Tongue Piercing Problem

I received this message from a piercer with a question about tongue piercing: Read More

Over-Reacting (and Over-Cleaning)

I got this message from a gal I pierced in NY: Read More

Apprentice Interrupted

Today I got an interesting email from an aspiring piercer: Read More

Great Customer Review

One of my friends on Triablectic j Read More

Emu Oil Triumphs Again!

If you've read much of what I've written about piercing, chances are you've run into some mention of Read More

Spreading the Information Around

Today I was contacted (as Medical Liaison to the Association of Professional Piercers) by the media relations department of the Loyola University Health System. They are planning to write a press release on "clitoral piercings" because their obstetricians have been seeing a rise in the popularity of genital piercings. I clarified to her that piercings of the clitoris itself are quite rare, but that female genital piercings--especially of the hood area--are extremely popular. She wanted to know if they were more painful than other areas, or more prone to infections. These are common questions, and the answers are sometimes surprising: no--they aren't necessarily more painful than other areas (when the piercer is skillful and well trained), and they tend to be easy and quick to heal. From my book, I also filled her in on the very important rules for having safer sex while you're healing a genital piercing: Read More