Subject: rec.arts.bodyart: Piercing FAQ 1--Introduction
Date: 5 May 1995 08:05:23 GMT
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Archive-name: bodyart/piercing-faq/part1
Posting-frequency: Monthly


This is Part 1 of the rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ file that is posted on
a monthly basis (during the first week of the month) and includes
information about everything that might concern piercing. If you would
like to know what rec.arts.bodyart is as a newsgroup and how to obtain
both the Piercing FAQ and the Tattoo FAQ via ftp, read the separate
postings entitled: "Meta-FAQ" and the "Welcome and Netiquette FAQ", posted
twice a month and maintained by Lani
Teshima-Miller (teshima@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu). 


The rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ is broken up into 9 parts:
 1--Introduction <---YOU ARE READING THIS FILE
 2--Piercings & Jewelry
 3--Getting A New Pierce
 4--Professional Piercers
 5--Care Of A New Pierce
 6--Problems And Hazards
 7--Healed Pierces
 8--Misc. Info
 9--Resource List

WHAT'S NEW IN THE FAQ?

I am still looking for additions to the female and male piercing 
experiences sections. Please feel free to submit a written 
account of your piercing experience (including piercing 
technique, healing time, and what your piercing has contributed 
to your life) to my address. 

All texts written by Anne Greenblatt unless otherwise noted.

Although there is no copyright to the FAQ, it would be 
appreciated if any reprinting or further distribution is 
approved by Anne Greenblatt and the respective authors. 

Please remember that body piercing is an inexact science - the 
information contained in the FAQ is culled from group knowledge 
and experience. Thus, opinions on almost all aspects may vary or 
conflict. Remember that each person's experience is different . 
One aspect of piercing that everyone agrees on - keep it safe 
and keep it clean! 

Table of Contents of the rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ:

 1--Introduction

 2--Piercings & Jewelry
    1. Suggested Metals For Body Piercings
       1a. Surgical Steel for Body Piercings 
    2. Jewelry Sizes
       2a. Gauges And Equivalents
    3. Jewelry Designs
    4. Piercing Types And Their Suggested Jewelry
       4a. Female Genital Piercings
       4b. Male Genital Piercings

 3--Getting A New Pierce
    1. Choosing the right jewelry
    2. What to look for in a piercer
    3. Tools and technique
    4. Methods of sterilization

 4--Professional Piercers
    1. United States - professional org., jewelry & hospital suppliers
    2. Canada
    3. Beyond North America
    4. European Professional Piercers Association

 5--Care Of A New Pierce
    1. Cleaning Agents 
    2. Healing Ointments 
    3. Treating Facial Piercings
    3. Treating Mouth-Related Piercings
    4. Treating Body Piercings
    5. Treating Genital Piercings
    6. Care Instructions From Elayne Binnie
       6a. Lips, Labret And Cheek Piercings
       6b. Body piercings
       6c. Ear Lobe, Ear Cartilage, Tragus, Conch, Nostril, 
           Septum and Eyebrows
       6d. Tongue Piercings
    7. The Healing Process - Is My Piercing Fully Healed?

 6--Problems And Hazards
    1. Keloid Scars
    2. Methods Of Treating Keloids

 7--Healed Pierces
    1. Changing Jewelry
    2. Stretching Piercings
    3. Piercing Adornments
    4. Bdsm Play, And Chasity
    5. Play Piercing
    6. Hiding And Retaining Piercings
    7. Piercings and Surgery

 8--Misc. Info
    1. Piercings And Surgery
    2. History Of The Nipple Piercing
    3. Personal experiences
       3a. Tongue Pierce
       3b. Labret Piercing
       3c. Hand Web Piercing
       3d. Eyelet Piercings
       3e. Nipple Piercing
       3f. Triangle Piercing
       3g. Niebuhr, or Erle
       3h. Vertical Clitoral Hood Piercing
       3i. Horizontal Clitoral Hood Piercing

 9--Resources List
       1. Books and Magazines
       2. Videos
       3. Online Sites





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                            Anne Greenblatt
               Piercing FAQ Manager for rec.arts.bodyart
          > Proprietor of Piercing Exquisite, Richmond, VA <
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