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Jewelry manufactured specifically for use in body piercing
Body piercing jewelry is jewelry manufactured specifically for use in body piercing. The jewelry involved in the art of body piercing comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes in order to best fit the pierced site. Jewelry may be worn for fashion, cultural tradition, religious beliefs, personal symbolism, and many other reasons.
History
Originally, hardly any other jewelry 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 jewelry became available to the public. Common types of body jewelry that are sold often in modern days include barbells, captive bead rings, labrets, navel curves, plugs, spirals, and various other types of piercing jewelry. Materials used for production have grown from traditional gold and silver to widespread use of surgical steel as well as titanium, niobium, glass, and several kinds of plastics (PTFE, Tygon, bioplast, nylon). Wood, horn, amber, stone, bamboo, silicone, fossilized ivories, tusks, bones, and porcelain can also be used to craft body piercing jewelry.
Gallery
Variety of body piercing jewellery
14K gold barbells in front of 24K gold for color comparison
A labret stud is commonly used for piercings through the cheek, such as labret, madonna, monroe, and dimple piercings. It can also be used for other piercings, such as tragus or conchs. Shown with external screw threads.
Variety of body piercing jewellery
14K gold barbells in front of 24K gold for color comparison
Belly button ring that snaps closed
A labret stud is commonly used for piercings through the cheek, such as labret, madonna, monroe, and dimple piercings. It can also be used for other piercings, such as tragus or conchs. Shown with external screw threads.
Hand carved tusks made out of horn, normally worn in nasal septum piercings
Ear spirals made out of glass
Nipple shields attached to barbells for use in nipple piercings
Captive bead ring
Prince's wand
Circular barbell, barbell, ball closure ring and curved barbell
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