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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Body Piercing Information

By Steven McCarthy

Have you ever thought of going to one of those body piercing places? Individualizing your appearance is something we all try to do to stand out from the crowd. After all who wants to blend in and be boring. In the last couple decades, the popularity of body piercing has been reborn. As a form of self expression, piercing dates back thousands of years and has taken many forms.

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. Speaking of infections if your looking into body piercing places, and in talking with them about how they do things, and they mention using a piercing gun, you need to stay clear of that shop because piercing guns cannot be sterilized, and you run a very high risk of developing an infection.

The second thing I always get asked is. How much does it hurt? Well everybody is different and yeah it's gonna hurt, but the pain fades quickly, 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!

The second thing I always get asked is how much does it hurt? Well everybody is different and yeah it's gonna hurt, but the pain fades quickly in most cases with the exception of piercing in more delicate area's which can be a little sore for a few days. Some people are nervous about infection and if they will know what to look 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.

If your seriously considering body piercing places for getting pierced, there are some things you should keep in mind. Never try to do it yourself or let a friend use one of those body piercing kits, the risk of infection is to high. A professional piercer makes a living by doing body piercing and knows the power of word of mouth advertising and will not risk their reputation with poor sanitary conditions.

If your checking-out a new boutique watch how they handle their equipment, are they using freshly sterilized tools and are they kept in a separate tray away from the used ones. Contaminated piercing supplies can cause HIV, Hepatitis are any number of infections. Think about it, your letting someone stick a needle in you thousands of times drawing blood from your body, don't you think the needle should be sterile.

The truth is it is normal for a few days after your body piercing for you to have some drainage, if it starts to thicken or change color to green or yellow you may have an infection and should have it checked out. My answer is your odds 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.

New piercing's require extra care in order to heal properly so if you're on a budget look for an Implant grade stainless steel in your jewelry which is least likely to trigger some kind of reaction or infection. Be sure you pay attention to the healing time the body piercing places require with your piercing, and make sure you don't try to exchange your jewelry too soon.

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