Teardrop tattoo and Vertical bridge piercing: Difference between pages

From BME Encyclopedia
(Difference between pages)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="120" src="/images/thumb/1/19/800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg/180px-800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg" title="Enlarge...")
 
(Page conversion via llm-mediawiki-rev -jwm)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="120" src="/images/thumb/1/19/800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg/180px-800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:800px-Lil_Wayne.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Rapper, Lil Wayne with a teardrop tattoo</div></div></div>
Referred to by some people as a "third eye piercing" or occasionally a "Unicorn piercing", the '''vertical bridge''' piercing sits vertically between the eyebrows (imagine an [[Eyebrow Piercing|eyebrow piercing]] right in the middle). It's often done using a [[Curved barbell|curved barbell]], but it really should be done with a [[Surface bar|surface bar]] in order to ensure good healing.
<p><a href="/index.php?title=Tattoo" title="Tattoo">Tattoos</a> of <b>tears</b> falling from the corner of the eye are said to mean that the wearer has killed somebody, or that someone close to them died, and can indicate affiliations with <a href="/index.php?title=Gangs" title="Gangs">gangs</a>. The teardrop tattoo originated from Chicano gangs in California. These are typically <a href="/index.php?title=Jailhouse" title="Jailhouse">Jailhouse</a> tattoos (and thus have a broad range of meanings, often local to the prison they were done in). These tattoos have become more popular in recent times, straying from the original meaning.
</p><p>They are also known as a "Cholo Tear".
</p>


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|[[File:Vertical Bridge-1.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Vertical Bridge]]
|[[File:Vertical Bridge-2.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Vertical Bridge]]
|[[File:Vertical Bridge-3.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Vertical Bridge]]
|[[File:Vertical Bridge-4.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Vertical Bridge]]
|}


</div></html>
==Alternative Names==
;Unicorn Piercing
: used in Europe
;Third Eye Piercing
: first used by [[Shawn Porter|Shawn Porter]] when he added photos of it to [[SPC|SPC]] and [[BME|BME]] in [[1995|1995]].
 
==See Also==
*[[Bridge Piercing|Bridge Piercing]]

Latest revision as of 22:28, 25 September 2023

Referred to by some people as a "third eye piercing" or occasionally a "Unicorn piercing", the vertical bridge piercing sits vertically between the eyebrows (imagine an eyebrow piercing right in the middle). It's often done using a curved barbell, but it really should be done with a surface bar in order to ensure good healing.

Vertical Bridge
Vertical Bridge
Vertical Bridge
Vertical Bridge

Alternative Names

Unicorn Piercing
used in Europe
Third Eye Piercing
first used by Shawn Porter when he added photos of it to SPC and BME in 1995.

See Also

Retrieved from "https://wiki.bme.com/index.php?title=Teardrop_tattoo&oldid=7200"