When you should not get a body piercing
“Make sure you have eaten within 6 hours of getting pierced, otherwise, you are more prone to fainting…”
Aftercare Healing Tips
Tips and ideas on how to help speed along your healing.
Body Piercing: What You Can Expect To Happen
“Make sure that you have eaten a meal within the last four hours of getting pierced, and if you have a history of seizures or are prone to fainting, make sure you tell your piercer about it. Remember, body piercing should be routine and does not have to involve violent physical reactions.”
Down and Dirty Body Artists
“Remember, allowing a renegade body artist work on you is like playing Russian Roulette – your chances are exponentially higher for ending up with a terrible infection, injury or worse. There are many recorded cases of people dying from complications from infections related to illegal body piercings or tattoos…”
MRSA: Read this before your next tattoo or body piercing
“MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphulococcus aureus) is a type of flesh-eating and rapid spreading staph infection that is resistant to most antibiotics (photo) usually caused by improper skin preparation before a body piercing or tattoo.”
Nipple Piercing: Pros and Cons
“During sex, having your partner stimulate them directly will give you sensations you never felt before, with some women reporting the ability to climax just from having their nipples manipulated”
Are all body piercing kits the same?
“The vast majority (over 95%) of piercing kits sold do not include sterile body jewelry, so contact the company before purchasing (if it is not clearly stated in the listing information) that the kit you are buying includes sterile body jewelry, sterile needles and sterilized forceps…”
First piercing? Here’s What you need to know…
“The main question people have is; how much will it hurt?”
How to avoid an infection
“Your piercer should provide you with detailed aftercare instructions at the time of piercing. If you were not given aftercare instructions, or forgot them, you may find them posted on respected online sites that specialize in body piercing supplies.”
Should you buy a body piercing kit?
“Make sure that the body piercing kit you purchase includes sterilized body jewelry, as well as sterile needles, and preparation materials to disinfect the skin properly”
How to lessen the pain of a body piercing
“Some people believe drinking alcohol before a piercing will lessen the pain. While this may work in theory, drinking alcohol is really a bad idea, as it can lead to excessive bleeding or fainting.”