Body jewelry although means jewelry which can be worn on the body, the term is used to refer to belly rings, nose studs, toe rings, nose screw, barbells, tongue bars and for jewelry designed for pierced lips, eyebrows, belly or any skin surface. Body jewelry is mainly worn on pierced areas and used to decorate them. Body jewelry is a current trend and is very popular with the younger crowd.
Body jewelry may be made of silver ,gold, stainless steel, titanium, acrylic, white god, wood, ivory, Swarovski crystal or steel. The common styles are dangle, captive bead, jugular, pincher, straight, cone and glow in the dark. Although the materials used to make body jewelry are very friendly to the body yet one should carefully choose these jewelry as some materials may not suit certain skin types. Usually stainless steel is commonly used to make body jewelry, but, acrylic body jewelry cannot be worn on fresh or unhealed piercing. One should also be careful while doing heavy work wearing these jewelries as they may break and harm the person.
Some of the well-known companies selling body jewelry are MsPiercing.com, Painful Pleasures, Rob Diamond, Jewelry Television, Royal Piercing, Alluring Body, Body Jewelry by the Chain Gang and Silver Volcano among many others. There are many online shops where one can view the latest designs of body jewelry and choose from a wide variety of options. Nowadays body jewelry can easily be customized according to the choice of the customer.
