Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A barbell is a body piercing jewelry with a similar shape to a barbell used for weight lifting. A barbell is used for body piercing and can come in a variety of sizes and shapes. It can also be made of different materials, although surgical stainless steel is the most common. It is a rod with a ball on each end - one ball is permanently attached and the other screws on and off. Variations: straight barbell, curved barbell (banana bell), circular barbell A curved barbell is simply a barbell with some curvature to it, to accommodate piercings that are done in places that are similarly curved in the human anatomy (i.e. eyebrow, navel, genitals) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.