Allergic to Surgical Steel Body Jewelry? Try Titanium
“Now complete body piercing kits can be purchased that feature Grade 23 Titanium body jewelry that has been pre-sterilized and pouched for ease of use”
FAQ’s
Frequently asked questions regarding body piercing and body jewelry types.
How to handle a difficult customer: Part III (Not all money is good money)
“It seems like every day there’s someone coming into my shop asking me how much for a piercing and when I tell them my price they react as if I’d thrown a bucket of acid on them”
Does using Disposable body piercing supplies guarantee safety?
“Although using pre-sterilized needles, tools and body jewelry will eliminate direct contamination risk from those objects, there are other risks involved that must be considered.”
Healing after a body piercing: What is normal?
“A normal piercing involves slight swelling, redness, and possible fluid oozing for a prolonged period of time, even as long as a few weeks or even months after the piercing.”
What are Your Rights as a Body Piercing Customer?
“When you step into a body piercing establishment as a customer, you have definite rights as a customer that you should be aware of”
Body Art in the workplace
“It is always a good idea at any job interview to inquire about company policies that have to do with body jewelry you can wear, that way, you will know right away if what they will be asking of you is something you can live with”
How do you know it’s real gold?
“Another way to know if something is made of solid gold is it will be stamped on the piece itself with a small ’14K’ (or other purity number) etched into the metal”
Renegade Body Artists: Are you in compliance?
“Once a body piercer or tattoo artist takes a Health Department approved pathogen course, they are still required to undergo a series of Hepatitis B vaccinations (3 vaccinations over a 9 month period) before they can be issued a county body technician permit.”
Body Piercing Kits: The Good, The Bad and the dirty
“Using unsterilized body jewelry endangers your client and puts you at risk legally…”
Where can I find real nipple jewelry?
“after enduring the initial pain of the piercing, and the lengthy healing times, nipple piercing devotees are left with the epic problem of actually finding nipple jewelry…”