We have been talking all about eyebrows here recently, from classic eyebrow piercings to the recently popular centered brow piercings ....

I have a confession to make. I’m a bad healer. I know, I know, I do this for a living, I work as a piercer! I should probably be amazing...

A two blog post week it seems! Last Monday I decided to do something fairly out of character- I skipped my usual post schedule to publish...

Portfolios have always been an essential part of being a professional piercer. It’s important for clients to be able to see examples of...

Time Off. Vacation. Holiday. A Mental Health Day. All across the world, people in every profession take time away from work for various...

A few years ago, I co-wrote this guide to HRT and piercings for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, designed to be a...

I don't know if there is any piercing out there more unique and interesting than the Septril. A unicorn amongst unicorns, these are one...

When I was 13, all I wanted in this life was to get my nose pierced. There was an older girl at my middle school who had hers done and I...

So we’ve taken a look at classic helix piercings , and their popular variation, forward helix piercings. But of course, I couldn’t miss...

*Disclaimer: The views expressed in this piece are my own. I can only speak to my personal experience of gender and transition. Other...

Indicator Strips. Handy little tools give some extra peace of mind that your sterilization cycles are running correctly, and a wonderful...

Perhaps one of my favorite things about working in the piercing industry is piercings’ amazing ability to help people heal, to empower...

What’s in a name? Well, names carry a ton of weight from slang terms for piercings sometimes leading to miscommunication, to the...

I had an interaction with someone recently that inspired me to write this blog post. We were discussing some things about various...

Nexus- “A connection or series of connections linking two or more things” For many of us who get pierced, tattooed, or otherwise modify...

When we consider the history of tattoos and body piercing, few groups are shrouded in more mystery than the Picts. Located in what is now...

I’ve written before about the impact of different medical conditions on body piercing, from Ehlners-Danlos Syndrome , PCOS , and ...

When we consider the queer history of modern American piercing, many of us think of the legend of “the gay ear”, some of us, more in the...

Attending the annual Association of Professional Piercers Conference in Las Vegas is a dream of most piercers. Every year we see the...

The point of no return!!!! It sounds kind of spooky, like a warning sign before a dirt road or the title of a cheesy horror flick. In...