This is the second part of an alphabetical list of names, words and terms frequently associated with body piercings and body art. This part of the dictionary covers words beginning with the letters D through H.
Daith - This is an inner ear cartilage piercing located at the top of the opening of the ear canal.
Dydoe - This is a male genital piercing in the ridge around the head of the penis.
Earl - Alternate name given to a piercing through the bridge of the nose.
Ear - This generally refers to piercings made in the lower, fleshy section of the ear lobe.
Eyebrow - A piercing made through the ridge of the eyebrow. This piercing is technically a surface piercing and some people have a lot of trouble healing them. They can keloid heavily when they heal badly.
Foreskin - Any piercing of the foreskin of the penis. These piercings are exclusive to uncircumcised men.
Fourchette - A piercing through the back edge of the vaginal opening. This is often considered the female contemporary of the male guiche.
Frenum - A piercing perpendicular to the penile shaft, made through loose skin located below the head of the penis.
Guiche - A male piercing made through the perineum.
Hafada - A surface piercing made in the loose skin of the scrotum.
Hand web - A piercing through the finger webbing between the thumb and first finger. This are notorious for not healing and having to be removed.
Helix - An outer cartilage ridge piercing of the ear.
Hood, horizontal or vertical - This is shortened from “clitoral hood,” and these piercings can be placed horizontally or vertically through the fleshy hood surround the clitoris.
Please note: This is not necessarily a complete list of piercing names, as procedures are invented and modified by individuals and may not have evolved to be a standard term of description.
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