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Dermals 101: What to Expect and How to Keep Your Piercing Clean

Are you curious about dermal piercings? Finding the right Fargo piercing shop that has everything you need will help you make the right decision. Almost Famous Body Piercing is the right shop to take care of you! We also offer dermal piercings at our St. Cloud and Minneapolis locations.

What is a dermal piercing?

A dermal piercing, which is also a surface piercing, is a piece of jewelry that shows a decorative top on the surface of your skin with an...

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Holiday Gift Guide

We've put together a Holiday Gift Guide to help you choose gifts for those in your life that love body piercings. Each of our stores have extensive jewelry options but we've narrowed it down to some of our most popular items. Depending on the piercing that the person has, it can sometimes be difficult to purchase jewelry if you're not sure of the gauge, length, or diameter they may need. In these cases, we recommend a gift card instead of...

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Stretched Earlobes Are a Human Tradition

The history of body modification is as long as human history itself. People from various cultures and time periods throughout the world have stretched their earlobes because the cartilage of the ear has adequate strength to hold up large pieces of jewelry placed in pierced and stretched earlobes. We think of stretching a modern practice but it has actually been a tradition for many cultures for thousands of years.

The Ancient World

Body piercings and stretched lobes were done in ritualistic...

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Ear Piercings as Acupuncture: Finding Relief through Auriculotherapy

There are many reasons for getting pierced. Some people get piercings as a form of personal expression, as a religious tradition, and sometimes to conquer a fear. More recently though, people have been using piercing as a form of healing. A 5,000 year old healing tradition that acts as an alternative and holistic approach to medicine, which we now call acupuncture! Acupuncture and auriculotherapy came about during the stone age and have advanced in to the specific fields of medicine that...

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10 Things You Need to Know Before Being Pierced

Identification is required every time you wish to be pierced.

No matter if it is your first time being pierced with us, or you visit us often, you must present a valid form of identification at the time of the piercing. State and local laws mandate that identification be presented in order to receive a piercing regardless of age. If you have been pierced with us before, we are unable to pull identification off of previous release forms for...

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Celebrating National Piercing Day in the Fargo Store

On May 16, Almost Famous decided to celebrate National Piercing Day with basic piercings for $16 and $10 dermals! So many people came in to get their nose, eyebrow, tongue, lip or bellybutton done for a crazy good price. Thank you to the hundreds of guys and girls who came out to get pierced!

We made sure to document this day with by-the-minute coverage. Check out some of the highlights below:

 Shay is on the air with Adam and Amy from the Y-94 Morning Playhouse! https://www.almostfamouspiercing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Shay-Experience-3.mp3

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Review: Rook, Daith, and 3rd Lobe

I have been coveting my friend's rook piercing for years and decided to treat myself today. And since I’m on vacation, why not?? The staff at Almost Famous Body Piercing was patient, courteous, and incredibly helpful. I basically had a consult, and it wasn't until I was absolutely comfortable with my choice of jewelry (they advised titanium, due to my nickel sensitivity), piercings (the coveted rook, the daith, and one in my lobe for symmetry), and placement that we proceeded....

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Why Do Your Piercings Smell Bad?

Have you ever noticed that your healed piercings sometimes smell, well, awful? It’s something between rotting food and smelly feet, and it’s enough to make even your pets run (or want to give you a bath!).  Some people call it ear funk, ear cheese, piercing funk, ear stink, or just plain yuk!

Cause of the Smell

So exactly what produces this worse than normal, even perfume won’t cover it up smell?  Your body secretes a substance called sebum as...

Single Point Piercings

Currently a very popular piercing, single point piercings (also known as dermals or dermal anchors) have gained popularity in the last few years. The best thing about the most recent version of dermal anchor jewelry is the ability to change the tops without removing the bottom of the jewelry that is below the skin surface. When dermals were first developed, the gem was not a separate piece, and could not be changed unless you removed the entire piece of...