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Ear Piercings

    • Antitragus
      • A perforation of the inner ear cartilage. It is placed in the antitragus, a piece of cartilage opposite the ear canal.
      • Jewelry: Barbell, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 6 - 12 Months
    • Daith (pronounced doth )
      • An ear piercing that passes through the ear's innermost cartilage fold, the crux of the helix.
      • Jewelry: Barbell, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 -4 Months
    • Conch
      • A perforation of the cartilage of the ear. There are two types of conch piercings, inner and outer.
      • Jewelry: Barbell, Captive Bead Ring, Flesh Plug, Flesh Tunnel (Eyelet, Bullet Hole)
      • Healing: 6 - 18 Months
    • Helix
      • A perforation of the helix or upper ear (cartilage).
      • Jewelry: Stud, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 6 - 12 Months
    • Industrial (Scaffold, Construction)
      • Any two pierced holes connected with a single straight piece of jewelry; however, it typically refers to a double perforation of the upper ear cartilage specifically.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • Healing: 6 - 12 Months
    • Lobe
      • A basic piercing in the soft lobe part of the ear.
      • Jewelry: Stud, Captive Bead Ring, Flesh Plug, Flesh Tunnel (Eyelet, Bullet Hole), Claw (Talon, Pincher)
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Orbital
      • Similar to an industrial piercing, an orbital piercing is two piercings connected by a single (curved) ring.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Circular), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: Depends on the healing time of the individual piercings.
    • Rook
      • A perforation of the antihelix of the ear. It is located just above the tragus on the ridge between the inner and outer conch with the piercing passing from the underside to the top of this ridge.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 6 - 18 Months
    • Snug (Antihelix)
      • A piercing passing through the anti-helix of the ear from the medial to lateral surfaces.
      • Jewelry: Barbell, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 4 Months
    • Tragus
      • The perforation of the tragus, which projects immediately in front of the ear canal.
      • Jewelry: Stud, Barbell, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 6 Months
    • Transverse Lobe
      • A piercing turned 90 degrees such that the length of the piercing is parallel to the sagittal plane of the earlobe. Most often, it runs as close to horizontally as the ear will permit.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • Healing: 2 - 10 Months

Facial Piercings

    • Anti-Eyebrow (Upper Cheek, Tear/Teardrop, Butterfly Kiss)
      • A small surface bar piercing that is placed above the cheek bone or below the eyebrow.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight/Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Austin Bar
      • Horizonal nose tip piercing.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • Healing: 2 -3 Months
    • Bridge
      • A piercing through the small flap of skin at the top of the nose, between the eyes, though never through the bone.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight, Curved)
      • Healing: 1 - 3 Months
    • Cheek (Dimple)
      • A facial body piercing through the cheek. The most common variation of the cheek piercing penetrates the facial tissue into the oral cavity.
      • Jewelry: Labret Stud
      • Healing: 2 - 6 Months
    • Eyebrow
      • A vertical surface piercing, wherein a twelve to eighteen gauge cannula needle is inserted through the bottom of the eyebrow and exits through the top of the eyebrow.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Nassallang
      • Two nostril piercings (one on each nostril) and a septum piercing connected together with one straight barbell.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • Healing: Depends on the individual healing times of each piercing.
    • Nostril
      • A piercing through the nostril (pretty self-explanatory).
      • Jewelry: Stud, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 3 Months
    • Septum
      • A piercing in the cartilaginous dividing wall between the nostrils. Generally, the cartilage itself is not pierced, but rather the small gap between the cartilage and the bottom of the nose (sometimes called the "sweet spot").
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring, Barbell (Circular), Tusk, Claw
      • Healing: 1 - 3 Months
    • Third Eye
      • A piercing of the skin between the eyes or center of the forehead.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Surface), Microdermal
      • Healing: N/A

Oral Piercings

    • Ashley
      • A type of inverse vertical labret, with one bead sitting on top of the lip while the other end is inside the mouth rather than outside.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved)
      • Healing: 3 - 6 Weeks
    • Dahlia
      • Piercings at each corner of the mouth.
      • Jewelry: Labret Studs
      • Healing: 2 - 4 Months
    • Frowny
      • A piercing through the lower lip's inner web.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Jestrum (Vertical Medusa)
      • Very similar to a vertical labret piercing, it is placed in the philtrum of the upper lip, directly under the nasal septum.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved)
      • Healing: 1 - 3 Months
    • Labret (pronounced lay-brit )
      • A piercing that is below the bottom lip, above the chin.
      • Jewelry: Labret Stud
      • Healing: 3 - 6 Weeks
    • Lip
      • A piercing through the lower lip either on the side or in the middle, usually with CBR but can also be done with labret stud.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring, Labret Stud
      • Healing: 2 - 3 Months
    • Lip Plate (Lip Plug/Disc)
      • A form of body modification where increasingly larger discs are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, thereby stretching it.
      • Jewelry: Clay or Wood Disc
      • Healing: N/A
    • Lowbret
      • A piercing which is placed as low as possible toward the chin.
      • Jewelry: Labret Stud, Labret Plug
      • Healing 3 - 6 Weeks
    • Medusa
      • An upper lip piercing, very similar to a labret piercing; it is placed in the philtrum, directly under the septum of the nose.
      • Jewelry: Labret Stud
      • Healing: 1 - 3 Months
    • Monroe
      • A lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip on the left hand side and is meant to resemble Marilyn Monroe's beauty spot. The similar Madonna piercing is placed on the right hand side of the face and is named after the female singer Madonna.
      • Jewelry: Labret Stud
      • Healing: 1 - 3 Months
    • Smiley
      • A piercing of the web of skin between the upper lip and teeth.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Circular)
      • Healing: 2 - 3 Months
    • Snakebites
      • Dual lip piercings close together reminiscent of fangs.
      • Jewelry: Labret Studs, Captive Bead Rings
      • Healing: 3 - 6 Weeks
    • Spiderbites
      • Dual lip piercings very close together on the same side of the face.
      • Jewelry: Labret Studs, Captive Bead Rings
      • Healing: 3 - 6 Weeks
    • Tongue
      • A body piercing usually done directly through the center of the tongue.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • Healing: 2 - 6 Months
    • Tongue Frenulum (Tongue Web, Marly)
      • A body piercing through the frenulum underneath the tongue (frenulum linguae).
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight, Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 8 Weeks
    • Uvula
      • A body piercing through the uvula, the projection of the soft palate between the tonsils.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: N/A
    • Venom
      • A pair of off center tongue piercings, either horizontal (side by side) or vertical (front to back).
      • Jewelry: Barbells
      • Healing: 2 - 6 Months
    • Vertical Labret
      • A piercing through the top of the lower lip rather than in front of the lip tissue.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved)
      • Healing: 3 - 6 Weeks

Body Piercings

    • Cleavage
      • A piercing of the cleavage, usually vertically but horizontal is possible in some cases.
      • Jewelry: Barbell
      • Healing: 2 -3 Months
    • Corset
      • A piercing that is pierced multiple times mostly side to side to look like a corset being laced up the body. Two rows of bilaterally symmetrical piercings are performed and can be composed of as few as four piercings (two in each row) or as many as the length of the area being pierced (usually the back) and the vertical space between piercings will allow space for.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Rings
      • Healing: Most corset piercings are intended to be temporary due to the difficulties with the healing process. Having permanent corset piercings is possible, however it is very unlikely they will heal properly.
    • Hand Web
      • A piercing through the loose skin between two digits, such as between the fore-finger and middle-finger or fore-finger and thumb.
      • Jewelry: Barbell, Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 12 Months
    • Hip
      • A piercing in the pelvic area through the skin near the hip bone. Hip piercings are done in couplets with one on each hip.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Surface)
      • Healing: 1 Year
    • Madison
      • A body piercing going through the skin at the front of the neck.
      • Barbell (Surface)
      • Healing: 1 Year (High chance of rejection or migration.)
    • Nape
      • A piercing through the surface of the nape (back part) of the neck.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Surface)
      • Healing: 3 to 12 Months
    • Navel
      • A type of piercing located in, or around, the navel.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 6 - 9 Months
    • Neck
      • A neck piercing is a series of surface piercings done to emulate the appearance of a vampire-like bite on the side of a person's neck.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Surface)
      • Healing: 3 - 12 Months
    • Nipple
      • a body piercing, centered usually at the base of the nipple. It can be pierced at any angle but is usually done horizontally or, less often, vertically.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight, Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 4 Months, up to 1.5 Years for full healing.
    • Wrist
      • A piercing through the surface of the wrist.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Surface)
      • Healing: 3 - 12 Months

Male Genital Piercings

    • Ampallang
      • A piercing that penetrates horizontally through the entire glans of the penis. The piercing may be transurethral (passing through the urethra). A variant on this piercing is the shaft ampallang, which penetrates the shaft of the penis horizontally at any point along its length.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • 5 Months
    • Apadravya
      • A piercing that passes vertically through the glans of the penis from top to bottom, almost always placed centrally and passing through the urethra.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight)
      • Healing: 5 Months
    • Dydoe
      • A type of male genital body piercing that passes through the ridge of the glans on the head of the penis. Commonly, one is centrally placed on the ridge of the glans, or two are placed on either side. Less often, a "king's crown" is where several dydoes are placed around the head of the penis.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved)
      • Healing: 4 - 6 Months
    • Foreskin
      • A piercing that passes through the foreskin of the penis.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight, Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Frenum
      • A type of body piercing located on the underside of the shaft of the penis. A series of parallel frenulum piercings is known as a frenum ladder.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 5 Weeks
    • Hafada
      • A surface piercing located anywhere on the skin of the scrotum.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Straight, Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Lorum
      • A piercing placed horizontally on the underside of the penis at its base, where the penis meets the scrotum.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 5 Weeks
    • Magic Cross
      • The magic cross is a combination of piercings, consisting of both an ampallang and an apadravya. These two piercings together form a cross through the glans of the human penis.
    • Prince Albert
      • A ring-style piercing that extends along the underside of the glans from the urethral opening to where the glans meets the shaft of the penis.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved, Circular), Captive Bead Ring, Prince's Wand (Penis Plug)
      • Healing: 1 - 6 Months
    • Reverse Prince Albert
      • This piercing enters through the urethra and exits through a hole pierced in the top of the glans.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved, Circular), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 4 - 8 Months
    • Transscrotal (Scrunnel)
      • A body piercing that travels through the scrotum from front to back, or from side to side.
      • Jewelry: Barbell, Flesh Tunnel
      • Healing: N/A

Female Genital Piercings

    • Christina (Venus)
      • A piercing located where the outer labia meet, below the pubic mound.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Surface, Circular), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 3 - 4 Months
    • Clitoral Hood
      • A piercing through the clitoral hood surrounding the clitoris. There are two main types of hood piercing, the vertical clitoral hood piercing and the horizontal clitoral hood.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved, Circular), Captive Bead Rings, J-bar
      • 3 - 4 Months
    • Clitoris
      • A piercing through the clitoris itself.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Circular), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 3 - 4 Months
    • Fourchette
      • A piercing done at the rear rim of the vulva, in the area of frenulum labiorum pudendi.
      • Jewelry: Barbell
      • Healing: 1 - 2 Months
    • Isabella
      • An extremely deep clitoral shaft that piercing starts below the clitoris and just above the urethra, and then goes up through the clitoral shaft and exits at the top of the hood (where the entrance hole is for a Christina piercing).
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Custom)
      • Healing: 2 - 3 Months
    • Labia
      • This piercing can be placed either through the labia minora or the labia majora. They are one of the simpler and more common genital piercings performed on women, and are often pierced in symmetrical pairs.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 6 Months
    • Nefertiti
      • A piercing that is a combination of a vertical clitoral hood piercing and a Christina piercing.
      • Jewelry: Flexible Bar
      • Healing: 6 Months
    • Princess Albertina
      • A piercing where a ring enters the urethra and exits through the top of the vagina.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 6 Months
    • Triangle
      • This piercing passes from side to side, beneath the base of the clitoral hood tissue where it meets the inner labia and under the clitoris.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved, Circular), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 3 - 4 Months

Unisex Genital and Anal Piercings

    • Anal
      • A body piercing around the surrounding area of the anus.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: N/A
    • Chastity
      • Piercings used to impose chastity. This can include Prince Alberts that connect to guiches, preventing erection, or piercings that close the labia, preventing penetraion.
      • Jewelry: Depends on the specific piercing.
      • Healing: Depends on the specific piercing.
    • Guiche
      • A body piercing on the perineum.
      • Jewelry: Barbell (Curved, Circular), Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 6 - 9 Months
    • Pubic
      • A piercing in the pubic area, on the mons pubis in females, or at the base of the penis in males.
      • Jewelry: Captive Bead Ring
      • Healing: 2 - 3 Months
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