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- From: Anne Greenblatt <piercingfaq@piercingexquisite.com>
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- Archive-name: bodyart/piercing-faq/introduction
- Last-modified: May 01, 2000
- Posting-frequency: Quarterly
- URL: http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/bodyart/piercing-faq/.html
-
- Summary: This posting contains information about body piercing. Anyone
- interested in the subject and/or who wishes to read/post to
- rec.arts.bodyart should read the Piercing FAQ first.
-
- The rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ is divided into 30 parts:
-
- 1--Introduction
- 2A--Jewelry Materials
- 2B--Jewelry Sizes & Designs
- 2C--Facial Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
- 2D--Body Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
- 2E--Genital Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
- 3--Getting A New Piercing
- 4A--Professional Organizations, Piercing Instruction
- 4B--Professional Piercers - United States - Alabama - California
- 4C--Professional Piercers - United States - Colorado - Iowa
- 4D--Professional Piercers - United States - Kansas - Nevada
- 4E--Professional Piercers - United States - New Hampshire - North Dakota
- 4F--Professional Piercers - United States - Ohio - Pennsylvania
- 4G--Professional Piercers - United States - Rhode Island - Wyoming
- 4H--Professional Piercers - Canada
- 4I--Professional Piercers - Beyond N. America
- 4J--Professional Piercers - Beyond N. America Cont'd
- 5--Care Of New Piercings
- 6--The Healing Process & Healing Problems
- 7--Healed Piercings
- 8--Historical Information
- 9A--Resource List
- 9B--Resource List Cont'd
- 10A--Personal Experiences - Facial & Unisex Piercings
- 10B--Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings
- 10C--Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings Cont'd
- 10D--Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings Cont'd
- 11A--Jewelry Manufacturers
- 11B--Jewelry Manufacturers Cont'd
- 11C--Jewelry Manufacturers Cont'd
-
- This FAQ has been rated by Magellan as a Four Star Site!
-
- This is Part 1 of the rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ. This FAQ is updated
- and posted quarterly.
-
- If you would like to know what rec.arts.bodyart is as a newsgroup please
- visit
-
- The RABbit Hole http://www.eskimo.com/~rab
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-
- All texts written by Anne Greenblatt unless otherwise noted.
-
- The Piercing FAQ is maintained on a voluntary basis and is produced for
- free distribution. No funds are generated by the circulation of the
- rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ and the author and contributors are not
- remunerated in any way.
-
- This FAQ was originally compiled by Paul Davies aka Synthetic Man
- <pdavies@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> with contributions from various
- people.
- The rights and responsibilities to maintain this FAQ was passed on to me
- in July 1993.
-
- COPYRIGHT AND DISSEMINATION
-
- Under the Berne Convention, this document is Copyright (c) 2000 by
- Anne
- Greenblatt, all rights reserved. Permission is granted for it to be
- reproduced electronically on any system connected to the various
- networks
- which make up the Internet, USENET, and FidoNet so long as it is
- reproduced in its entirety, unedited, and with this copyright notice
- intact. Web sites are included. Individual copies may also be printed.
-
- All of the Piercing FAQs may be cited as:
- Greenblatt, Anne (2000) "rec.arts.bodyart Frequently Asked Questions
- (FAQ)"
- Usenet rec.arts.bodyart, available via anonymous FTP:
- rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/faqs/bodyart/
-
- While you are allowed individual copies of the Piercing FAQ, this does
- not
- mean the FAQ is in the public domain.
-
- Part of the value of the Piercing FAQ is that it is a living document;
- it is
- updated quarterly to include the most current information available.
- For this
- reason you are explicitly requested to include a notice of how to
- obtain the
- most recent edition of the FAQs.
-
- You must obtain prior permission from me before you make the FAQs
- available
- commercially.
-
- If you are a media reporter or journalist, you are explicitly requested
- to
- contact me prior to using material in or quoting from the Piercing FAQ.
- Additionally, I would appreciate a copy of the article or publication in
- which the FAQ is cited.
-
- You need not obtain special permission to quote parts of this FAQ for
- academic research purposes, although you must cite this FAQ.
- Additionally,
- I would appreciate a copy of the article or publication in which the
- FAQ is
- cited.
-
- If you are not sure how to cite electronic information please refer to
- _Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information_ by Xia Li
- and
- Nancy B. Crane (Westport, 1993).
-
- SHARING THE FILES ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS:
- You may copy and disseminate the entire set of FAQs electronically and
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- Do not add your own information in the FAQ.
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- If you would like to include the FAQ on your webpage, I ask that you
- provide
- a link to the FAQ archives in order to provide your visitors with the
- most recent edition.
-
- The FAQ is archived at:
-
- http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/bodyart/piercing-faq/.html
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet-faqs/bygroup/rec/arts
- /bodyart/top.html
- http://www.faqs.org/faqs/
- http://www.landfield.com/faqs/bodyart/piercing-faq/
- ftp://ftp.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/faq/bodyart/piercing-faq/
-
- Please look at the "Last-Modified" line in the headers for the current
- edition. The Piercing FAQ is updated and posted quarterly.
-
- Please remember that body piercing is an inexact science. The content
- of the
- FAQ reflects the continual advances made in the field of body piercing.
- The
- information contained in the FAQ is culled from group knowledge and
- experience. Each person's experiences regarding piercing viability,
- healing,
- and longevity may be different.
-
- The Piercing FAQ contains material of a sexually explicit nature. The
- information contained in the Piercing FAQ should not be construed as
- medical
- advice.
-
- I would like to recognize and thank the following piercers, jewelery
- manufacturers, and enthusiasts for their contributions:
-
- The Association of Professional Piercers
- http://www.safepiercing.org
- Keith Alexander of Modern American Body Arts, <keitha2@mail.idt.net>
- http://www.modernamerican.com
- Elayne Angel of Rings of Desire, <angel@ringsofdesire.com>
- http://www.ringsofdesire.com
- Dave Anthony of Body Work Productions, <bodyworkprod@earthlink.net>
- http://www.bodyworkprod.com
- Eerin Atkinson of Sine Qua Non, <Eerin@worldnet.att.net>
- Barry Blanchard of Anatometal, <barry@anatometal.com>
- http://www.anatometal.com
- Tom Brazda of Stainless Studios, <bodyart@io.org>
- http://www.stainless-studios.com/
- Sean Christian of Antometal, <sean@anatometal.com>
- http://www.anatometal.com
- Kevin Cook, Manager of the Piercing Links List
- <kevincook@worldnet.att.net>
- http://www.geocities.com/soho/cafe/8816/list.html
- Michaela Grey, formerly of Gauntlet and the Association of Professional
- Piercers
- Michael Hare of The Exotic Body, <mike@exoticbody.com>
- http://www.exoticbody.com
- Karen Hurt of Future Primitives
- Shannon Larratt of the Body Modification Ezine
- http://www.bme.freeq.com
- Lynne Tatum Little, R.D.H.
- Derek Lowe of Body Work Productions, <piercr@earthlink.net>
- http://www.bodyworkprod.com
- Denise Robinson of Ambient, <ambient@ambient.on.ca>
- http://www.ambient.on.ca
- Brian Skellie of Piercing Experience, <bskellie@pop.mindspring.com>
- http://www.piercing.org
- Jim Ward, formerly of Gauntlet
- John Ward, M.D., aka "Dr. Jack," <bones@softdisc.com>
-
- Table of Contents of the rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ:
-
- 1 Introduction
-
- 2A Jewelry Materials
- 2A.1 Metals
- 2A.1a Report on Stainless Steel by Sean Christian
- 2A.2 Non Metal Materials
- 2A.2a Report on FDA Approved Acrylic by Michael Hare
- 2A.3 Organic Materials
- 2A.3a Hardwoods
- 2A.3b Bamboo
- 2A.3c Ivory, Horn, Antler
-
- 2B Jewelry Sizes & Designs
- 2B.1 Jewelry Sizes
- 2B.1a Gauges And Equivalents
- 2B.2 Jewelry Designs
- 2B.2a Basic Designs
- 2B.2b Piercing-Specific Designs
-
- 2C Facial Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
- 2C.1 Facial Piercings
- 2C.2 Oral Piercings
-
- 2D Body Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
- 2D.1 Navel Piercings
- 2D.1a "The Navel Piercing - A Better Alternative"
- 2D.1b "Angled Navel Piercings"
- 2D.2 Nipple Piercings
- 2D.2a Female Nipple Piercings
- 2D.2b Male Nipple Piercings
- 2D.2c Nipple Piercings and Breast Feeding
- 2D.3 Surface & Unusual Piercings
-
- 2E Genital Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
- 2E.1 Female Genital Piercings
- 2E.2 Male Genital Piercings
- 2E.3 Genital Piercings and Sexual Activity
- 2E.4 Genital Piercings and Pregnancy
-
- 3 Getting A New Piercing
- 3.1 What to Look for in a Piercer
- 3.2 Assessing Anatomy and Selecting Jewelry
- 3.3 Piercing Needle or Gun?
- 3.4 Basic Piercing Procedure
- 3.5 Methods of Disinfection and Sterilization
- 3.6 Anesthetics
- 3.7 Are You Under 18?
- 3.8 Does It Hurt?
- 3.9 Making Your Experience More Comfortable
- 3.10 Piercing Kits and Doing It Yourself
-
- 4A Professional Organizations, Piercing Instruction
- 4A.1 Professional Organizations
- 4A.2 Piercing Instruction
-
- 4B Professional Piercers - United States - Alabama - California
-
- 4C Professional Piercers - United States - Colorado - Iowa
-
- 4D Professional Piercers - United States - Kansas - Nevada
-
- 4E Professional Piercers - United States - New Hampshire - North Dakota
-
- 4F Professional Piercers - United States - Ohio - Pennsylvania
-
- 4G Professional Piercers - United States - Rhode Island - Wyoming
-
- 4H Professional Piercers - Canada
-
- 4I Professional Piercers - Beyond N. America
-
- 4J Professional Piercers - Beyond N. America Cont'd
-
- 5 Care Of New Piercings
- 5.1 Skin Cleansers, Wound Cleansers and Soaps
- 5.2 Antiseptic Products
- 5.3 Other Products
- 5.4 Products to Avoid
- 5.5 Essential Oils
- 5.6 Aftercare for Facial Piercings
- 5.7 Aftercare for Oral Piercings
- 5.8 Aftercare for Body Piercings
- 5.9 Aftercare for Genital Piercings
- 5.10 Herbal Hot Compress Recipe
-
- 6 The Healing Process & Healing Problems
- 6.1 The Healing Process
- 6.2 Abandoning a Piercing
- 6.2a Reopening or Repiercing an Abandoned Piercing
- 6.2 Healing Problems
- 6.2a Dry Skin
- 6.2b Prolonged Healing
- 6.2c Follicular Cysts
- 6.2d Infections
- 6.2e Hypergranulation
- 6.4 Scars
- 6.6 Piercing Migration and Rejection
- 6.7 Metal Sensitivities
-
- 7 Healed Piercings
- 7.1 Changing Jewelry
- 7.2 Stretching Piercings
- 7.3 Bondage Play
- 7.4 Hiding Percings
- 7.5 Retaining Piercings During Surgery
- 7.6 Piercings and Common Medical Procedures
- 7.7 Body Jewelry and Metal Detectors
- 7.8 Piercings and Employment
-
- 8 Historical Information
- 8.1 History Of The Nipple Piercing
- 8.1a "History of the Nipple Piercing"
- 8.1b "Titrings, A Bit of History"
- 8.2 The Apadravya in the Kama Sutra
- 8.3 History of Late 20th C. Piercing and Why?
-
- 9A Resource List
- 9A.1 Books and Magazines
- 9A.2 Calendars and Posters
-
- 9B Resource List Cont'd
- 9B.1 Videos
- 9B.2 Online Sites
- 9B.2a Chat Rooms and Online Clubs
- 9B.3 Software and CDs
- 9B.4 Places of Interest
-
- 10A Personal Experiences - Facial & Unisex Piercings
- 10A.1 Tongue Pierce
- 10A.2 Labret Piercing
- 10A.3 Hand Web Piercing
- 10A.4 Eyelet Piercings
- 10A.5 Nipple Piercing - Male
- 10A.6 Niehbuhr, or Erle
- 10A.7 Piercing Inverted Nipples (Male)
-
- 10B Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings
- 10B.1 Triangle Piercing
- 10B.2 Vertical Clitoral Hood Piercing
- 10B.3 Ampallang Piercing #1
- 10B.4 Foreskin & Septum Piercings
- 10B.5 Frenum Placement with Intact Foreskin
- 10B.6 Ampallang Piercing #2
-
- 10C Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings Cont'd
- 10C.1 Reverse Prince Albert
- 10C.2 Apadravya
- 10C.3 Bead Implants
- 10C.4 Prince Albert with Intact Foreskin
- 10C.5 Camilla's Custom Nipple Studs
-
- 10D Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings Cont'd
- 10D.1 Inner Labia
- 10D.2 Fourchette Piercing
- 10D.3 Dolphin Piercing
- 10D.4 Childbirth with Clitoral Hood Piercing
-
- 11A Jewelry Manufacturers
- 11A.1 Jewelry in All Metals & Materials
- 11A.2 Distributors of Jewelry in All Metals & Materials
-
- 11B Jewelry Manufacturers Cont'd
- 11B.1 Jewelry in 316L/LVM Steel Only
- 11B.2 Jewelry in Other Steel Grades
- 11B.3 Jewelry in Niobium / Titanium Only
- 11B.4 Jewelry in Gold / Platinum Only
- 11B.5 Jewelry in Acrylic Only
- 11B.6 Jewelry in Glass Only
- 11B.7 Jewelry in Organic Materials
- 11B.8 Accessories for Healed Piercings
-
- 11C Jewelry Manufacturers Cont'd
- 11C.1 Piercing Supplies / Needles
- 11C.2 Jewelry Manufacturing Suppliers
- 11C.3 Medical Suppliers / Sterilization Services
- 11C.4 Insurance Brokers
-
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- Anne Greenblatt
- Manager of the rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ
- Piercing Exquisite
- http://www.piercingexquisite.com
-