Bridge piercing
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A bridge piercing is a body piercing through the bridge of the nose, usually directly between the eyes of the wearer. Depending on the amount of "loose" skin in the area being pierced this piercing will heal easily, or cases where less skin is present, more like a surface piercing. A variation on this piercing, the vertical bridge piercing is a surface piercing, with all of the risks or potential complications related to surface piercings.
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Jewelry
Bridge piercings are most commonly pierced with straight barbells, although curved barbells and surface bars are also possible initial jewelry. Once the piercing is healed, it is possible to wear a captive bead ring in it, although depending on the placement of the piercing, a D-ring styled ring may be necessary to prevent migration caused by the pressure exerted by the shape of a ring.
Like many other facial piercings, there are urban legends about infections in bridge piercings spreading to the brain, via the sinuses. Bridge piercings are a minor piercing and carry very few risks or complications.
History and Culture
Bridge piercings are of contemporary origin, possibly being first performed in 1989 by body piercer Dan Kopka of the Gauntlet body piercing studio in Los Angeles on Erl van Aken, a body piercing pioneer and actor famous for wearing jewelery in his bipedicle flap.
Trivia
- A local term for bridge piercins is "Erl" or "Earl", after its first recipient, Erl van Aken.
- In 2005, James Sooy, a Dallas, Texas based artist, became the first person to wear custom made eyeglasses through a bridge piercing.