About Our Surgical Steel:
      A lot of people worry about allergic reactions to certain metals used in body piercing.    Nickel is the main alloy metal that causes classic allergic reaction.  Classic allergic reaction is indicated ONLY by a rash that spreads around the pierce about the size of a silver dollar.  This reaction will occur within the first 2 weeks of a pierce.  This is the ONLY indicator of allergy to surgical steel.
      The 316LVM Stainless steel we use is considered to be the most hypoallergenic steel offered on the market in the piercing industry.  The content of most metals (plain 316) you see in malls and low end piercing shops may contain Chromium up to 18%, Carbon up to 0.08%, and Nickel up to 16%.  Our surgical steel (316LVM) contains Chromium under 16%, Carbon under 0.03%, and Nickel under 10%.

Why is "Hand Polishing" So Important?
    About 80% of body jewelry on the market is polished by "tumbling" or use of vibratory polishers.  Warrior only uses 3 time hand polished body jewelry for piercing.  Why?  It may cost more, but hand polishing leaves a non porous mirror finish.  Tumbled jewelry is not mirrior finished, and may have a multitude of microscopic nicks and scratches.  These minute defects are perfect places for bacteria to hide and grow.  To our knowledge, Warrior is the only piercing salon in the Philadelphia area that carries hand polished mirror finish body jewelry.

      These are our standard implant-grade surgical stainless steel captive bead rings and barbells.  These types of jewelry are recommended for most initial piercings.

Captive Bead Rings

Straight Barbells

Curved and Circular Barbells

      After your pierce has healed, you may want to change it to something a little more special.  Here at Warrior, we have over 600 styles to choose from in stock.