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| | Making a small [[Scalpel|scalpel]] cut outward from an existing hole enlarges a [[Piercing|piercing]]. The advantage to '''scalpelled piercing''' over regular stretching is that it gives precise control over which tissue is thinned out. In addition, it may allow for a slight relocation of a piercing. |
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| | | * [[Scalpelled Lobe]] |
| Iron oxide commonly used for beads
| | * [[Scalpelled Labret]] |
| Due to their pleasing appearance and low cost, hematite beads are commonly used on captive bead rings. Hematite is iron oxide - essentially a relatively inert silver gray/black form of rust. While it's perfectly safe to wear hematite as a bead, it is not recommended for subcutaneous use.<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><div class="floatright"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Hematite.jpg"><img alt="Hematite.jpg" height="224" src="/images/a/ae/Hematite.jpg" width="190"/></a></div>
| | * [[Scalpel Surface Piercing]] |
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| </p><p>Due to their pleasing appearance and low cost, hematite beads are commonly used on <a href="/index.php?title=Captive_Bead_Ring" title="Captive Bead Ring">captive bead rings</a>. Hematite is iron oxide - essentially a relatively inert silver gray/black form of <i>rust</i>. While it's perfectly safe to wear hematite as a bead, it is not recommended for subcutaneous use.
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| </p><p>Due to their pleasing appearance and low cost, hematite beads are commonly used on <a href="/index.php?title=Captive_Bead_Ring" title="Captive Bead Ring">captive bead rings</a>. Hematite is iron oxide - essentially a relatively inert silver gray/black form of <i>rust</i>. While it's perfectly safe to wear hematite as a bead, it is not recommended for subcutaneous use.
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Latest revision as of 10:52, 17 September 2023
Making a small scalpel cut outward from an existing hole enlarges a piercing. The advantage to scalpelled piercing over regular stretching is that it gives precise control over which tissue is thinned out. In addition, it may allow for a slight relocation of a piercing.
See Also