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2. Body jewelry sizes - Wikipedia

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   Items of body piercing jewelry have an important common factor: the diameter of the part of the item of jewelry where it will rest in the piercing site. With the wearing of European-traditional kinds of earrings, that thickness is not an issue, because jewelry is made to use only thin wire for support, and the wearer need only have a narrow piercing hole to accommodate it.

3. Stretching (body piercing) - Wikipedia

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   Flesh tunnel (metal) Stretched nipple piercing with larger gauge ball closure ring There is a large variety of jewelry available for stretched piercings. Many jewelry materials can be used in the manufacturing of jewelry for stretched piercings; materials that would ordinarily be too delicate or brittle to be inserted in smaller-gauge piercings are freely used.

4. Earring - Wikipedia

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   Cartilage piercings are more complex to perform than earlobe piercings and take longer to heal. [2] Earring components may be made of any number of materials, including metal, plastic, glass, precious stone, beads, wood, bone, and other materials. Designs range from small hoops and studs to large plates and dangling items.

5. Plug (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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   An example of an earplug Totonac figurine wearing prominent earspools.. A plug (sometimes earplug or earspool), in the context of body modification, is a short, cylindrical piece of jewelry commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings. [1]

6. Nose piercing - Wikipedia

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   Large-gauge septum piercing Fulani woman with traditional nose ring and mouth tattooThe nasal septum is the cartilaginous dividing wall between the nostrils. Generally, the cartilage itself is not pierced, but rather the small gap between the cartilage and the bottom of the nose (sometimes called the "sweet spot" by piercers), typically at 16g (1.2 mm) although it is often stretched to a ...

7. Body piercing - Wikipedia

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   In Genesis 35:4, [7] Jacob buries the earrings worn by members of his household along with their idols. In Exodus 32, [8] Aaron makes the golden calf from melted earrings. Deuteronomy 15:12–17 [9] dictates ear piercing for a slave who chooses not to be freed. [10] Earrings are also referenced in connection to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi in the ...