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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Piercing Types
Know your placements — ear and nostril, navel and tongue, lip and nipple, eyebrow and labret, and the piercings behind each name.
10 entriesJewelry & Sizing
The jewelry that fills a piercing — barbells, captive rings, and plugs, and the implant-grade titanium, surgical steel, and niobium they're made from.
7 entriesHealing & Aftercare
How a piercing heals — wound healing and skin, saline and antiseptics, scars and keloids, and the basics of keeping a fresh piercing clean.
8 entriesGauge Stretching
Going bigger, slowly — ear stretching and the earlobe, plugs and jojoba oil, and the long human story of stretched adornment from lip plates to neck rings.
8 entries