Neck piercing
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A neck piercing is a series of surface piercing
s done to emulate the appearance of a bite
on the side of a person's neck
. A barbell is placed in the skin of the side of the neck. When the earring/barbell is removed it looks like a vampire bite.
Straight barbells will, in almost every case, cause a surface piercing to be rejected. Surface bars are the best jewelry for vampire bite piercings.
This piercing is also commonly done through the loose flesh on the back of the neck and is called a nape piercing. Like most surface piercings, neck piercing reject about 90% of the time; usually because of infections. Infections can be avoided by maintaining proper piercing hygiene.
Due to the high amount of movement performed by the neck during the day, the jewelry used is usually made of Teflon. This allows the piercing to move fluidly with the neck. A steel bar would restrict movement and be very uncomfortable.
Shortly after the piercing is performed, the surrounding area is prone to swelling and bleeding. The neck will continue to stay swollen for the next few days, and the skin around the ends of the piercing will be red and inflamed.
Surface piercing
Surface piercings are any body piercings that take place on the surface sewn into the body through areas which are not particularly concave or convex, where the piercing canal transverses a surface flap of skin, rather than running completely through a piece of body tissue from one side to another...
s done to emulate the appearance of a bite
Bite
A bite is a wound received from the mouth of an animal, including humans.Animals may bite in self-defense, in an attempt to predate food, as well as part of normal interactions. Other bite attacks may be apparently unprovoked. Self inflicted bites occur in some genetic illnesses such as...
on the side of a person's neck
Neck
The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The adjective signifying "of the neck" is cervical .-Boner anatomy: The cervical spine:The cervical portion of the human spine comprises seven boney...
. A barbell is placed in the skin of the side of the neck. When the earring/barbell is removed it looks like a vampire bite.
Straight barbells will, in almost every case, cause a surface piercing to be rejected. Surface bars are the best jewelry for vampire bite piercings.
This piercing is also commonly done through the loose flesh on the back of the neck and is called a nape piercing. Like most surface piercings, neck piercing reject about 90% of the time; usually because of infections. Infections can be avoided by maintaining proper piercing hygiene.
Due to the high amount of movement performed by the neck during the day, the jewelry used is usually made of Teflon. This allows the piercing to move fluidly with the neck. A steel bar would restrict movement and be very uncomfortable.
Shortly after the piercing is performed, the surrounding area is prone to swelling and bleeding. The neck will continue to stay swollen for the next few days, and the skin around the ends of the piercing will be red and inflamed.