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Piercing Needles - Articles
The Skinny On Male Genital Piercings
by
Dan and Jennifer ..
Posted
Mon 01 Feb 2010 6:00am
studio to get your new jewelry, make sure they are clean and use gloves and a brand new, wrapped, sterile needle when they pierce you. Ask your piercer questions about how to keep... of male genital piercing – that’s right, a piercing through the head of the penis. Do male genital piercings improve sexual pleasure, or do they impede sexual function? Here
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Important things to know about nose piercings
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Andrea Grace
Posted
Wed 28 Apr 2010 6:41am
, that piece of cartilage that divides the nostrils. For this procedure I recommend a small cork device is placed inside the nostril, and a sterilized surgical needle is used to pierce.... Using a surgical needle to create the piercing is least painful of all because it passes so easily through the cartilage.
How long until my nose “hole” closes?
Your
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Body Piercing: The Hole Truth
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Dina S.
Posted
Thu 01 Nov 2007 12:00am
intensive care. Make sure you ask your piercer for all the details before he breaks out the needle.
Time to Heal: 2 to 4 months.
Tip: Some piercers will offer to pierce your nostril with either a gun or needle. Opt for the needle. Piercing guns cannot be sterilized and should not be used for body piercings.
Risks: The nostril is one of the safer places
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Body Piercing
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Anthony R.
Posted
Sat 21 Mar 2009 3:59pm
For most young people, body piercing is a fashion statement - a way to look sexier and be more attractive. For some, it is part of self-expression, to show the world their true character. For others, body piercing is a form of ritual in joining a group where members share the same personalities and interests. It becomes a badge of identity
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Pierced cats, cropped dogs and human rites: Why?
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Dr. Patty Khuly
Posted
Mon 29 Dec 2008 5:53pm
of pierced ears, a pierced neck and a pierced tail.
What the seller didn’t know is that not only is it illegal to sell live animals on eBay (hooray for eBay!) it’s apparently illegal to pierce cats in Pennsylvania.
No, it’s not that there’s any specific law against feline ear, neck and tail piercing. It’s simply that doing so is considered sick and inhumane
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Just Don’t Pierce Your Breast
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Dr. John D.

Posted
Sun 29 Oct 2006 12:00am
Be careful about that which you pierce. Take into account that a piercing can get infected too. We try to do that which we can in surgery to avoid infection. I do not know anything about how the piercing was performed in this case, but the reconstruction may be difficult.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
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The Skinny On Female Genital Piercings
by
Dan and Jennifer ..
Posted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 6:00am
Brave and eroticfemale genital piercings are taboo yet titillating. More and more women are getting genital piercings from the porn star with the beautiful Brazilian wax to the housewife who just wants a little something exciting in her sex life. Are female genital piercings for everyone? Are there risks involved? How to you take care of a female genital
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An Afghan For Pierce
by
T21TravelingAfghan
Posted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:14pm
An amazing woman named Jan sent me an email regarding a beautiful little boy named Pierce who was going through his second battle with cancer.
She thought it would be great for him to have his very own afghan and I agreed!
I have to admit, I love the colors in this one and, as you can see, so does Pierce!
According to his mom
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