Belly button rings are the jewelry inserted into a navel when it is pierced. Most initial navel piercings are done with a curved barbell, a piece of jewelry consisting of a stainless steel bar with beads that unscrew at both ends. Less commonly, captive bead rings may be used.
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Stretching a piercing to wear larger jewelry is sometimes incorrectly called "gauging." The word "gauge" actually refers to the size of the jewelry, with smaller numbers being larger gauges.
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Nipple piercings, once the practice of a small subculture, have become quite commonplace. Professional piercers learn to pierce nipples early in their training. This frequently requested modification can be performed on almost all women and many men, depending on individual anatomy.
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Improper aftercare or manipulation of a piercing with dirty hands can cause it to become infected. Swelling, redness and sensitivity are normal with a new piercing, and there is a difference between irritation and infection.
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Red henna, or Lawsonia inermis, is a green powder that dyes light hair to a deep orange. Using henna to color your hair requires mixing the powder with water to a mud-like consistency and working the thick paste through your locks. It is a dye that takes a number of shampoos to fade.
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The process of stretching a piercing to accommodate larger jewelry is sometimes incorrectly called "gauging," but the word gauge actually refers to the size of the jewelry. One of the most commonly stretched piercings is the earlobe.
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If your stretched earlobe has torn, your piercing may shrink. Repairing a tear in your earlobe is relatively straightforward if you still want to wear large-gauge earrings.
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Getting your ears pierced is a rite of passage for many girls, and even some boys too. The words "ear piercing" may well conjure memories of a trip to the mall, where you sat in a chair in the jewelry shop trying to look brave, watching anxiously while a teenage girl swabbed a piercing gun with alcohol.
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As a piercing heals, scar tissue forms. In the process of forming scar tissue, your body sheds dead skin cells. Your piercings may also secrete blood and plasma. While a foul odor coming from a piercing can be a sign of infection, it may simply be a sign that your piercing is not clean enough.
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When you get your nostril pierced, you are making a puncture wound in a thick piece of cartilage. Cartilage piercings take significantly longer to heal than those that go through a flap of skin, like an earlobe.
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If you haven't worn earrings in a long time, the holes in your earlobes may have closed. If you feel a small knot in the skin where the hole is, it is more than likely the fistula, or skin tunnel, created when your piercing healed.
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Body piercing uses a cannula, or hollow needle, to make a clean slice through skin. Because the needle enters the skin and comes out the other side, a piercing should be treated like any other puncture wound.
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A hypertrophic scar is a bump of raised scar tissue that forms around a piercing hole. Hypertrophic scars can occur with any piercing, but are particularly frequent with cartilage piercings on the ears or nostrils. According to master piercer Elayne Angel, author of "
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Exfoliation is the process of removing dead cells from the surface of the skin by scrubbing. Reasons for exfoliating the pubic hair area, also called the bikini area, include preventing ingrown hairs after shaving and preparing the area to be waxed.
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Pores are tiny openings in the skin that allow sebum, your skin's natural oil, to flow freely to the surface. When pores become clogged with dead skin cells, dirt and cosmetics or moisturizer, blackheads can be the result.
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Head lice can wreak havoc on your dreadlocks. Because dreads are long tubes of tightly knotted hair, combing them with a fine-toothed lice comb to remove nits is not possible. DreadheadHQ.com reports a range of home remedies submitted by clients, including rubbing alcohol, peroxide, shaving cream and cayenne pepper.
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Keeping oily skin under control can be challenging, but it is possible to do it yourself at home. Oily skin, or seborrhea, is caused by overactive sebaceous glands, a condition that can be driven or exacerbated by hormones. Women with oily skin may see increased acne breakouts during their menstrual periods.
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Earlobes and other piercings can be gradually stretched to accommodate thicker jewelry. The word "gauge" refers to the thickness of the jewelry, measured by diameter. The smaller the number is, the larger the gauge is; for example, an 18 gauge is smaller than a 2 gauge.
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Top Ramen is ubiquitous in college dorms, providing a quick, inexpensive meal to hungry students. A package of Top Ramen contains dried noodles and a small packet of powdered seasoning mix. Because it is very inexpensive and cooks quickly, ramen is often eaten as-is, with only boiling water added to make soup.
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Marrowfat peas - peas dried naturally in the field and then harvested - are the main ingredient in the English dish mushy peas, often served with fish and chips. This pub mainstay can be duplicated in your own kitchen. 1 cup of dried marrowfat peas contains approximately 100 calories, 13 grams of fiber and .
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