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Hi I'm Tristan McCauley from Lucky Seven Tatoo and I'm here just to give you a few facts
about body piercing jewelry. The first thing we have is a belly jewel and it is the most
common thing used in a belly button piercing now. It used to be the captive bead ring but
since they discovered that it doesn't move from side to side as much and there is not
as much irritation. The second thing we have is the tongue barbell. It is just a short
barbell with two beads on the end. They screw on and screw off. Another thing you have is
the nose screw and this just turns in and shoots up. It goes straight in, looks nice
and sits flush with the skin. Another one you have is the horseshoe barbell. It is similar
to the curved barbell but it just has more of an arc to it. The balls screw on and off
much like the other two. The next thing you have is the labray post. This is just a flat
back stud with a ball that screws on and off. You can use it for labrays, regular lip piercings
and some people use them for trays as well. The next is a curved barbell which is similar
to your belly jewel it just doesn't have the jewel on the end of it and it is not as big
at the bottom and the balls are the same size and both screw on and screw off. Next is the
captive bead and the captive bead is a small hoop with the ball suspended six days in the
middle of it and the ball pops right out and should pop right back in like this. Then you
have the gages. You have a couple different options when you are looking at plugs for
the stretched ears. You have the stone plugs and you also have wooden. You have metal and
you have bone or organic. A lot of people use the organic, the wood, the bone and things
like that and the stone because they don't have a reaction to the metal as much. Some
people go with the metal just for the look, it's shinier, and some people think it looks
better. A couple of different things you can use in your ear or any kind of piercing. You
can use surgical stainless steel. It is probably one of the best things to use, very few people
have reactions to it. Another one is titanium for people who do have reactions to the stainless
steel, the titanium is better for them. Another one is niobium which is another metal that
is really good for piercings. You can also use 418 karat gold. You don't want to use
anything of a lesser quality than that and you can use white or yellow gold. They both
work well. Another one that people have just started using recently is a special plastic
called tygon. What tygon is it is for people out there who are sensitive to metals. A lot
of people use it if they have a reaction to the nickel in the stainless steel or they
just can't take the titanium or the gold so to use the tygon you just screw the little
balls on the ends of it. These are just a few of the facts about body piercing jewelry.