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  • What is The Point
  • Issues
    • Back Issues
    • The Point – Issue 89
    • The Point – Issue 88
    • The Point – Issue 87
    • The Point – Issue 86
    • The Point – Issue 85
    • The Point – Issue 84
    • The Point – Issue 83
    • The Point – Issue 82
    • The Point – Issue 81
    • The Point – Issue 80
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    • In the Office
    • Membership
    • Events
    • Legislation
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  • Association of Professional Piercers
    • Find an APP Member Piercer
    • How to Take Care of Piercings
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    • Become an APP Member
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  • May 12, 2020

    Point 81: WHAT HAS PIERCING TAUGHT YOU—AN INTROSPECTIVE

    Collected by Kendra Jane B. Body piercing and suspension have taught me that I can maintain and find my center calm in stressful situations. I can work efficiently and effective… Continue reading "Point 81: WHAT HAS PIERCING TAUGHT YOU—AN INTROSPECTIVE"

  • May 12, 2020

    Point 81: LEARNING STYLES

    Most of us have spent the greater portion of our life up to this point on the planet learning. It may have been in the structured classroom setting of a… Continue reading "Point 81: LEARNING STYLES"

  • May 12, 2020

    Point 81: Learning Outside of Conference

    While Jesse Villemaire and Efix Roy focus primarily on health and safety courses (in both English and French) in Canada, my primary focus is on techniques and their application. I… Continue reading "Point 81: Learning Outside of Conference"

  • May 12, 2020

    Point 81: Camp APP, 2017

    By Marina Pecorino, Photos by April Thomas On a warm week in October, in the woods of Georgia, piercer collected.  It started as a slow trickle, with the camp organizers… Continue reading "Point 81: Camp APP, 2017"

  • April 30, 2020

    Point 81: Laments for Rick Frueh

    It is with a heavy heart we acknowledge the passing of Rick Frueh. Our organization and industry have lost a long-term and dedicated volunteer and safe piercing advocate. In his… Continue reading "Point 81: Laments for Rick Frueh"

  • April 30, 2020

    Point 81: The President’s Corner

    “The Association of Professional Piercers (APP) is an international health and safety organization. It is a nonprofit voluntary alliance dedicated to the dissemination of information about body piercing. Governed by… Continue reading "Point 81: The President’s Corner"

  • April 30, 2020

    Point 81: From the Editors: Kendra Jane B.

    “Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.” —Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Many piercers will tell you… Continue reading "Point 81: From the Editors: Kendra Jane B."

  • April 30, 2020

    Point 81: From the Editors: Marina Pecorino

    This issue of The Point is primarily focused on extended learning opportunities. Unfortunately, since I spend very little of my  life in the piercing room these days, most of my… Continue reading "Point 81: From the Editors: Marina Pecorino"

  • April 30, 2020

    The Point – Issue 81

    FROM THE EDITORS MARINA PECORINO KENDRA JANE B PRESIDENT’S CORNER LAMENTS FOR RICK FRUEH CAMP APP, 2017 LEARNING OUTSIDE OF CONFERENCE LEARNING STYLES WHAT HAS PIERCING TAUGHT YOU? FOR PROFIT… Continue reading "The Point – Issue 81"

  • April 28, 2020

    The Point – Issue 80

    FROM THE EDITORS Marina Pecorino Kendra Jane B. PRESIDENT’S CORNER APP MEMBERS RETREAT: CAMP APP 2017 PROMO WHEN I GIVE THE BEST OF ME CONFERENCE STATISTICS CONFERENCE MEMORIES THE OPENING… Continue reading "The Point – Issue 80"

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    The Point: Journal of Body Piercing is the quarterly journal of the Association of Professional Piercers containing articles on piercing techniques, body-art legislation, history, and anthropology, as well as reports on Conferences and events in the US and around the world. Like no other publication available, The Point covers anything and everything of interest to the professional body piercer—or anyone interested in learning more about our industry.

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    The Point: Journal of Body Piercing is the quarterly journal of the Association of Professional Piercers containing articles on piercing techniques, body-art legislation, history, and anthropology, as well as reports on Conferences and events in the US and around the world. Like no other publication available, The Point covers anything and everything of interest to the professional body piercer—or anyone interested in learning more about our industry.

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