Southern Cross Piercing

This piercing of the southern cross was done four weeks ago by Peter Sheringham at Piercing Urge X in Melbourne, Australia.

In Greek times you could see this constellation and it was known to both them and Hindu astronomers, but these days it can only be seen from the southern hemisphere, and thus exists in the flags of many countries and states like New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, and so on, and there is a stone image of it in the ruins at Machu Picchu, Peru.

Inner Fourchette Piercing?

So we’ve been debating here at the BME HQ whether this is an “inner fourchette”, or if it’s actually a hymen piercing (on a remnant perhaps — what do you think?). Liz got this very unusual piercing done by Brody at Elwood’s Body Mod in BC. As it heals I will be very interested to hear how it does and if it’s comfortable or not…

(Click for a clearer photo).