Piercing Jewelry Options

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Monday July 14th, 2008 @ 4:11 AM

Filed under: Nipple

I am somewhat metal allergic I can get by with surgical steel or titanium in my ears but I had a bad reaction when I had my nose pierced and ended up needing to get it re-pierced with quartz

I want to get my nipples pierced with something non metal do you know if an internally threaded barbell made of pyrex or quartz exists and where i could get them.

I know titanium is an option but Id hate to have a reaction

Thank you

So you’re basing your allergic reaction on your single nostril piercing that went “bad”?

For everyone reading this I ENCOURAGE you most desperately to not self-diagnose any potential allergies. If you feel you are having an allergic reaction to ANYTHING, I urge you to seek out a dermatologist to conduct an allergy test. That way you can EXACTLY figure out what you are allergic to.

Know that the issue you had might have been a result of poor quality jewelry. Know that any jewelry that’s marked “Surgical” has to be viewed very skeptically. As the reality is in the medical field they do not leave Surgical Instruments inside the body. Only IMPLANT grade materials are to be left inside the body, this includes even a body piercing.

Implant Grade Steel or Implant Grade Titanium (do a AskBME search on these topics for more info) with a mirrored polish and that’s internally threaded SHOULD not provide any complications such as what you were describing. As these metals have been confirmed safe for long term wearing inside the body and are the exact same metals they use in implant procedures such as screws, bolts, pins, plates,etc.

There is currently no “internally threaded quartz glass” jewelry on the market. The most you can get is a Quartz Glass Tongue retainer and wear an o-ring on one side, the other side has a balled end.

However as I said your best option is to actually get yourself educated/informed on the basic jewelry material criteria so that you can be prepared to investigate to find who’s using the best quality jewelry…and who’s simply using the cheap bicycle spoke that was broken off a poor indonesian, and converted into a barbell to make some cash.

So as I said if you think you got allergies, get those thoughts confirmed, don’t just assume you have said allergies. As it could have most likely been from the low quality of the metal or even the buffing compound that was left on the jewelry due to improper processing within the piercing studio.

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