Jewelry & Sizing

What "Implant-Grade" Actually Means

What jewellery is made of matters more in a healing piercing than in any other kind of body adornment, because it is in continuous contact with an open…

Getting Jewellery Length Right, Before and After Healing

Jewellery that is the right thickness and the wrong length causes more problems than almost anything else in a healing piercing — and the correct length…

Why Piercing Gauge Runs Backwards

Body jewellery gauge runs backwards from every other measurement people are used to: a higher number means a thinner bar. A 20g nose stud is 0.8 mm; a 0g…

Body Jewellery Materials: What Is Safe to Wear