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Wearing Multiple Earrings: Choosing Your Combinations

almostfamous12017-08-11T17:54:32-05:00

With piercings becoming more common as a fashion consideration, it's a perfectly reasonable measure to think about coordinating and incorporating your piercings into your overall fashion style. Below are some suggestions on areas of the body that can fit multiple piercings and even ways to personalize those piercings. We get a lot of people in, asking if they can try jewelry on to see what it would look like before they get pierced. We’re not able to do this but some of...

Why Doesn’t My New Piercing Look Exactly Like The Picture?

almostfamous12017-06-28T18:19:23-05:00

We live in a time where we have mass amounts of creativity at our fingertips. You can use websites such as Pinterest to find your next piercing idea and there will be a multitude of options to choose from. Using this kind of inspiration is perfect. It’s a quick and easy way to share new ideas. The thing to remember, however, is that these photos are of fully healed piercings. When you get a fresh piercing, remember that it is a...

Chart Your Own Stars: A Guide to Constellation Piercings

almostfamous12017-05-11T14:49:24-05:00

A lot of people are comfortable with just having a single piercing. Some are comfortable with two or three. But suppose that there could be more, and not just randomly placed on the ear or wherever there was enough room. Suppose something more interesting could be done. The idea of constellation piercings certainly qualifies.

Constellation PIercings: Point By Point

If the term is unfamiliar, don't worry. It's a fairly recent sort of style, or at least one that has only recently been...

The History of Popular Piercings

almostfamous12017-04-13T18:33:16-05:00

Piercings Through The Ages

It seems that people have always had piercings. Putting sharp objects through our skin dates back nearly 5,000 years. The oldest mummified body discovered to date even had piercings! Ancient African cultures pierced lips and tongues, while nose and ear piercings were popular in ancient Israel. In ancient times, body piercings signified a number of things, from one's stature in the community to the wealth of one's husband… even as a means of warding off evil. While we've...

What Kind of Person Gets a Piercing?

almostfamous12017-01-17T10:37:54-06:00

Why Do People Get Piercings?

While many question why people get piercings, those who choose them often do so for a variety of well-thought out reasons. Piercings are used as identifiers. They can enhance beauty and give the bearer a sense of pride in the way they look and feel about themselves. Many people have chosen to get piercings for personal reasons ranging from remembering a loved one to pure aesthetics.

Piercing Tradition

Many cultures use piercings as a rite of passage. Nose...