ear Stretching

May 31st 2008 16:37

0 gauge and 2- 10 gauge

Of the pierced and tattooed, ear stretching, or gauging, is very popular. Basically, it is what it sounds like... You're streching a piercing, usually the lobes or inner conches, but it's not uncommon for people to stretch nose piercings, as well

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Getting a Body Piercing: Piercing Guns or Piercing Needles

May 18th 2008 01:24

When getting a body piercing, whether an ear piercing, nose piercing, belly button piercing, or whatever, you may be interested in different piercing techniques- piercing gun versus piercing needles. One is safe and one is not.

Piercing guns are the contemporary and traditional means of piercing... Well, of course once the techniques reached more advanced cultures. Piercing guns are spring-loaded devices that propel a piercing stud through flesh. They are reused on every client that walks in the door with very little, if any, contamination control (just alcohol wipes

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Surface Piercings

May 14th 2008 18:20

Piercings are pretty popular and common amongst people of all ages, whether it's the toddler with her ears peirced, the teen with a belly button piercing, or an older woman with pierced ears.

Men and women alike have piercings. Young and old. They're just common. You can't deny that

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