Barbell Piercing Jewelry

Body piercing is the buzzword these days. Men, women and youngsters are attracted towards different kinds of body piercing jewelry. Barbell is one such jewelry, which is worn on tongue piercing.

A barbell piercing jewelry consists of detachable beads at a single end or at both ends. Sometimes, the bead at one end might be fixed as well. Generally, for tongue piercing, people wear straight barbells only. Barbells with other shapes are worn on eyebrow piercing.

Types of Barbells

• Surface BarThis kind of barbell is used for surface piercing. This barbell generally has 90 degree bend, which is like a staple. This kind of barbell is customized so as to allow the user wear it with ease.
  
  
• Circular Barbells These barbells are also known as horseshoe barbells, as they are similar to the shape of a horseshoe. This kind of barbell can be used for nasal septum piercing, tragus rings, madisons, earring or even horizontal clitoral hood piercing.
  
  
• Curved Barbells It is also known as curve or navel curve barbells. Usually, this kind of barbell is similar to straight barbell. You can get curved barbell ranging from straight to circular in shape. Some barbells could be spiral in shape as well.
  
  
• Externally Threaded Barbell This variation of barbell is used only when it becomes difficult to thread the barbell as its bore is small. However, this body piercing jewelry is uncommon today.
  
  
• Internally Threaded Barbell This is a better form of barbell, which is expensive.
  
  

Designs of Barbell

Different designs of barbell include skull, dolphin, frog, flower, and snake. Besides, a barbell can be made up of materials like Teflon, acrylic, glass, gold, silver and many other organic materials.