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Body Piercing Glossary

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Pain

  • The sensation of physical hurt caused by injury, transmitted by nerves.

 

Palang

  • A horizontal piercing through the glans penis which may or may not traverse the urethra.
  • The word &quotpalang" originates from the Iban tribe from the province of Sarawak on the island of Borneo in Indonesia.
  • Also called ampallang.

Palladium

  • A silvery-white metal.
  • Atomic Number 46
  • Chemical Symbol &quotPd".
  • Melting point 1552oC
  • Most often used as a constituent of white gold.

Parking

  • The phenomenom in which jewelry will move through the skin to a position where it is most comfortable but not necessarily most attractive.
  • Rings in navel piercings typically park on one side because of the pressure exerted on them by clothing and lying on them.

Pathogen

  • Any organism that can cause disease.
  • Many bacteria are pathogens but some are not e.g. Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen and causes wound infections;Lactobacillus acidophilus is not a pathogen, indeed it is of benefit in maintaining the health acidity of the vagina.

Penis

  • The male organ of sexual intercourse.
  • Often becomes very small when being pierced.

Perineum

  • The area of the body between the genitalia and the anus.

Peritonitis

  • Infection of the lining of the abdominal cavity.
  • Potentially fatal.
  • A possible complication of navel piercing especially in the presence of an umbilical hernia.

Pierce

Piercing

Piercee

  • The person being pierced.

Piercer

  • The person doing the piercing.
  • Sometimes piercee and piercer are the same person.

Piercing gun

  • Not recommended.
  • A spring-loaded device that is used to fire jewelry through the skin, most often the ear lobe.
  • Relies on the jewelry itself to cut or bash through a piercing hole.
  • The gun itself cannot usually be sterilized.
  • Agreement NOT to use these guns is a condition of entry into the Association of Professional Piercers.

Piercing needle

  • A hollow needle specifically designed to cut a round or oval hole through skin and flesh for the subsequent passage of jewelry.
  • A hole cleanly cut by a piercing needle will heal faster and with less likelihood of infection than a hole made with a piercing gun.

Pinna

  • The medical term for the external part of the ear.

Pole

  • Colloquial term for the bar of a barbell.

Polyp

Prepuce

  • The retractable skin folding over the glans penis or the clitoris.
  • Also called the foreskin.
  • Inflammation of the male prepuce is called balanitis.
  • The skin covering the clitoris in the female is usually called the hood.

Prince Albert

  • A male piercing entering through the urethral meatus of the glans penis and exiting through the underneath of the penis at the coronal sulcus.
  • See also Reverse Prince Albert.

 

Profession

  • Traditionally defined as an occupation requiring special training.
    e.g.
     
    • The medical profession
    • Piercing Professionals
    • The legal profession
  • Sociologists sometimes argue that the principal characteristic of professionals is keeping their knowledge secret, typically by inventing a language peculiar to the profession. This prevents the public from accessing the knowledge, thus making their profession more valuable and better paid.

 

Protocol

  • A formal set of steps to ensure a procedure is properly executed.
  • Every piercing establishment should have a written protocol for the cleaning and sterilizing of re-usable equipment.

Proud flesh

Provon ®

Pseudomonas

  • The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • This infection is typically resistant to most antibiotics and difficult to treat.
  • Suspect pseaudomonas in any piercing that continues to look infected despite taking all appropriate measures.
  • Diagnosis requires a swab to be taken by a doctor and analysed by a laboratory.

PTFE

  • A plastic with a waxy texture made by polymerizing terafluoroethylene.
  • Non flammable, inert, extremely smooth.
  • Used in new or existing piercings.
  • PTFE is an abbreviation for Polytetrafluoroethylene.
  • Trade name Teflon ®

Ptyalin

  • An enzyme of the amylase class secreted in the saliva of mammals.

Pubic

  • A piercing in males on the inferior anterior abdominal wall, usually just superior to the penis.

barbell and body jewelry

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