Professional Body Piercing tips, info and insights for body piercings of all kinds.
“…more than ever, people are looking for a place to get a safe and professional body piercing. In the past, the only place to get pierced was in a tattoo shop, by tattoo artists, which generally look upon piercing as a side-line or just do it for the money. The need for body piercers and dedicated piercing parlors is growing.”
“Make sure that before you purchase anything kind of body piercing supplies, that you read carefully their policies and sterile procedures, and that they clearly post publicly all spore test results of their equipment on a regular basis…”
“Acetaminophen will help lower the pain you will feel without thinning your blood..”
“Far better prepared are those piercers that have undertaken first aid and/or survival training, so they are prepared and ready to act if a customer goes into shock, faints or has a seizure…”
“It could be that today’s extreme trends in body jewelry extremism may be giving us glimpses of what is coming for all of us in the years ahead…”
“Piercing without forceps is known as free-hand piercing, and is common amongst professional body piercers.”
“There are many cases of bleed-outs that led to 911 calls (alcohol thins the blood), as well as cases of severe infections jeopardizing unborn infants that have made headlines. What doesn’t make headlines is the quiet professionals that turn down, and turn away customers every day that should not be getting pierced the way they want…”
“It’s wonderful to live in such a time when anyone can get a body piercing just about anywhere on their bodies safely and without persecution by society”
“The rule of thumb is this; if a tattoo shop is willing to break the law to make money off of you, they are probably breaking other laws (in regards to mandated sterility standards for tattoo and piercing supplies) that you aren’t aware of that could put your health and safety at risk.”
“A Chin Piercing is a type of surface piercing that unlike labret piercings, does not pass through the mouth…”