From time to time, readers of the Freshtrends piercing and body jewelry blog write to ask where to go for a piercing where they can be sure it’s safe, clean, etc. Obviously I don’t know a piercer in every single town, but a safe bet is to check out the Association of Professional Piercers (APP) at safepiercing.org. From their site name, safety is one of the main concerns of the association. Any piercer that took the time to...

It is amazing how many world records are out there and what it actually takes to get there. What I like about this Jeremy Stroud character that just recently broke the Guinness World Record for the most piercings in one sitting, topping out with 1197, is that he was no stranger to the piercing and tattoo community. He knew, exactly, the exhilarating pain of both tattoos and piercings, yet he admitted that while trying this feat, his...

I am torn. I love the Monroe, as well as tiny nose piercings. If I were 15 years younger and not already in a company fo a long time where everyone knows me, I think I would do it in a heart beat. Where I become split is that I think piercings can add so much to the perception of your personality or at least the expression of it, both good and bad, but I feel like I have worked with or known people for so long that I wonder how it...

Body piercings will make most non-pierced people think of one of four places: the bellybutton, the nipple, the genital area, and of course the face. But if you want something a little bit different here’s some unusual body piercings to check out. These are called surface piercings because they don’t go in one side and out the other like the ear, nose, bellybutton, etc. If you get a surface piercing be sure to go to a...

Can you say H.O.T.? Hot! The sexy glamour abounds, first of all from her beauty and shape, but then secondly from the interesting mix of design from the tattoos and piercings. It is unbelievably unique. How many times have you personally seen anything like this? Like the cliché saying, “If you are gonna go…go all out!” and she did, and...