Body Piercing Supplies: Using the Right Forceps
“Usually, disposable forceps are made of plastic and are disposed of after use, while steel forceps are designed to be able to withstand an autoclave so they can be reused…”
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Professional Body Piercing tips, info and insights for body piercings of all kinds.
What is a Starter Body Piercing Kit?
“Remember, choosing the right starter body piercing kit can make or break your success as a body piercer…”
What is the best way to become a body art technician?
“Remember, don’t start tattooing or body piercing until you have the knowledge, experience and have fulfilled the requirements required by your county health department or you could injure someone”
Has Body Piercing Gone Too Mainstream?
“The question is; does it comfort those of us that were into body piercing and modification from the beginning, or is it disturbing to know that so many people are piercing that it seems to have lost it’s ‘shock value’?”
Who Fears Piercing Pain the Most: Men or Women?
“It is true that pain (or the experience of feeling pain) is subjective, and in truth, there is no actual pain to fell but an ‘interpretation’ that is done inside the brain based upon varying degrees of nervous stimuli. Just as we do not actually ‘see’ our world around us (and it is interpreted through our brains), it is also true that we do not actually ‘feel’ pain either…”
Looking for Free Body Piercing Videos?
“There is one company out of all the ones we’ve researched that sells high-quality piercing supplies and body piercing kits that include unlimited access streaming videos free with any of their body piercing kits…”
Do you need a license to buy tattoo equipment or piercing supplies?
“Disinformation and discouragement is the norm for such struggling tattoo shops, and they will outright lie to you to try to prevent you from not only obtaining the equipment you need (that they themselves have), but also to delay and thwart your rise as a tattoo artist. This process is also at work when shops began charging ridiculous fees (as high as $5000) for taking on apprentices”
Where do you get your Piercing Supplies?
“Not only does using disposable and pre-sterilized body jewelry save you the cost of an autoclave, but it saves you the time of pouching everything yourself, as well as the expense of regular spore testing.”
What kind of license do you need to body pierce?
“Remember, as an apprentice, you should never be charged a fee for working at a shop – they are already benefiting from you enough with having you there for free. If a shop tells you that you will have to pay to learn (like a school), you are better off going somewhere else…”
What to look for in body piercing kits
“Be on guard against kits that are sold with loose body jewelry or metal forceps that are unsterilized – these kits can lead to terrible infections, injury, or worse…”