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'''corset''' is a stiff undergarment (although it is often worn as an outer garment) made with laces to fasten it tightly, commonly worn in former times to shape and support the body.
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For body-modification purposes, corsets are worn in order to effect semi-permanent changes to the waistline and trunk area. While older corsets were often fashioned of whalebone and lace, newer models are often made of a combination of modern materials, including latex, rubber, leather, and cloth, with metal linkings and accessories surrounding a metal or plastic frame and bracing (modern fashion corsets tend not to be as strong, to many people's surprise).
'''Corset piercings''' are actually just a specific configuration of [[Surface piercing|surface piercings]] or even just temporary [[Play piercing|play piercings]]. They are usually placed in two columns vertically along the back, mimicking the position of the eyelets on a [[Corset|corset]]. To heighten this illusion, string or decorative lacing can then be threaded through the jewelry.


Corsets are available in a variety of styles including [[Hourglass corset|hourglass corsets]], [[Stem Waist Corset|stem waist corsets]], [[Straight fronted corset|straight fronted corsets]], and [[Equestrine corset|equestrine corsets]] to name a few.
While these are typically placed on the back, the term has more recently come to be used to broadly refer to any paired ladders of piercings which can be laced together. Corset piercings have become a common element of fetish performance groups.


Some corsets include a "bra" (overbust), and others are shorter underbust styles. When choosing a corset, it is essential that it be properly fitted and well made. Fashion corsets are not appropriate for permanent shaping, as they are simply not strong enough — even a well-made body modification corset usually lasts, at best, a year.
It should be noted that these piercings are almost always temporary, and tend to be removed shortly after the event they were pierced for. These piercings are usually performed with [[Captive Bead Ring|captive bead rings]] or even just [[Hypodermic needle|hypodermic needles]]; it is not reasonable to heal this modification utilizing this type of jewelry. It should be noted that if left in, much of the jewelery used in corset piercings has a very high risk of [[Rejection|rejection]] (highly visible in the second photo below), which will most likely leave scarring. Therefore, fairly prompt removal is necessary with most jewelery used. Some corset piercings have been sucessfully healed using carefully-placed [[Surface Bar|surface bars]] with [[Bondage Bar|bondage/slave rings]], but the location still leaves them prone to rejection. These pierceings can also be done with [[Microdermal|microdermals]] switching from a flat head to a captive head and laced for short periods. Keeping the captives and lacing in place for prolonged periods can cause rejection whereas the piercings can be maintained with the flat heads in place.


== See Also ==
==See Also==
* [[Posture Collar]]
* [[Surface Piercing|Surface Piercing]]
* [[Corsetry]]
* [[Rejection|Rejection]]
* [[Neck Stretching]]
 
* [[Binding]]
==External Links==
* [[Corset Piercings]]
* [[BME]] article: [http://news.bmezine.com/2005/04/17/seriously-wtf-start-doing-corset-piercings-properly-the-publishers-ring/ Seriously, WTF? START DOING CORSET PIERCINGS PROPERLY]
* [[Foot Binding]]

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Corset piercings are actually just a specific configuration of surface piercings or even just temporary play piercings. They are usually placed in two columns vertically along the back, mimicking the position of the eyelets on a corset. To heighten this illusion, string or decorative lacing can then be threaded through the jewelry.

While these are typically placed on the back, the term has more recently come to be used to broadly refer to any paired ladders of piercings which can be laced together. Corset piercings have become a common element of fetish performance groups.

It should be noted that these piercings are almost always temporary, and tend to be removed shortly after the event they were pierced for. These piercings are usually performed with captive bead rings or even just hypodermic needles; it is not reasonable to heal this modification utilizing this type of jewelry. It should be noted that if left in, much of the jewelery used in corset piercings has a very high risk of rejection (highly visible in the second photo below), which will most likely leave scarring. Therefore, fairly prompt removal is necessary with most jewelery used. Some corset piercings have been sucessfully healed using carefully-placed surface bars with bondage/slave rings, but the location still leaves them prone to rejection. These pierceings can also be done with microdermals switching from a flat head to a captive head and laced for short periods. Keeping the captives and lacing in place for prolonged periods can cause rejection whereas the piercings can be maintained with the flat heads in place.

See Also

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