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Break free with captive Rings- Body Piercing Jewelry
January 24th, 2010 | 
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Captive bead ring (CBR)
CBR ring
A captive bead ring (CBR) is a ball closure ring or captive ball ring. It is one of the bodies piercing jewelry. It is like any circle made up of a wire. A bead, which looks like a ball, is fitted into the circular wire. The wire is slightly less in diameter were the bead fits so that it is not movable within the wire and though the circle is open, the bead doesn’t fall off. But also the bead can be fit in such a way that it looks like being clamped by the wire.
Body rings of this type are very popular. When the bead is removed, the jewelry is removed. So the person who wears it has to simply remove the bead. Still the bead will not fall off the ring. Because of the nature of manufacture it does not hold on clothing, hair or furniture, making them a popular choice for piercings, which are still healing. These are closed in shape and have rounded edges. The other ring has a slight separation between the bead and the other end of the ring. This also allows for easy removal and cleaning.
A Captive Bead Ring or Ball Closure Ring may be is the most popular kind of body piercing jewelry because one can wear it many ways and style it according to one’s own choice. It can be worn on the nose apart from being placed at the navel, lips, etc.
Reports suggest that customers go for buying it as jewelry, lip jewelry, nose jewelry, eyebrow jewelry and also for a clit, genital
piercing without minding the pain it may cause during sexual interactions.
Selecting a ring is easy this is what goes into the design. The tensile strength of a metal wire is used to hold the bead in place. The wire is made up of surgical stainless steel, niobium or titanium. The bead is made up of colored glass or ceramic or some semi precious stone. This is the standard for quality rings.
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Different identities
Captive bead ring is called in another name as well. Sometimes it's called BCR (Ball Closure Ring). CBR can be used as a jewelry an as an instrument. It fascinates with its shape. Sometimes it makes shocking appearance to people who are yet to be comfortable with the idea that it may be a piercing jewelry.
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Piercing instrument
CBR can be used as a piercing instrument except with in a tongue piercing. Sometimes people like the navel jewelry to be designed in such a way that they prefer to have it pierced by a CBR. CBR piercing makes faster healing. The gauge size of the bead ring depends on the piercing type and your preferences of a particular design. A small or large ring opener is required to open the bead.
For closing the ring, one needs pliers. But these tools are not needed in case of acrylic rings, which have other arrangements, which are, can easily be opened and closed by hands. Once again Bodypiercingsafe.com recommends a piercing professional for all your piercing needs. Read the rest of this entry »
Originally posted 2009-05-01 18:00:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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