Surface piercing
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Surface piercings are any body piercings that take place on the surface of the body through areas which are not particularly concave or convex, where the piercing canal transverses a surface flap of skin, rather than running completely through a piece of body tissue from one side to another.
Sometimes surface piercings are difficult to heal, because, as the body rejects the body jewellery as a foreign object, the jewellery is pushed to the surface, causing the piercing to grow out. Proper placement and jewellery selection by an experienced body piercer can help alleviate this problem.
Some interesting, or more common, surface piercings are:
- Corset piercing, a series of bilaterally symmetrical piercings, normally done on the back, intended to be laced like a corset.
- Madison piercing, a horizontal piercing located just above the collarbone, at the base of the neck.
- Nape piercing, located on the back of the neck.
- Hand web piercing, located in the webbing between any of the fingers on the hand.
- Sternum piercing
- Wrist/Forearm piercing, located on or near the wrist, generally on the upper side. The gauge and width varies according to individual arm size, and a curved bar is usually inserted. Although rumoured to be exceedingly painful, the procedure can be almost pain-free.
Contrast these surface piercings with some common non-surface piercings:
- Ear piercing, located through either earlobe or any part of the cartilage of either ear.
- Nasal septum piercing, located through the thin membrane in the nasal cavity directly below the cartilage that makes up the nasal septum.
- Nostril piercing, located through the fold of skin comprising either nostril.
| Types of body piercing | |
|---|---|
| Ear piercings | |
| Earlobes and helix | Stretching (body piercing) | Tragus | Antitragus | Daith | Conch | Rook | Industrial | |
| Facial and oral piercings | |
| Bridge | Cheek | Eyebrow | Anti-eyebrow | Lip | Lip frenulum | Nose | Tongue | Tongue frenulum | Uvula | Monroe | Medusa | |
| Body piercings | |
| Corset | Hand web | Madison | Navel | Nipple | Nape | Surface | |
| Male genital piercings | |
| Ampallang | Apadravya | Hafada | Foreskin | Deep shaft | Dolphin | Dydoe | Frenum | Frenum ladder | Guiche | Lorum | Prince Albert | Reverse Prince Albert | Pubic | Transscrotal | |
| Female genital piercings | |
| Christina | Clitoris | Clitoral hood | Triangle | Fourchette | Isabella | Labia | Nefertiti | Princess Albertina | |
[edit] External links
- BMEZine page on Surface Piercing Rejection - Explanation of various types of surface piercing techniques and rejection with several photos of piercings in the process of being rejected.
