The Piercing Bible, Revised and Expanded: The Definitive Guide to Safe Piercing

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As a piercer, nurse, and educator, I can say without a doubt that this is the most complete book ever written for all people in our industry.”—David A. Vidra, founder and president of Health Educators, Inc. However, there is one verse that may not cast piercing in a favorable light. Does Leviticus Condemn Piercings? Due to all of that, and an intense dislike of being ill, I have made the painful decision to suspend touring again. Stay tuned for better news (I hope) in the future.

How to become a piercer, piercing throughout history and in modern culture, and the future of body piercing I'm happy to continue taking appointments with the understanding that this might happen. I will allow you to remain penciled in (without making a deposit) until the path forward becomes much clearer. You must be very gentle during sexual activities while you are healing because the dydoe generally frames the widest part of the anatomy. Wrapping sterile gauze around the jewelry when the piercing is fresh can be helpful to diminish jewelry movement during initial healing. NOTE: If we are going to get out of this mess, more people need to get vaccinated! If you haven't already, do it now! Encourage others to do so. If you're concerned about vaccine safety, seek information from RELIABLE SOURCES, not social media or your friends. Note that 96% of US doctors are vaccinated. Do you think they might know something about healthcare? The unvaccinated are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID, and nearly all current COVID-related deaths are among the unvaccinated population. I was featured in the 2003 MTV special, "A Social History of Body Piercing" in which I spoke extensively about genital and oral piercings.Our young people do not realize what they are doing has its roots in witchcraft and the practices of false religions. Those that have made trips to other parts of the world have viewed the bodies of those who have not only pierced and tattooed their bodies but have gone further, with mutilating their bodies. It is repulsive to see someone deform the body that the Lord made in perfection. The Lord admonishes us in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”If we are to glorify God in our bodies, how do body piercings glorify Christ? I received my honorary Master Piercer Certificate from my mentor and Gauntlet’s founder, Jim Ward, in December of 1992. It was the first such certificate issued by Gauntlet, and all the more an honor because it was granted after I announced my forthcoming departure from the company. I live in Mérida, Mexico, and normally do guest piercing tours around the United States, specializing exclusively in nipple and genital piercings. (Due to the coronavirus pandemic, I am piercing only twice in 2023. I'll be working in Detroit.) I'm the author of The Piercing Bible--The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing, the only mainstream reference book on the subject. I pen a monthly Q & A column on body piercing for Pain Magazine, a body industry trade publication. I provide online (photo) consultations for anyone with piercing questions or concerns, and also offer online one-on-one piercer coaching, providing customized continuing education to industry professionals. Additionally, but less happily, my photos have been used extensively without permission on book and album covers, and in print media ads for music CDs, computer products, cars, laser tattoo removal(!) and more. A photo of me was sold to Getty Images on a falsified release. My picture has been also used with my blessing at times as well. No one is more qualified to write this book than Elayne Angel. With more than three decades of personal experience to her credit, no one knows the subject better."

Will this body piercing be an obstacle to ministry? It’s conceivable that, in some situations, having a body piercing will aid a believer in his witness to others. And, if the piercing is decorated with Christian-themed jewelry, it could be a conversation-starter that leads to spiritual themes. But, for others, certain types of body piercings may hinder attempts to share the gospel. We are Christ’s ambassadors, delivering God’s message to the world (2 Corinthians 5:20). We must consider what message the body piercing sends and whether it will aid or detract from representing Christ and sharing the gospel. I do an extensive amount of research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, and based on the medical and scientific findings, there was no other conclusion to be reached. Just this week, the U.S. continues to set records for new coronavirus case numbers, and hospitalizations are up (so it isn’t just from expanded testing). A new study shows that approximately 1 in 10 cases suffers from an ongoing illness. [i] Even mild cases can have distressing and long-lasting effects. [ii] I would really like to avoid any of that. I'm still holding out some hope for the world returning to a semblance of normal, and that infection levels will eventually fall to a level with which I feel comfortable. In the same way that I don't take chances with the health of my clients, I don't take chances with my own. I appreciate your understanding. Stay safe! Well, I pierced in Detroit for seven days in late July and early August 2022. On the one hand, it was wonderful to see clients, pierce again, and circulate out in the world a bit. And, on the other hand, working in an N95 respirator definitely makes the job more challenging. (I do not share indoor air with those outside of my household.) Instead of a flat, pierceable surface, many men have a cordlike web in the center of the area where the Prince Albert is worn. In this case, the piercing can sometimes be set a little further down the shaft, or, more commonly, slightly off to one side. The web should be avoided because penetrating it makes an unstable, uncomfortable PA and tends to result in little flaps of cut tissue. If the skin is not webbed, then the piercing can safely go right in the center (if no visible blood vessels are present). Sometimes PAs are placed unnecessarily off to the side, probably for the same reason that a lot of so-called “pros” don’t pierce the midline under the tongue: poor training.Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. Genesis 35:2-4