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Internal vs. External

By choosing to have your piercing performed by one of CowPok's trained staff, you have already increased your chance of having a healthy and successfully healed piercing. The Cow Pok staff takes extreme care to ensure your piercing is performed in the cleanest environment possible with the best jewelry there is to offer. By reading below, you will learn about the type of jewelry CowPok offers and the difference between them.

Internally Threaded

Externally Threaded

  • First take a look at the threading of the jewelry. The threads are on the inside which means a nice smooth transition when inserting the jewelry. There will be no pain and you should barely feel it

  • This jewelry is standardized by the ASTM. Just like the parts of your car, no matter where you are if you find internally threaded jewelry of quality different ends will fit on your jewelry. Everything is interchangeable. If you loose a ball or want a different look just buy a new end. There is no need to replace the entire thing. This will save you money.

  • Because you are only changing the ends and not removing the jewelry you will be able get a new look in a week or 2.

  • Because we are provided with mill certificates from the manufaturer we can prove that the jewelry is made of the highest quality metal intended for insertion into the body. This jewelry will be just as beautiful 20 years from now as it is today

  • The threading of this jewelry is on the outside which can rip, tear and just plain hurt a new piercing. You will definitely feel the threads as they are inserted and it does not feel good.

  • Everyone makes this stuff, you can find it at Target, gas stations and flea markets. Because everyone makes it everyone makes it differently. None of the treads are the same. If you loose a ball or want a new piece of jewelry--tough, buy a whole new piece of jewelry.

  • Because of the damage the threads will cause when removing the jewelry you will need to wait 3 months before changing the jewelry.

  • Put quite simply it could be made of a bicycle spoke, we have no idea



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So why do people still offer externally threaded jewelry if it is so bad for you ?

Many studios believe their clients prefer cheap over quality.

Internally threaded jewelry costs The Cow Pok between $10 and $15 more per piece than externally threaded jewelry. We do not make more profit by piercing with it, we just want to offer you the best quality there is.