Urban Body Jewelry Blog

Jewelry Size Standards and Conversions for Body Piercing

Jewelry sizing for the body piercing industry is actually pretty simple. There are three types of measurements to determine the size of a piece of jewelry. You have gauges, inches, and metric uni...

Single or Double Flare Plugs?

If you are in the piercing world and interested in stretched ears, then it may be good for you to know the difference between a single and double flare plug. Or how about starting with what a plu...

Types of Nose Body Jewelry

Nose piercings can be an exciting new adventure in your future. As you are deciding where to select your piercing, you also need to determine what type of jewelry you are wanting as well. So, let...

New Arrivals: F136 Titanium Tunnel Plugs

After months in development, we have finally released our new line of G23 ASTM F136 Titanium tunnel plugs. Both styles are available in 8g, 6g, 4g, 2g, 0g, 00g, 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8", and 1...

Lip Piercings: The Basics

Lip piercings are an amazing way to show off your lips and mouth. The hardest part of obtaining a lip piercing is deciding what type of piercing you are going to obtain. Lip piercings work for th...

Cartilage Piercing Jewelry

Cartilage piercings are extremely popular in today’s culture. There are also tons of options for cartilage jewelry. Cartilage is firm connective tissue and in piercings we are usually referring t...

Beginners Guide to Getting Pierced

You are ready to commit to an awesome piercing, but you need some guidance on how to make the right decisions during this process. This is the article for you! This step-by-step guide will help yo...

Getting to Know Your Piercing Sizes

Determining that you want a piercing is the first step. Next, is to determine where you want that piercing to be located. Then you must select the type of body jewelry you are interested in weari...

The Tongue Piercing

If deciding a tongue piercing is what you desire, there are several things you should consider before piercing. This type of piercing is often selected to be edgy with the ability to conceal if n...

All About Cheek Piercings

Have you always wanted dimples? Now is your chance. Cheek piercings are all the rage and can give you the dimples you have always wanted. Cheek piercings are also known as dimple piercings. The p...

5 Popular Piercings for Men

Piercings can bring out a whole new style in your life. Determining that you want a piercing is the first step and then deciding where you are going to put this piercing is the next step. The fin...

10 Distinguished Lip Piercing Styles

Lips are a popular location to get piercings. There are many styles and locations in the mouth area that are selected for piercing and there are many different jewelry selections that can make tha...

Septum Piercing Concepts That Break Through The Barrier

Piercings are unique and as individual as the person wearing them. One of those individual piercings is known as a septum piercing. Although there are several septum areas in the body, the one we...