Piercing Tips and Precautions
Body piercing: Modern Culture
Body piercing is a body art which has gained much of popularity and teenagers are the ones who practice it a lot. You move through street or watch TV almost every where someone having his body pierced. None of the part the body is left by them. It's now not a unusual sight to see someone with piercing done on ears, lips, nostrils, eyebrows, belly buttons, tongues, or even cheeks. Well if you are thinking of body piecing for first time you must know few things and for those have done it must be aware of the health risks associated with it. Do you know body piercing can cause infections? Body piercing is done to enhance the beauty of body, to make it more fashionable. After piercing a piece of jewelry is inserted into the puncture. The most popular pierced body parts are the ears, the nostrils, and the belly button. A body piercing done from a person who provides a safe, clean, and professional environment is what you should be looking at.
Precautions while body piercing
1) Wash your piercing area with an antibacterial soap.
2) See that you are up to date with your immunizations particularly hepatitis and tetanus.
3) The needle to be used should be new and clean.
3) Plans regarding which doctor you will be consulting and how far he away from that place should be considered. If symptoms like prolonged bleeding; pus; or change in your skin color around the piercing area occurs immediately refer to a doctor.
4) Those going for tongue or mouth piercing, make sure your teeth and gums are healthy.
5) The jewelry you will be piercing must be rust free and well washed with water.
6) Don't use strong cleaning agents if the area is infection-free. Avoid alcohol or Peroxide to clean the area at any time. They may dry out your skin. Use of Betadine will remove the color of gold jewelry.
8) See that your hands are clean and washed with soap before touching the pierced part during the healing process. Ensure that no one will touch the pierced part during the healing period since his hands can be unclean and contain lots of Bactria.
9) Keep the pierced part dry. The body fluids (sweat, saliva etc) can cause infection.
9) Opt for clean clothing and regular change of bed-sheets during healing.
10) Clean your telephone if you have an ear piercing. Wash the part of eye glasses that comes in contact with your ear with soap and water.
11) Be assured that there is no threaded jewelry in your mouth (just like barbells) twice a day to ensure that the ends are tight.
12) If you have done ear and cartilage piercing, avoid make-up and powders around your face and neck during the healing process. Wrap the pierced part with a tissue when using hair spray.
13) Those with tongue or lip piercing choose an antibacterial mouthwash that does not contain alcohol and rinse your mouth after all meals and snacks.
How to do Body piercing?
Teens obtain body piercing by either a studio piercer or an amateur. Earlobe and ear cartilage are the most frequently pierced sites. Other body parts pierced include eyebrow, lip, nose, tongue, nipple, navel, and various genital sites. Teens generally should prefer to do piercing from an expert body piercer. The area to be pierced is cleaned with germicidal soap. Internal body parts like tongue are not to cleaned. The professional then use a hollow clean needle which is passed through the body part. Then the insertion of the body jewelry which is first sterilized in the hole is done. Though the process is short but requires skill. Generally small amount of bleeding results after piercing. Use of a piercing gun for piercing should be avoided because it crushes the tissues that are pierced and it cannot be properly sterilized again. The kinds of jewelry that will be inserted depend on the body part. It must accommodate the swelling that follows the piercing procedure. Piercers suggest non-toxic metals like surgical steel, 14K gold, titanium, or niobium, to avoid infections and allergic reactions. The period of healing may vary according to the body resistance. The healing period can be known from a person who has done the piercing of type which you are looking for.
Remember body piercing is a way to enhance the beauty of your body. See that you don't achieve this beauty at the cost of your body hygiene.
Body piercing: Modern Culture
Body piercing is a body art which has gained much of popularity and teenagers are the ones who practice it a lot. You move through street or watch TV almost every where someone having his body pierced. None of the part the body is left by them. It's now not a unusual sight to see someone with piercing done on ears, lips, nostrils, eyebrows, belly buttons, tongues, or even cheeks. Well if you are thinking of body piecing for first time you must know few things and for those have done it must be aware of the health risks associated with it. Do you know body piercing can cause infections? Body piercing is done to enhance the beauty of body, to make it more fashionable. After piercing a piece of jewelry is inserted into the puncture. The most popular pierced body parts are the ears, the nostrils, and the belly button. A body piercing done from a person who provides a safe, clean, and professional environment is what you should be looking at.
Precautions while body piercing
1) Wash your piercing area with an antibacterial soap.
2) See that you are up to date with your immunizations particularly hepatitis and tetanus.
3) The needle to be used should be new and clean.
3) Plans regarding which doctor you will be consulting and how far he away from that place should be considered. If symptoms like prolonged bleeding; pus; or change in your skin color around the piercing area occurs immediately refer to a doctor.
4) Those going for tongue or mouth piercing, make sure your teeth and gums are healthy.
5) The jewelry you will be piercing must be rust free and well washed with water.
6) Don't use strong cleaning agents if the area is infection-free. Avoid alcohol or Peroxide to clean the area at any time. They may dry out your skin. Use of Betadine will remove the color of gold jewelry.
8) See that your hands are clean and washed with soap before touching the pierced part during the healing process. Ensure that no one will touch the pierced part during the healing period since his hands can be unclean and contain lots of Bactria.
9) Keep the pierced part dry. The body fluids (sweat, saliva etc) can cause infection.
9) Opt for clean clothing and regular change of bed-sheets during healing.
10) Clean your telephone if you have an ear piercing. Wash the part of eye glasses that comes in contact with your ear with soap and water.
11) Be assured that there is no threaded jewelry in your mouth (just like barbells) twice a day to ensure that the ends are tight.
12) If you have done ear and cartilage piercing, avoid make-up and powders around your face and neck during the healing process. Wrap the pierced part with a tissue when using hair spray.
13) Those with tongue or lip piercing choose an antibacterial mouthwash that does not contain alcohol and rinse your mouth after all meals and snacks.
How to do Body piercing?
Teens obtain body piercing by either a studio piercer or an amateur. Earlobe and ear cartilage are the most frequently pierced sites. Other body parts pierced include eyebrow, lip, nose, tongue, nipple, navel, and various genital sites. Teens generally should prefer to do piercing from an expert body piercer. The area to be pierced is cleaned with germicidal soap. Internal body parts like tongue are not to cleaned. The professional then use a hollow clean needle which is passed through the body part. Then the insertion of the body jewelry which is first sterilized in the hole is done. Though the process is short but requires skill. Generally small amount of bleeding results after piercing. Use of a piercing gun for piercing should be avoided because it crushes the tissues that are pierced and it cannot be properly sterilized again. The kinds of jewelry that will be inserted depend on the body part. It must accommodate the swelling that follows the piercing procedure. Piercers suggest non-toxic metals like surgical steel, 14K gold, titanium, or niobium, to avoid infections and allergic reactions. The period of healing may vary according to the body resistance. The healing period can be known from a person who has done the piercing of type which you are looking for.
Remember body piercing is a way to enhance the beauty of your body. See that you don't achieve this beauty at the cost of your body hygiene.
