By the early part of the 20th century, body jewelry piercing of any body part had become uncommon in the West. After World War II, it began gathering steam among the gay male subculture. Even ear piercing for a time was culturally unacceptable for women, but that relatively common form of piercing b...

Stretching, Plug Expanders in the context of body jewelry, is the deliberate expansion of a healed fistula (hole in the skin) for the purpose of wearing body jewelry. Ear piercings are the most commonly stretched piercings, with nasal septum piercings, tongue piercings and lip piercings/lip plates ...

Once you have your body jewelry and other materials, you can begin the stretching process! One of the best times to stretch is right after a hot shower, when your skin is most elastic and pliable.

Begin by washing your hands, and have your new body jewelry and piercing tapers ready. Massage some of y...

A captive bead ring (CBR), ball closure ring (BCR), captive hoop, or captive ball ring is a common example of body jewelry.

The captive bead or ball fits into a small opening in the circle of the ring. The bead is slightly larger than this opening and has small indentations or depressions that corres...

Body Jewelry has only recently become a subject of serious scholarly research by archaeologists, who have been hampered in studying body piercing by a sparsity of primary sources. Early records rarely discussed the use of piercings or their meaning, and while jewellery is common among grave goods, t...

Body piercing has been around for centuries. It is used by all cultures to call attention to the individual. In most cultures, it is women that are more likely to have piercings than men. The most common form of piercing is the ear pierce. This has been used by cultures throughout the world and thro...

THREE years ago, a fashion event for Monique Péan meant stowing her best jewelry samples into an antique white box and hauling it to the Times Square offices of Vogue in the off chance that editors there might like her earthy, eco-friendly bracelets and necklaces.

But this month, like hundreds of ups...

There are few health issues directly related to stretching piercings. Most stretching methods do not create a wound, and properly stretched piercings will heal after stretching, although if an individual's skin elasticity and vascularity allow, most pial size. 0g is normally seen as the "point of no...

Ear piercing has been practised all over the world since ancient times, particularly in tribal cultures. There is considerable written and archaeological evidence of the practice. Mummified bodies with pierced ears have been discovered, including the oldest mummified body discovered to date, the 5,3...

A New York-based body jewelry manufacturer has filed suit against Kohl's Corp. in federal court in Milwaukee over canceled orders. Bijou International Corp. claims in its suit that Bijou has been damaged in amounts exceeding $75,000 after Kohl's breached its contract and canceled orders.

According to...