{"id":354,"date":"2019-08-03T03:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T03:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.body-piercing.com\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:22:09","slug":"boys-vs-girls-piercing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.body-piercing.com\/blog\/boys-vs-girls-piercing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys VS Girls – Piercing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Boys VS Girls – Piercing Guide<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Body piercing\njewelry types exist for a range of different body piercing styles and\nareas. These range from simple ball rings and stretching jewelry to\nthe more hardcore forms of body modification jewelry. It’s always\nbest to keep both sexes in mind, either when you are stocking your\npiercing supplies or looking for new piercing ideas! \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body Piercing Favorites for Girls<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The standard body\npiercings for women include ear, nose, nipple, tongue, belly button,\nlips, and vulva piercings. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Ear Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the\nstandard earlobe piercing, women also have at least 13 other options,\nwhich include piercing the inner conch, outer conch, industrial,\ndaith, tragus, orbital, snug, amongst others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These have unique\njewelry types for each area including stud, labret stud, spiral,\nbarbell, cuff earrings, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Nose Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common body piercings for women after the ear is nose piercing. Nose piercings can be done on either side of the nose, the nose-bridge, and high nostrils. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nose can be\nadorned with any of the following jewelry types: nose stud, straight\nand bent barbell (which would be an excellent choice for nose bridge\npiercing) or hoops. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Nipple Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As compared to the percentage of women with nose piercings, those with nipple piercings are quite small. This is because the nipple piercing takes almost a year to heal and it can be slightly uncomfortable. Nipple piercings do not have so many placement options as other types of body piercing, but different jewelry types can be used to adorn the nipple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most popular\nbody piercing jewelry types are straight or bent barbells. It is more\ncomfortable at the early stage of piercing and they are great for use\nas initial piercing jewelry. Subsequently, nipple rings and dangle\nnipple rings can be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Tongue Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tongues are a\nsensual and exciting piercing option for many women. Straight\nbarbells are commonly worn in the tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Belly Button\nPiercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belly button\npiercings are also attributed to a woman\u2019s sensuality and\nfemininity. There are many alternative placement points for belly\nbutton piercing as well as thousands of jewelry type options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Lip Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be done either vertically or horizontally and the choice made determines the jewelry type to be worn. Jewelry options for lip piercing include barbells, studs, and labret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Female Genital\nPiercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most popular\nfemale genital piercings are in the clitoral hood, labia, Princess\nDiana and Christina. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bent or circular barbells and captive rings would be the jewelry types of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body Piercing Favorites for Boys<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most body piercings\ncommon with women are also common in men who love piercings. Popular\nones include; ear, nose, eyebrow, tongue, nipple, genitals and lip\npiercings which top the popularity chart. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Ear Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rook, Industrial, and helix piercings are the quite common piercing options for men. The most used jewelry types are captive bead rings and barbells, but extend to conical plugs and spiral rings. Men are also keen on stainless steel and moving into the stretching tunnel type more commonly associated with body modification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Nose Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nose piercings in\nmen involve the septum, nasallang, and rhino piercings, which could\nbe seen to enhance masculinity in a tribal warrior style. Jewelry\ntypes for male nose piercings are pinchers, spiked studs, septum\ntusks, captive bead rings, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Eyebrow\nPiercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jewelry choice\nfor eyebrow piercings for men can be simple rings, or if they want to\ngo with a more masculine outline something like hoops, skulls, dice,\nand circular barbells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Tongue Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tongue piercing may\nbe less common in men when compared to women, but anything goes in\ntoday’s society. There are some that believe that tongue piercings\nenhance sensuality, so this might be a reason that men are becoming\nmore interested!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Nipple Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nipple piercing is\nthe most common body piercing in men. This can be partly because men\ncan freely walk around shirtless, unlike women. Body piercing jewelry\ntypes preferred by guys for their nipples include spiked, straight or\ncircular barbells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Genital\nPiercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most common placement options are Prince Albert piercing, reverse Prince Albert piercing and the frenum piercing. Others include; dolphin, apadravya, ampallang, and dydoe piercings, for the adventurous man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Lip Piercings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vertical and\nhorizontal lower lip piercing is also common in men. Labret, studs,\nhoops, straight and circular barbells, and lip loop jewelry are great\noptions for guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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