The Piercing Bible, Revised and Expanded

Author: Elayne Angel
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1984859331
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Everything you need to know about ear, face, and body piercings—from how to find a skilled professional piercer to best practices for safe healing and optimal results. “As a piercer, nurse, and educator, I can say without a doubt that this is the most complete book ever written for all people in our industry.”—David A. Vidra, founder and president of Health Educators, Inc. Piercing expert Elayne Angel has performed over 50,000 piercings since the 1980s and has pioneered many placements, including tongue piercing and the triangle, lorum, and other genital piercings. Her authoritative and groundbreaking guidebook has been the definitive resource on body piercing since its publication in 2009. Many people are unaware of the elevated risks of getting pierced at a mall kiosk, by an untrained tattoo artist, or by a novice piercer; a skilled professional is necessary for safety and optimal results, whether piercing the ear, nose, or elsewhere. This revised and expanded edition is the only comprehensive reference book available to help you navigate the entire piercing process. It contains new illustrations, diagrams, and photos, along with fully updated information, including: • The best piercings and placements for various body parts and body types • Terminology, techniques, and tools of the trade • Vital sterility, sanitation, and hygiene information • Jewelry designs, sizes, materials, and quality • Piercing aftercare and troubleshooting advice for successful healing • How to become a piercer, piercing throughout history and in modern culture, and the future of body piercing The Piercing Bible, Revised and Expanded, includes essential medical and technical updates, as well as refreshed illustrations and jewelry photography, to reflect today's standards and best practices for safe, professional piercing.

The Piercing Bible Guide to Aftercare and Troubleshooting

Author: Elayne Angel
Publisher: Crossing Press
ISBN: 1607745852
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 85

Book Description
In this compilation of chapters on healing and troubleshooting from The Piercing Bible, piercing expert Elayne Angel distills her best advice on caring for new piercings, from cleaning and hygiene to avoiding trauma and infection. It includes healing tips for every type of piercing: · Earlobe · Cartilage · Nose · Eyebrow · Tongue · Navel · Nipple · Genital Elayne has performed more than 40,000 piercings over the course of her professional piercing career, so she’s seen it all—including every type of infection. Her troubleshooting tips address the problems that can arise, such as: · Localized infections · Abscesses · Cellulitis · Hypergranulation · Piercing pimples · Discoloration · Scarring · Dry skin · Tarnish tattoos · Dermatitis · Embedded jewelry · Traumatic tears · Rejection and migration With this quick, updated reference, you’ll know exactly how to clean and care for your new piercing, no matter what questions you may have.

Pagan Fleshworks

Author: Maureen Mercury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594775427
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
A groundbreaking work that sees the contemporary cultural trends of tattooing, piercing, implanting, and branding as a quest for a transformative psychic experience. • Features unforgettable color photographs by Steve Haworth, the foremost body modification artist in the United States. • Introduces a subculture that has gone far beyond the realm of simple tattooing. Acts of body modification are deeply rooted in physical impulses that are obscured in our technological society. As we become more removed from the physicality of our existence, we lose touch with an essential part of our humanity. Body modification is a way of reconnecting to our bodies, to the earth, and to the divine. Pagan Fleshworks reveals that the prevalence of body modification--tattooing, piercings, brandings, and implants--is the postmodern way to heal the body and enliven the soul. These "fleshworks" are the result of people creating their own rituals and symbols of meaning in order to feel a sense of the divine within. Maureen Mercury relates the various stages of obtaining fleshworks to the stages of alchemy, showing how fleshworks lead to psychic transformation--soul-making. Using mythological imagery and the stories of those who have chosen to modify their bodies, she identifies the signposts of our journey toward self-expression, exploring the connection between our desires and our outward life. More than 30 riveting color photographs by leading body modification artist Steve Haworth provide the perfect visual complement to this examination of the soul as it rises toward freedom.

Play Piercing

Author: Deborah Addington
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 0937609374
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Play piercing - the temporary insertion of sterile needles just under the surface of the skin - is acknowledged by many kinky players as one of the surest routes to bliss and transcendence (not to mention erotic excitement). Here you'll learn the nuts and bolts of safe, responsible play piercing, with lots of information on anatomy, safety and resources for play piercers. And you'll enjoy plenty of steamy real-life anecdotes of piercers, piercees and the very special connection between them.

Running the Gauntlet

Author: Jim Ward
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988851603
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Jim Ward tells the detailed story of discovering his own fascination with body piercing, his founding of Gauntlet (the first body piercing studio), and the beginning of the modern body piercing industry.

THEE PSYCHICK BIBLE

Author: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Publisher: Feral House
ISBN: 1932595945
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 547

Book Description
Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) will be remembered for its crucial influence on youth culture throughout the 1980s, popularizing tattooing, body piercing, "acid house" raves, and other ahead-of-the-curve cultic flirtations and investigations. Its leader was Genesis P-Orridge, co-founder of Psychick TV and Throbbing Gristle, the band that created the industrial music genre. The limited signed cloth edition of Thee Psychick Bible quickly sold out, creating demand for any edition of this 544-page book, which will be available in a handsome smyth-sewn paperback edition with flaps and ribbon. According to author Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, "this is the most profound new manual on practical magick, taking it from its Crowleyan empowerment of the Individual to a next level of realization to evolve our species."

Learn Body Piercing in 6 Weeks Or Less

Author: Jerry Frederick
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781456335953
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Body Piercing is a "Hands-On" occupation. One must perform a physical act, in a skillful manner, to accomplish the task of body piercing. To be a body piercer, one must actually learn to be proficient in executing these physical activities. This book demonstrates six different "simulated" piercing tasks that will teach you the physical skills of body piercing in six weeks or less. You don't need a real person to practice on to master these "mock piercing" skills. Each of the six practice techniques demonstrate real life, practice simulations that will prepare you to get started in the body piercing business as an apprentice or independent body piercer. It is the same concept as an airline pilot practicing in a simulator to develop and practice flying skills. To advance your body piercing skills, this book provides you with information on where to get self-learning video training and hard to find mentoring and coaching to get you "in the business" quickly. In addition to the physical elements of body piercing, the non-physical elements of body piercing are extensively covered in this book. You must know content like Aseptic Technique, avoiding cross-contamination, sterilization rules and regulations, how to measure jewelry, licensing, certification, and appropriate jewelry used for each piercing. If you want to learn the fundamentals of body piercing or just want to see what it is all about . . . you definitely need this book.

Whimsical Stitches

Author: Lauren Espy
Publisher: Blue Star Press
ISBN: 1944515798
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
2018 and 2019’s No. 1 Best-selling Amigurumi Book in the U.S.! Explore Amigurumi, the Japanese art of crochet design, with 30 unique and darling patterns. Whether a novice or an experienced crocheter, anyone can pick up a needle and complete these cuddly creations. Author and amigurumi guru Lauren Espy inspires crocheters with her easy-to-follow patterns, pictures, and helpful instructions. Lauren always takes the patterns one step at a time to ensure that your finished product is as cute as the creation on the page! In Whimsical Stitches: A Modern Makers Book of Amigurumi Crochet Patterns, amigurumi is explored through 30 simple, fanciful patterns in a variety of themes, including: • In the Garden • At the Aquarium • Down on the Farm • At the Bakery Brighten a room with flowers that won’t wilt, bring cheer to your table with colorful fruits that won’t attract flies, and add cuddly friends to a baby’s collection of favorite toys.

The Culture of Body Piercing

Author: Don Rauf
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1508180695
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
Piercing the body to wear jewelry is an ancient practice that has grown in popularity and acceptance in recent years. Today, people of all ages have embraced piercing, along with tattoos and other forms of body modification, as a way to express themselves. Piercing isn't just for ears anymore; noses, lips, eyebrows, navels, hands, tongues, and other body parts are all fair game. With captivating photographs, this dramatic book helps readers consider the cost and benefit of body piercing, as well as safety and health issues.

Body Piercing

Author: Nicky Pearce
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781097968497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Written in easy to understand and an applied manner, by one of the UK's most qualified body piercer "Nicky Pearce". Nicky began his love and practice of professional body piercing after completing his training with CAFLON piercing guns during his training in Beauty & Holistic Therapy. Piercing guns were only ever designed to pierce ears so Nicky had to find another way to do all the body piercings he was being asked to do. Since qualifying in 1995 Nicky has completed advanced training in the hard sciences and has degrees in health and teaching qualifications. This has helped him develop one of the best, most comprehensive piercing courses in the UK. The course is summed up in this textbook which will prepare any potential body piercer academically and make then ready for clinical training. Full of photos and self-directed learning tasks to help consolidate academic knowledge into understanding and clinical application. An exciting and essential piece of kit for any potential body piercer, whether new or old to this profession there's something for everyone.SUBJECTS COVERED: - Health, safety, hygiene, sterilization, infection control, clinical waste, legislation & licensing, ethics, law, consent, anatomy, physiology, dermatology, skin and wound healing, first aid, local anesthetics and pharmacology affecting the skin, tools, equipment, and materia medica, marking, placement, consultation, jewellery, sizes, gauges, healing times, materials science, nickel directive and allergies, anaphylaxis, blade v canula piercing techniques and more.