Knowra Body piercing Body piercing Body piercing is the practice of puncturing or cutting body tissue to create an opening for jewelry or another ornament. It includes both temporary adornment and culturally significant forms of body modification.
Earlobe piercing : A piercing through the soft lower part of the external ear, commonly worn with earrings. It is one of the most widespread forms of body piercing.
Piercing needle : A hollow, sterile needle designed to create a channel through body tissue for jewelry. A suitable needle creates the opening while limiting unnecessary tissue damage.
Piercing infection : A localized infection of tissue around a piercing, often involving pain, redness, warmth, or discharge. Breaking the skin creates a route for microbes to enter tissue.
Ear piercing in India : The practice of piercing the ears in India, associated in some communities with rituals and customary adornment. It shows how ear piercing can mark cultural and religious traditions.
Nose piercing : A piercing through the nostril, septum, or another part of the nose for jewelry. Nasal placements show how piercing traditions vary across cultures.
Piercing gun : A spring-loaded device that forces a blunt earring through tissue, most often the earlobe. Its blunt force and limited sterilization options distinguish it from needle piercing.
Keloid : A raised scar that grows beyond the boundaries of the original skin injury. Piercing can trigger keloid formation in people prone to abnormal scarring.
Mursi lip plate : A disk worn in an enlarged lower-lip piercing by some Mursi women in Ethiopia. It is a specific cultural practice involving deliberate enlargement of a piercing.
Navel piercing : A piercing, usually through the skin above the navel, worn with curved jewelry or a ring. It is a prominent modern example of piercing chosen for appearance.
Wound healing : The biological process through which damaged tissue repairs itself and restores its barrier function. A new piercing is a wound that must heal around the jewelry channel.
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