How to Get Started as a Body Piercer
The demand for professional body piercers has never been greater than now. The question we get many times here at the Body Piercing News is ‘How Do I Get Started?’
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The Independent Tattoo Artist
“…we know you are there and we know the struggles you endure daily to purchase your tattoo and body piercing supplies without the bulk buying power of a shop. We also know that you are slandered by the local shops around you and deemed ‘scratchers’ even though those that are calling you that started out as ‘scratchers’ themselves…”
How to Buy A Body Piercing Kit
“Only companies that specialize in body piercing can offer quality body piercing kits that include everything you will need to pierce correctly and more importantly, safely…”
When You Shouldn’t Get a Body Piercing
“while many people feel more ‘courageous’ or claim to feel less pain while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, it is not a good idea to have a body piercing or tattoo done in this state since your judgement is impaired and you risk detrimental side-effects such as excessive bleeding (alcohol thins your blood) and other physical reactions…”
Extreme Nipple Piercing: Cool or Fool?
“Most men that have had their nipples pierced know the pain involved can be excruciating, sometimes more painful than women’s nipples when they are pierced…”
Cool or Fool: Tattooed Eyeball
“The effects of injected ink (not to mention the pain involved) as well as the use of body piercing supplies or tattoo machinery around the eye is almost always going to be detrimental to you…”
Where to get body piercing supplies
“…having the right tool at the time of the tattoo or piercing is crucial to your success. Don’t be caught off-guard in the middle of a procedure. Stock up and always have back-ups for your most important tools…”
Thinking about Piercing Yourself?
“You will know if it includes sterilized body jewelry because they will be packaged in light blue color-changing sterile pouches, and usually the company will clearly state that the body jewelry is sterilized. If the description of the kit does not clearly state the body jewelry is sterile, it is not…”
Rogue Body Artists: Everybody’s Problem
Is it worth the five or ten bucks you save to have someone who does not use the proper sterilized body piercing supplies or tools pierce you with a used needle that may have been used before you with someone who has Hepatitis or AIDS?
Micro-dermal implants: More trouble than they’re worth?
“However, either to avoid the higher cost of dermals (as opposed to needles) or because of ignorance, many dermal implants are done with needles (where the hole is stretched and manipulated by the needle) or worse, scalpels…”