piercings
Jewelry through skin
Piercings are holes made in the body to hold decorative jewelry.
Ear piercings are most common, but piercings appear on noses, eyebrows, lips, tongues, navels, nipples, and genitals.
The word refers both to the holes themselves and the jewelry worn in them: She has multiple piercings, I need to clean my piercings.
Getting pierced ranges from mall kiosks for earlobes to specialized studios for more intimate locations.
Jewelry worn on lobes
- studsStructural wall timbers
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
- barbellsWeighted lifting bars
- labretLower lip piercing jewelry
septum · industrial · gauges · plugs · tunnels · dermal · conch · rook
Soft lower pinna
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- tragusEar's inner projection
- conchSpiral-shelled marine gastropod
rook · industrial · septum · nostril · bridge · eyebrow · lip · labret
Sharp wound from insect
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
swelling · inflammation · sensitivity · discomfort · wince · flinch · healing · recovery
Pointed implement for sewing
- punctureHole from penetration
- clampDevice for holding tight
- markingIndicating with symbols
- insertionPlacing something within
placement · sterilization · autoclave · aftercare · healing · saline · piercer · studio
Conveying one's inner world
- individualityUnique personal character
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
subculture · punk · goth · alternative · statement · aesthetic · modification · transformation
Of a clan
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- indigenousOriginating in a region
Maori · septum · spiritual · heritage · symbolism · adornment · status · beauty
earrings
Jewelry worn on lobes
labret · septum · industrial · gauges · plugs · tunnels · dermal · conch · rook · tragus
earlobe
Soft lower pinna
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- tragusEar's inner projection
conch · rook · industrial · septum · nostril · bridge · eyebrow · lip · labret · medusa
sting
Sharp wound from insect
tenderness · swelling · inflammation · sensitivity · discomfort · wince · flinch · healing · recovery · redness
needle
Pointed implement for sewing
insertion · placement · sterilization · autoclave · aftercare · healing · saline · piercer · studio · appointment
self-expression
Conveying one's inner world
- individualityUnique personal character
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- rebellionDefiance of established power
nonconformity · subculture · punk · goth · alternative · statement · aesthetic · modification · transformation · empowerment
tribal
Of a clan
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
indigenous · Maori · septum · spiritual · heritage · symbolism · adornment · status · beauty · ancient
- body customsgrooming, body modification, body art, tattooing, scarification
- self-expressionstyle, self-expression, fashion, self-portrait, clothing
- body culturebody image, body modification, body positivity, body shaming, body art
- body modificationtattoo, body modification, tattoos, tattooing, stretched lobes
- body enhancementsbionic arm, bionic eye, bionic leg, bionic limb, brain implant
- subculture signalsgang signs, hand signs, secret handshakes, coded language, dog whistles
piercingstattoos
Permanent skin markings
scarification · branding · subdermal implants · permanent makeup · implants
piercingstemporary tattoos
Removable body art
body paint · henna · makeup · accessories · clothing
- septum piercingOrnament through nasal divider
- piercing toneHarsh, penetrating sound
- body piercingPuncturing flesh for adornment
- nose piercing
- piercing stare
- tongue piercingJewelry through oral muscle