Jewellery
The type and quality of jewellery that you wear in your body piercings is extremely important. At Adrenalin Body Piercing we are very willing to offer our years of experience to assist you in selecting the best jewellery for your new or healed piercings. We have over 1400 designs currently on display but thousands of different styles/combinations are available.
We have a huge range of high quality Body Piercing Jewellery in stock and we can also custom make specific items for you too from materials including Titanium, 18ct Gold, Pure Niobium, Certified 316L Stainless Steel, Acrylic and Ebony.
If you would like to come in for a look at our range of jewellery then please telephone 6258 6670 to make an appointment.
Pictures of high quality factory made Jewellery
Surgical Stainless Steel Jewellery
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"Factory-made" jewellery is generally cheaper than handmade jewellery but is often not as good a quality, although over recent years the quality of some factory made jewellery has improved to a high standard. Factory made jewellery often doesn't have as good a finish, compared with high quality handmade jewellery. Most factory made bead rings have rounded ends that sit on a little dimple on either side of the bead. This makes them not as secure (as our handmade bead rings), especially with the large diameter thin gauge rings.
The threads on some "mass produced jewellery" (i.e. on barbells, circular barbells or Labret studs) are sometimes not very long and may not be as strong or secure and therefore may unscrew accidentally. As with all jewellery with screw-on balls (Barbells etc) they must be kept tight and in good condition or you will increase the chance of the jewellery coming apart. This can be disastrous especially in the case of a tongue barbell unscrewing and being swallowed or inhaled.
Sorry we don't have "On-Line" ordering but if there is something that you want email Adrenalin and we can give you price and availability information and you can purchase via email.
Pictures of Adrenalin hand made Jewellery
Adrenalin handmade Body Jewellery is extremely good quality and has a brilliantly polished finish. With handmade Adrenalin Bead Rings the ends have a square shoulder that fits inside a drilled out bead. They are much more secure than the rounded end "factory-made" bead rings.
NOTE: Most studios around the world only use mass produced jewellery but some studios do have hand-made jewellery too. However, just because jewellery is called "Hand-made" it does not necessarily guarantee that it is quality jewellery. So be cautious what you buy as there are a lot of people that hand make body jewellery badly and it's often made from inferior materials too.
Types of Materials for Jewellery
Titanium
Titanium is a silver coloured metal which is about half the weight of Stainless Steel. This weight difference can be a big advantage if you like the look of really thick jewellery but your piercing is gets aggravated by heavy jewellery. Titanium jewellery is an excellent choice to be used in new piercings as it is hypoallergenic and is normally accepted by the body very well. A new piercing done with Titanium jewellery will usually heal up much faster too. Healing quickly is ideal because the longer a piercing takes to heal the longer it it is susceptible to infection and more chance it has to migrate through the skin.
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18ct Yellow Gold
Only 18 carat solid Gold, which has been tested to ensure it is actually 18 carat or higher, is used at Adrenalin Body Piercing for making jewellery. 18 carat Gold is also a very good material for body jewellery and is readily accepted by most peoples body piercing, but it does not work well for all people. It is softer then metals such as Titanium, Niobium and 316L steel and some peoples skin can actually discolour the gold but it can easily be re-polished back to its former luster. Gold Body jewellery looks great and is very popular with "Gold People". 9ct gold only contains about 30% gold and therefore we do not recommend it for fresh or healed piercings and therefore never used at Adrenalin.
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Niobium
Niobium is an element metal with similar properties of Titanium but its is not as light. It is Hypoallergenic so it works great for body piercing and the other exceptional property of Niobium is that it can be anodized to a wide variety of colours.
Coloured niobium rings, even though inert in the body, are not recommend for initial piercings. This is due to the need to rotate the jewellery through the piercing to properly clean it and that rotating can causes the colour to wear thin, dull and patchy. The thickness of this colour is between ½ and 1 one millionth of a centimeter thick! If you want to use anodized Niobium jewellery in your piercing then we recommend that you wait until the piercing has fully healed.
Niobium rings can be highly polished to a silver colour so Niobium jewellery is a great choice for the initial piercing too.
Niobium jewellery can also be coloured to a Black/Hematite colour. This surface is a lot more durable then the surface of anodized Niobium jewellery. At Adrenalin Body Piercing we can also re-anodize or re-blacken your jewellery if it ever needs it!
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316L Grade Stainless Steel
316L Stainless Steel, often referred to as "Surgical Stainless Steel", contains some Nickel which quite a few people are allergic to. Some peoples piercings heal up fine with stainless steel, although it may considerably lengthen the healing time. This longer healing time may allow the jewellery to migrate from its original placement.
For wearing in fully healed piercings 316L Stainless Steel is usually fine. For some people however, if they use this jewellery then the piercing will become aggravated causing redness, swelling and pain. If this happens you may be able to correct the problem by replacing the Stainless Steel jewellery ASAP with the jewellery you wore to successfully heal the piercing.
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Acrylic
Acrylic often referred to as Perspex is also used for "Body Jewellery". We have quite a range of jewellery including: Bead rings (which glow under "Black Light"), Barbells, Straws, Hoops, Tubes, Acrylic Ear Plugs (Tapered and Straight) in many different finishes, sizes and colours (Flouro colours now available!!). We can make some items to any size you require.
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Ebony
Tribal Ear plugs. Our Ebony comes from the Masai tribes in Africa. Please ask if you are want an ear plug custom-made to your requirements. Limited sizes available.
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