Body jewlery
The wearing of body jewlery has been traced all the way back to the ancient Egyptians. Throughout history, ceremonies have been performed for certain rites of passage which were marked by body piercing and the wearing of special body jewlery.
But western society has been largely intolerant of people with body piercings. It has only been in the last few decades that society has begun to tolerate people with piercings, probably due to stars and catwalk models who routinely wear body jewlery.
This increased interest has resluted in the following four questions being regularly asked:
What is body jewlery?
The definition has generally come to represent jewelry worn in a body piercing, and jewelry that until recently, was not socially acceptable e.g. ankle chains and toe rings.
Technicaly speaking, any jewlery worn on the body is body jewlery.
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What is involved in buying body jewlery?
Buying body jewlery is not as straight forward as it seems. There are many variables involved.
The most important thing to remember is that there are a variety of different areas on the body that are routinely pierced and these body piercings are made of different diameters and different lengths.
So...
Before you go shopping you need to know the following information (you must be specific, a guess just won't do!):
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What body piercing is the jewlery for? |
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What gauge (diameter) is the body piercing jewlery piece? |
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How long is the body piercing jewlery piece? Bear in mind that barbell length is measured between the inside of the balls and when measuring a ring you measure the inside diameter, not the circumference. |
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Where do you buy body jewlery?
Pierced Body has a long list of satisfied customers because they don't sell cheap body jewlery, they sell top quality body jewlery at very affordable prices.
Customer service is excellent and deliveries are made to any country in the world at no extra cost.
They offer an ever expending range of body Jewlery in 14kt Gold, Sterling Silver, Titanium and 316L Stainless Steel which includes:
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Navel jewlery |
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Tongue Rings |
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Nipple Shields |
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Eyebrow Jewlery |
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Plugs & Expanders |
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Toe Rings |
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Finger rings |
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Pendants |
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What is involved in getting a body piercing?
If you want to get a piercing, there are some vital facts for getting pierced and essential body piercing recovery tips that you must know.
The Getting pierced section is too large to be included in this page so if you want to know why getting pierced is not simply somebody punching a hole in some part of your anatomy then read on
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