Jewelry 101

Embedded Piercing: Signs, Causes & What to Do

Embedded Piercing: Signs, Causes & What to Do

If you're looking at your piercing and the jewelry is disappearing into your skin — only one ball visible, or the post completely buried — you're dealing with an embedded...

Embedded Piercing: Signs, Causes & What to Do

If you're looking at your piercing and the jewelry is disappearing into your skin — only one ball visible, or the post completely buried — you're dealing with an embedded...

How Many Piercings Can You Get at Once?

How Many Piercings Can You Get at Once? The Hon...

You're sitting in the piercing studio chair, you've been planning this for weeks, and you're wondering: could I just get all of these done today? The answer is usually "a few...

How Many Piercings Can You Get at Once? The Hon...

You're sitting in the piercing studio chair, you've been planning this for weeks, and you're wondering: could I just get all of these done today? The answer is usually "a few...

Piercing Needle vs Gun: Why the Pros Won't Touch a Gun

Piercing Needle vs Gun: Why the Pros Won't Touc...

If you've ever been pierced at a mall kiosk, Claire's, or a salon offering "free piercing with earring purchase," you've been gunned. It probably felt quick, cheap, and convenient at...

Piercing Needle vs Gun: Why the Pros Won't Touc...

If you've ever been pierced at a mall kiosk, Claire's, or a salon offering "free piercing with earring purchase," you've been gunned. It probably felt quick, cheap, and convenient at...

Cartilage Piercing Infections: How to Tell If It's Real and What to Do About It

Cartilage Piercing Infections: How to Tell If I...

So your cartilage piercing is angry. Red, swollen, hot, maybe leaking something that definitely wasn't there last week. Before you panic — or worse, take the jewelry out — let's...

Cartilage Piercing Infections: How to Tell If I...

So your cartilage piercing is angry. Red, swollen, hot, maybe leaking something that definitely wasn't there last week. Before you panic — or worse, take the jewelry out — let's...

Dermal Piercing Removal: How It Works, Scarring & Recovery

Dermal Piercing Removal: How It Works, Scarring...

You've had your dermal for a while. Maybe it's starting to reject. Maybe it's been catching on everything for years and you're done with it. Maybe your job changed and...

Dermal Piercing Removal: How It Works, Scarring...

You've had your dermal for a while. Maybe it's starting to reject. Maybe it's been catching on everything for years and you're done with it. Maybe your job changed and...

Second Lobe Piercing: Placement, Spacing & Healing Time

Second Lobe Piercing: Placement, Spacing & Heal...

You've had your first lobe piercings since you were eight, and now you're staring in the mirror thinking — yeah, I want another one. Maybe you've seen a curated ear...

Second Lobe Piercing: Placement, Spacing & Heal...

You've had your first lobe piercings since you were eight, and now you're staring in the mirror thinking — yeah, I want another one. Maybe you've seen a curated ear...

Cartilage Piercing Bumps: What They Are and How to Treat Them

Cartilage Piercing Bumps: What They Are and How...

You woke up, looked in the mirror, and there it is. A tiny pink bump right next to your helix. Or your tragus is angry and swollen. Or there's a...

Cartilage Piercing Bumps: What They Are and How...

You woke up, looked in the mirror, and there it is. A tiny pink bump right next to your helix. Or your tragus is angry and swollen. Or there's a...

How to Put in a Nose Ring: Step-by-Step for L-Bend, Corkscrew, and Hoop Styles

How to Put in a Nose Ring: Step-by-Step for L-B...

Trying to put in a nose ring for the first time can feel like solving a Rubik's Cube through a telescope. The angles are weird, the mirror reverses everything, and...

How to Put in a Nose Ring: Step-by-Step for L-B...

Trying to put in a nose ring for the first time can feel like solving a Rubik's Cube through a telescope. The angles are weird, the mirror reverses everything, and...

Ear Piercing Placement Guide: Every Spot, Pain Level, and Healing Time

Ear Piercing Placement Guide: Every Spot, Pain ...

Looking at someone's perfectly curated ear stack and wondering how they pulled it off? Or trying to plan your next piercing but can't tell a tragus from a conch? You're...

Ear Piercing Placement Guide: Every Spot, Pain ...

Looking at someone's perfectly curated ear stack and wondering how they pulled it off? Or trying to plan your next piercing but can't tell a tragus from a conch? You're...

Hypoallergenic Jewelry Guide: What Actually Works for Sensitive Skin

What Is Hypoallergenic Jewelry? (And Why Most "...

If you've ever bought jewelry labeled "hypoallergenic" and ended up with a red, itchy, swollen earlobe a few days later — you're not alone, and you're not crazy. Here's the...

What Is Hypoallergenic Jewelry? (And Why Most "...

If you've ever bought jewelry labeled "hypoallergenic" and ended up with a red, itchy, swollen earlobe a few days later — you're not alone, and you're not crazy. Here's the...

Jestrum Piercing: Pain, Healing, Jewelry & Aftercare Guide

Jestrum Piercing: Pain, Healing, Jewelry & Afte...

The jestrum — also called the vertical medusa — is the piercing for people who want to stand out without saying a word. It's symmetrical, elegant, and a total head-turner....

Jestrum Piercing: Pain, Healing, Jewelry & Afte...

The jestrum — also called the vertical medusa — is the piercing for people who want to stand out without saying a word. It's symmetrical, elegant, and a total head-turner....

Shark Bites Piercing: Pain, Healing, Cost & Jewelry Guide

Shark Bites Piercing: Pain, Healing, Cost & Jew...

If snake bites are the entry-level punk classic, shark bites are the full-send commitment. We're talking four piercings — two on each side of the lower lip — creating a...

Shark Bites Piercing: Pain, Healing, Cost & Jew...

If snake bites are the entry-level punk classic, shark bites are the full-send commitment. We're talking four piercings — two on each side of the lower lip — creating a...