Body piercing jewellery

Body piercing jewellery is jewellery manufactured specifically for use in body piercing.

Originally, hardly any other jewellery than circular earrings were used in modern Western body piercing. As the body piercing became more of a fashion, a vast amount of specially crafted jewellery became available. Common types of body jewellery now include barbells, captive bead rings, labrets, navel rings, plugs, spirals, and many more. Materials used for production have grown from traditional gold and silver to widespread use of surgical steel as well as titanium, niobium, glass, several kinds of plastics (PTFE, tygon, bioplast, nylon), wood, horn, amber, stone, bamboo, silicone, fossilized ivories, tusks and other bones, and even porcelain. With so many different materials being used, body jewellery can be of some very unusual designs.

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Variety of body piercing jewellery
14K gold barbells in front of 24K gold for color comparison
Belly button ring that snaps closed
A labret (pronounced with a strong "T") stud is commonly used for piercings through the cheek, such as labret piercings, madonna piercings, monroe piercings, and dimple piercings. It can also be used for other piercings, such as tragus or conchs, just to name a few. Shown with external screw threads
Hand carved tusks made out of horn, these are normally worn in nasal septum piercings
Ear Spirals made out of glass
Nipple shields are attached to barbells when worn
Captive bead ring
Prince's wand
Circular Barbell, Barbell, Ball Closure Ring and Curved Barbell

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Body piercing

General piercing topics	Contemporary piercing practices Scalpelling Stretching Play piercing Pocketing Surface piercing Ear piercing gun

Jewelry (materials)	Barbell Claw Captive bead ring Flesh tunnel Plug Prince's wand Spiral Stud Nose chain Nipple shield

Ear piercings	Tragus Antitragus Snug Daith Conch Helix Rook Industrial

Facial and oral piercings	Cheek Eyebrow Anti-eyebrow Lip (Labret Lip plate Monroe Philtrum Jestrum Lip frenulum piercing) Nose (Bridge) Tongue (Tongue frenulum) Uvula

Body piercings	Corset Hand web Hip Madison Navel Nipple Nape Wrist Neck

Unisex genital or anal piercings	Anus Guiche Pubic Chastity

Female genital piercings	Christina Clitoris Clitoral hood Triangle Fourchette Isabella Labia Nefertiti Princess Albertina

Male genital piercings	Ampallang Apadravya Hafada Foreskin Deep shaft Dolphin Dydoe Frenum (Frenum ladder) Lorum Magic cross Prince Albert Reverse Prince Albert Transscrotal

Jewellery

Forms

Making

People	Bench jeweler Clockmaker Goldsmith Silversmith Jewelry designer Lapidary Watchmaker

Processes	Casting centrifugal lost-wax vacuum Enameling Engraving Filigree Metal clay Plating Polishing Repoussé and chasing Soldering Stonesetting Wire sculpture Wire wrapped jewelry

Tools	Draw plate File Hammer Mandrel Pliers

Materials

Precious metals	Gold Palladium Platinum Rhodium Silver

Precious metal alloys	Britannia silver Colored gold Crown gold Electrum Shakudō Shibuichi Sterling silver Tumbaga

Base metals	Brass Bronze Copper Mokume-gane Pewter Stainless steel Titanium Tungsten

Mineral gemstones	Aventurine Agate Amethyst Beryl Carnelian Chrysoberyl Diamond Diopside Emerald Garnet Jade Jasper Lapis lazuli Larimar Malachite Marcasite Moonstone Obsidian Onyx Opal Peridot Prasiolite Quartz Ruby Sapphire Sodalite Sunstone Tanzanite Tiger's eye Topaz Tourmaline Turquoise Yogo sapphire

Organic gemstones	Abalone Amber Ammolite Copal Coral Ivory Jet Pearl Nacre

Other natural objects	Shell jewelry

Terms

Carat (mass)
Carat (purity)
Finding
Millesimal fineness

Related topics: Body piercing
Fashion
Gemology
Metalworking
Wearable art

Body piercing jewellery

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