{"id":7714,"date":"2026-05-07T11:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/?p=7714"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:36:59","slug":"piercings-at-grace-and-a-handy-dandy-piercing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/piercings-at-grace-and-a-handy-dandy-piercing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Piercings at Grace (and a Handy-Dandy Piercing Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grace Church students have a wide variety of piercings that are studded with meaning! Keep reading to see glammed-out Grace goers and a Handy-Dandy Piercing Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn Indian culture, piercings are the first cycle of life,\u201d Anika V. \u201827 explained. \u201cThese are my mom\u2019s!\u201d Anika also mentioned that in India, men traditionally often wear piercings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Apollo K. \u201826, their piercings carry meaning. \u201cI love wearing hoops because they remind me that everything is cyclical and repeats itself,\u201d they said. \u201cIt\u2019s the nature of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Luke N. \u201826, piercings mean self-discovery. \u201cI wanted to experiment with my appearance to get to know myself better,\u201d he said. \u201cMy parents didn\u2019t want me to get them because of my gender, but I decided to anyway. It ended up changing my parents\u2019 opinions on piercings and expression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ahilya E. \u201826 got her belly button piercing from Bashira, a local piercing studio, right before sophomore year. \u201cI had two weeks of volleyball preseason, and I kept diving on my stomach,\u201d she reminisced. \u201cIt was definitely not something I was supposed to do.\u201d When her parents found out a year later, she was grounded, but she said it was worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miranda H. \u201826, piercings mean self-expression. \u201cI got my first piercing from Maria Tash in the summer of 2017,\u201d she said. Her seconds and thirds are from Studs, a piercing studio chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t know much about piercings, don\u2019t worry! Below is a handy guide on the most popular piercings, pain scales, and go-to piercing studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDY-DANDY PIERCING GUIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Types of Piercings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ear is one of the most popular places to get piercings. Most people start with their lobe and work their way up the ear. The lobe is also the least painful place to get pierced, followed by the helix. The conch and daith can be quite painful and often take the longest to heal because of their more internal location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other common piercing locations include the nostrils, septum, navel, and tongue piercings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piercing Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piercing holes are either created with a needle or a piercing gun. Needles are often better for precision and sanitation, as they can be cleaned and discarded. As open wounds, piercings also often get infected, making it important to disinfect new piercings two times a day to assist the healing process. Many people are also sensitive to metals, so it is highly recommended to be pierced with titanium, gold, or silver. Alloys, like nickel, copper, brass, and sterling silver, can irritate the piercing and cause infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are getting pierced, here are some key things to look out for: <\/p>\n\n\n\n