Body Piercing
Steven McCarthy
If you're thinking about that first piercing you may just be puzzled as to how the piercing is done, do they use a piercing gun, are is it a needle?
The use of body jewelry is becoming more prevalent in our society with people of all ages joining in, not to many years ago you would have a hard time finding a body piercing shop, well at least one you felt you could trust to do things right and not give you some horrible infection.
With that said, the procedure of piercing is pretty standard in most places. The first thing a piercer will do after evaluating your area of choice for a particular piercing is clean the area with an antiseptic solution.
The next step, for the piercer is to distinctly mark the needle entry point and exit points of the piercing to be sure of a straight piercing. It is also important for correct placement.
Many people are worried about infection, and how they will know what to watch for. Their scared they wont know how to spot an infection before it get's to be a problem. They've heard all the stories about a piercing a friend gave a friend that became infected, or they thought was infected.
Your piercer should be using a freshly sterile packed cannula needle at the time of your piercing. Most piercing pain will last only a few seconds, with the exception of some delicate genital piercing's, trust me, you want your piercer to take some extra time to ensure the safety and accuracy of these piercing's!
Then they want to know why they should pay so much money at a piercing boutique when their friend know's a guy that can do it for half the price. My answer is your odd's of getting an infection are remarkably lower at the boutique, backroom piercing is an infection waiting to happen and the cause of all the horror stories about piercing infections.
Wear quality jewelry appropriate to the location of the piercing, body jewelry is designed to be worn in specific parts of the body for your comfort and ease. When choosing your jewelry pay attention to the material it is made of especially for new piercing's.
Talk to your friends about the places they go to, and ask them why they like one body piercing place over another. Ask specific questions about the concerns you might have. Like, are they professional, is the place clean, can you trust them.
If you want to broaden your choices a little more you can use 18 K gold, titanium, or niobium these are all safe choices but you will find the implant grade stainless steel is less expensive. the body piercing places you choose should have some jewelry to choose from to get you started. For more information about body piercing subscribe to our rss feed.
About the Author:
