Expert issues urgent health warning over Cardi B 'butt crack' piercing
Expert issues urgent health warning over Cardi B 'butt crack' piercing
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Cardi B raised eyebrows this week when she debuted her new 'butt crack' piercing on social media. And now a body piercing expert is issuing an urgent health warning to any fans who are thinking of copying the rapper's buttocks jewelry. Brian Keith Thompson, who owns Body Electric Tattoo in Los Angeles, told TMZ that Cardi B's gluteal microdermals — a type of horizontal surface piercing — have a high risk of infection.
![[And now a body piercing expert is issuing an urgent health warning to any fans who are thinking of copying the rapper's buttocks jewelry; a photo of Cardi's new piercing shared to X]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/07/94625841-14336759-image-a-2_1738134224247.jpg)
This is due to the jewelry's close proximity to the anus as well as its lengthy healing process, which Thompson said can take 'at least a year.'. 'Those things are really hard to heal. You've got to give it your all,' he stressed. Thompson also warned that piercings in that area can scar 'really badly.'.
![[Brian Keith Thompson, who owns Body Electric Tattoo in Los Angeles , told TMZ that Cardi B's gluteal microdermals — a type of horizontal surface piercing — have a high risk of infection]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/07/94626097-14336759-image-a-4_1738134755166.jpg)
Cardi B raised eyebrows this week when she debuted her new 'butt crack' piercing on social media; Cardi B seen in December 2024. He urged the 'general public' to steer clear of the trend unless they are experienced with microdermal piercings like Cardi.
![[Cardi B unveiled her 'butt crack' piercing on Sunday night]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/07/94581915-14336759-Cardi_B_32_debuted_a_raunchy_new_butt_crack_piercing_on_Monday_a-a-6_1738134920766.jpg)
'Once you do something like that, you own it. So, all the problems that come in, you've got to own those too.'. Thompson revealed that he is responsible for the microdermal piercings on Cardi B's chest and he also famously pierced her lip for her 2020 cover of ELLE magazine.
![[The mom-of-three first shared a tweet writing, 'Soooo …….i got my butt crack pierced' along with a laughing emoji]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/07/94581661-14336759-Earlier_in_the_day_the_mom_of_three_wrote_Soooo_i_got_my_butt_cr-a-8_1738134928097.jpg)
'If someone can pull it off and heal those [piercings], it's going to be [Cardi]. That woman is a bada**,' Thompson told the outlet. Thompson then dished on Cardi B's 'pain level' when he gave her her chest microdermals. He admitted that although she 'handled it' like a 'bada**,' the star was 'nervous' and definitely found it painful.
![[After fans questioned the piercing's existence, Cardi — who gave birth to her third child with ex-husband , Offset , 33, four months ago — returned with proof, posting an up-close look at the body art]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/07/94581663-14336759-_Do_I_lie_the_hip_hop_star_who_also_has_an_extensive_tattoo_coll-a-7_1738134924293.jpg)
