Internal Threads vs External Threads: What's the Difference?
Internally threaded is the preferred and used design by studios affiliated with the Association of Professional Piercers (APP).
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Internally threaded is the preferred and used design by studios affiliated with the Association of Professional Piercers (APP).
What is the APP and why do you want your piercer to be a member?
It's now autumn, and our two most enthusiastic Halloween connoisseurs, Matt and Nik, have compiled this list of ten tattoos to get you in your spooky feels!
Here's our fun little take on the trending, Zodiac Signs. We go down from January till December, take a look at this fun and cute ideas. All artists are credited!
Since we are gladly reopening that means we are allowed to sell our beautiful jewelry since we are a jewelry retail store. So we can sell you any jewelry pieces you may need or put you on a waitlist for custom orders but we are not allowed to pierce and...
If you want to learn a little history about why piercings had become well known over the last decade, check out our blog!
Hello class this will be starting classes (series) for the history of tattoos, where they first came from, each culture's traditions, the tools and inks they had used for, etc. The first topic we are going to dive in is ‘Who was the first person to have been tattooed.` Any...
We understand wanting piercings. You want them on your ears, your body, and your face. Unfortunately, sometimes our lifestyles – work, family, school – don't feel the same way. Even more unfortunately, sometimes we have to lose the argument.
Surgical steel is something of a mystery metal; there are roughly 450 different mixes that qualify as surgical steel. Pretty much all of them carry some content of nickel. Nickel is a known sensitizer (people become more sensitive through contact).
The “snake eyes” piercing is an oral piercing that we at Master Pierce have taken a stance against. It's considered a fad piercing, and, as with most fad piercings, there are multiple risks involved with it.
What makes or breaks the healing of a piercing is the aftercare. There are countless articles, blog posts, and websites out there that all claim to have the best tips and tricks to take care of your fresh piercing. Unfortunately, the vast majority of them rely on outdated procedures or...
As we tell many of our clients: There are risks to breastfeeding your baby with nipple piercings, however, they can be reduced or eliminated with careful planning. The most common risks to your infant from pierced nipples include leaking milk (creating too fast a flow), obstructed ducts leading to lowered...
Any professional piercer will tell you that piercing guns are unsafe and unsanitary. Here's why.
At least three times a day, someone walks in and asks us, “Do daith piercings cure migraines?” Short answer? There is no medical research that proves daith piercings cure migraines. Long answer? Things get a little bit more complicated
As a whole, we at Master Pierce generally suggest that you wait until your child is old enough to ASK for the piercing. If your child has asked and has shown the ability to understand basic hygiene needs for a fresh wound, we encourage you to call us to schedule...
Much like navel piercings, a properly pierced industrial barbell is heavily dependent on anatomy. Forcing an industrial through ill-suited anatomy can result in physical damage to the surrounding area, warping of the ear, scarring, and even tissue loss in some extreme cases.