Acrylic Body Jewelry

Acrylic is a glassy thermoplastic, a synthetic fiber; it is a polymer of acrylonitrile. Acrylic is used mainly used by the artists. Acrylic can be used in coatings and adhesives also. It is used in body jewelry also. It is possible to make inexpensive and stylish material for body piercing jewelry using acrylic. Acrylic is mostly used in making the plugs, retainers, tapers, talons and much more. In healed piercing, acrylic is used. Super hard biocompatible dental acrylic is used to make acrylic barbell ends. When acrylic is used, those barbells virtually last longer and are virtually indestructible. The guarantee for the jewelry, in which acrylic is used are said to be longer, or forever.

Acrylic jewelry comes in different colors. Some of them are listed below:

Fluorescent Yellow Acrylic
Dark Blue Acrylic
Fluorescent Green Acrylic
Green Acrylic
Hot Pink Acrylic
Blue Acrylic
Clear Acrylic
Black (Solid) Acrylic

There are 2 black "O" rings in each acrylic body jewelry claw and nail. Even in the dark, the acrylic body jewelry glows. Moreover, the acrylic body jewelry is available in various gauges like 18, 16, 14, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 0. There are not only curved, straight, and flexible acrylic body jewelries, but also, UV acrylic and dental acrylic body jewelries. Acrylic jewelry is of various kinds. There are acrylic body piercing jewelry, acrylic tongue rings jewelry, barbells, circular barbells, captive rings, plugs and so on.

Advantages of Acrylic jewelry:

Lightweight, low cost, easy formability and many color choices are some of the advantages of using acrylic body jewelry.
Intensifying, glowing or changing colors under a black light is one of the features of the acrylic body jewelry. Some of the acrylic body jewelries even glow in the dark.
If the jewelry is entirely acrylic, without any metals used in making it, the acrylic jewelry should be used in healed piercing.
Smooth and durable high-grade compounds are used in the manufacturing the acrylic body jewelry.
If the acrylic jewelry is not handled properly or subjected to abuse, the acrylic body jewelry can be scratched or damaged.
Also, it is recommended not to use the acrylic jewelry for piercing, if it is found damaged.