Many people love to pierce their ears once or multiple times. (I have my ears pierced twice). In fact today men as well as women have their ears pierced multiple times. However, today it seems that having pierced ears isn’t enough for some people. Yes, some people whether they are men or women seem to enjoy the art of body piercing; sometimes the art of body piercing is simply called body art. Body art involves piercing other parts of the body including the tongue, the belly button, the nose, the ears, and the private areas. Body piercing was associated with the Goth style of dress to begin with; however, it seems like many people in all walks of life like body art and body piercing. In order to make body piecing and body art easier there are many types of piercing tapers to choose from so choose a piercing taper that works with your individual piercing.
Piercing tapers are instruments in the jewelry field that could also be called stud helpers because piercing tapers are used to keep jewelry in place while it is being put on the body. There are a variety of piercing tapers to choose from depending on the location of the piercing. There are thimble shaped, arrow shaped, heart shaped, and button shaped piercing tapers. These jewelry helpers are both thick or thin styles and they also come in different lengths such as thirteen inches, eight inches, and 16 inches. They are as beautiful as the jewelry itself because they are made out of sterling silver or ten or fourteen karat gold. They made even be made out of platinum but the platinum ones are expensive.
Piercing the body might be considered hip and cool today but body piercing can be very dangerous with or without piercing tapers. It is crucial and critical that if you choose to do body piercing then you must make sure that the place where you get the body piercing done has sterile needles and a clean environment before going to get your body piercing there. Otherwise, body piercing will be a nightmare instead of a pleasure. It is also recommend by piercing salons and beauty salons that do body piercing that body piercing is only done to certain parts of the body such as ears and belly buttons. Sometimes piercing the nose is okay as well. But, it is advised that piercing nipples or any other private areas of the body isn’t a good idea because those areas of the body when pierced are likely to get infected. In fact, many dentists have dealt with many tongue infections due to much tongue piercing by their patients. In addition, even if using piercing tapers it is not recommend to do body piercing yourself without a professional.
