Body Jewelry - Body Piercing and Non-Piercing Jewelry

Find more about body jewelry, both piercing and non-piercing jewelry.

Body Piercing

The trend of body piercing is catching on and so is the variety of body jewelry that is worn by people all around. There is more innovation applied towards the designing of body piercing and non-piercing jewelry. Unlike earlier times, nowadays, different unlikely parts of the body are also being pierced and that has consequently led to the invention of newer designs to suit the shape of that place.

Body Jewelry

Initially it was either a stud or a ring that was made by the goldsmiths and silversmiths but now it comes in diverse shapes. The metals that were used are also different as gold and silver were the only metals used initially but now it is surgical steel, plastic, wood, horn, bamboo, stone, knitted jewelry, stone and many more. Here is a list of some commonly used jewelry.

• Barbells- Barbells consist of a straight bar and a bead on each end. This description illustrates the name (barbells are used in weightlifting), though here in a jewelry barbell, one or at times both are beads are detachable. Most of the times, one of the beads is fixed. These are worn in the tongue piercing and come in various shapes and designs like skull, dolphin, frog, flower, snake etc and in variety of materials like Teflon, acrylic, glass, gold, silver and many other organic material. Straight barbells are only meant for tongue piercing and there are other shapes that are worn on the eyebrows as well but they are either flexible or banana shaped.
• Belly Button Ring- Navel is also at times pierced with a barbell and when the wound heals completely a decorative jewelry is worn like a dangling pendant or a captive bead ring or naval barbell. Naval banana bells come in shape of dragon, iguana, lizard, Scorpio, butterfly, Rose, etc.
• Eyebrow Silver Charm-banana barbells, captive earrings and curved barbells are the suitable jewelry in case of eyebrow piercing. The shape of these jewelries put the minimum pressure compared to all other shapes as places like eyebrows are sensitive and kind of jewelry is bound to irritate that place.
• Nipple Jewelry- There are various kinds of jewelry that can be worn on the nipple though that’s dangerous. There are spiky nipple bar, which are UV react and made of silicon, there are other designs like space, rose and whirlpool.
• Labret- This is worn on the upper lip or the bottom lip above the chin. A lip ring can also be worn.
• Captive Bead Ring-In this kind of jewelry the captive bead has openings in it for the end of the ring, so that the end of the wire can fit into any of those small openings giving it a ring like look. Captive Bead Ring can be worn as naval, ear and eyebrow jewelry also.
• Claw- Claw is piece of jewelry which almost looks like a horse shoe. Its ends are tapered and are usually worn on ear lobes. It is made of different metals like plastic, glass or a metal.
• Spirals are made of colored glass and look really petite when worn on ear lobes.
• Earrings are the most common type of jewelry and it can be of any shape and size. These are made of different things like gold or silver with stones embedded on it.

Non Body Piercing Jewelry

There are several kinds of non-body piercing jewelry which can give you the look as if the piercing has been done but then you can adorn yourself without having to go through the excruciating pain and this is not hearsay but experience.

• One of them is the clip-on earring that can also be worn as a naval ring.
• Ear cuffs are also curved metal bands that press against the ear and keep on pinching it. That is how it sticks to the ear.
• Magnetic Earrings look very real and it seems as if the person is wearing a stud. The ear stud is visible in the front and is held back by a magnet that is on the back of the ear lobe.
• Stick-on earrings have adhesive backs which stick to the ear lobe.
• The hoop pinches on the ear lobe and give it a look which suggests that the ear is pierced.
• Spring Hoops stick to the ear by means of a spring force.

Body Piercing and body jewelry might make a style statement but one should make sure that one takes proper precautions and proper care after the piercing is done and it heals up to prevent oneself from unnecessary hassles, pains and scars.

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