A barbell is a body piercing ornament shaped like a barbell used in 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 commonest. 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 curved for a piercing in a curved part of the body such as the eyebrows, navel, or genitals.
