How to wear threadless jewelry

Gone are the days when body piercing jewelry was only found in cheap (sometimes even harmful) materials. Today, there are many options for high-quality, hypoallergenic metals such as implant-grade titanium and solid 14k gold that look good and feel good. With fine solid gold jewelry on the rise, it only makes sense that you can complete your look with piercing jewelry that is up to par.

At Pierced, you can find a wide variety of solid 14k gold body jewelry and threadless flatback posts and backs. Different than common butterfly backings, threadless jewelry offers many advantages for jewelry that is meant to be worn for days, weeks, or years.

What is threadless body jewelry?

To help you understand Pierced's threadless body jewelry, it helps to know about two other common types of body jewelry: externally threaded and internally threaded.

It is standard in the piercing industry to avoid externally threaded body jewelry. They are often made from nickel-heavy metals that can cause skin reactions — even in people who don’t typically react to nickel.

Externally threaded jewelry also doesn’t smoothly pass through the piercing. When the jewelry is removed, the threads can cause trauma to the skin and let bacteria grow in the micro tears.

Internally threaded body jewelry, on the other hand, is safe for all piercings. Since the threads are inside the post/barbell, the jewelry can harmlessly pass through the piercing.

But there’s an equally safe alternative to internally threaded jewelry — one with some extra key advantages over internal threading — and which is the standard at Pierced: threadless body jewelry.

Threadless jewelry is the current leading standard for jewelry across the piercing industry. It offers a wide variety of gauge and post options, which allows for it to be worn universally across an array of piercings. Whether you want something for everyday wear, or special occasions, we have you covered! 

Unlike externally and internally threaded styles, threadless body jewelry is exactly as the name implies: it has no threads at all.

These pieces are held together via tension created when the pin of the decorative end (the part that usually has a design and is mostly worn on the front of the ear) is slightly bent and fully pressed into the tube back (in the body piercing industry, this part is typically called the flatback post). 

How to wear threadless Jewelry

“Threadless” refers to the method of connection this jewelry uses. As the name suggests - there are no threads. The decorative head has a strong pin that protrudes to fit into the post. This pin is bent by your piercer, and the tension caused by the bend of the pin within the post holds the jewelry together.

The more severe the bend, the tighter the decorative head is within the post. A large part of our interest with threadless jewelry is the innate safety feature it offers. If your jewelry gets caught on anything the connection should separate before skin breaks.

Since there are no threads, there is no turning required to remove it. You simply brace the post, and pull the head from it. 

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