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Every piercing, explained: placement, pain, procedure, and healing.

Thinking about a new piercing? Start here for straight answers on what to expect.

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Belly Button Piercing: The Complete Guide

A complete guide to belly button piercings: the anatomy that suits one, the procedure, gauge and jewelry, honest pain and healing time, aftercare, cost, and why navel piercings reject.

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Nipple Piercing: The Complete Guide

A complete guide to nipple piercings: placement and anatomy, one or both, gauge and jewelry, honest pain and healing time, full aftercare, risks, and an accurate note on breastfeeding.

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Types of Nose Piercings: Every Placement, Mapped by Anatomy

Every nose piercing placement mapped by anatomy, with honest pain levels, healing times, gauges, and starter jewelry for nostril, high nostril, septum, bridge, nasallang, septril and rhino.

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Types of Piercings: The Complete Map by Body Region

Every major type of body piercing organized by region: ear, nose, face and oral, navel, nipple, and genital, with typical gauge, healing time, and starter jewelry for each placement.

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VCH Piercing Meaning, Anatomy, Healing, and Jewelry

VCH means vertical clitoral hood: a piercing through the hood above the clitoris, not the clitoris itself. What it does, who it suits, healing, and jewelry.

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Prince Albert Piercing: A Clinical Guide

A Prince Albert piercing is a ring or barbell through the urethra that exits behind the glans. How it heals, the jewelry and gauge, aftercare, sex, urination, and risks.

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My Boyfriend Has a Prince Albert Piercing and It's a Turnoff: A Piercer Answers

A reader is put off by her boyfriend's Prince Albert piercing. A professional piercer answers what it is, the real hygiene and safety facts, and how to talk about it.

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Microdermal Piercings: What You Need to Know

A microdermal is a single-point piercing anchored under the skin with one visible top and no exit hole. How they work, healing, risks, and safe removal.

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Are Piercings Unprofessional at Work? An Industry Guide

Are visible piercings unprofessional at work? How tolerance varies by industry, what dress codes can legally require, and how to conceal or read a workplace first.

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How Much Does a Body Piercing Cost? US Price Ranges by Placement

Typical US body piercing prices by placement, from a single lobe to genital piercings, plus the piercing fee vs total distinction, tipping, and hidden costs like downsizing and jewelry upgrades.

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Types of Ear Piercings: Every Placement, Mapped by Anatomy

Every ear piercing placement mapped by ear anatomy, with honest pain levels, healing times, gauges, and starter jewelry for lobe, helix, tragus, conch and more.