“A quality professional-grade body piercing kit should include the following items; sterile, pre-packaged hollow piercing needles(s), skin preparation (benzalkonium chloride is better than alcohol at disinfecting and does not dry the skin out), piercing tool(s) like forceps (that are sterilized and packaged for immediate use), and the most important of all, sterile body jewelry that has been autoclave sterilized for your (and your client’s) protection…”
“These kits are often sold on ebay for around 70 USD, or elsewhere, offering a handful of piercing needles to go along with a few pieces of body jewelry (without being sterile, of course), and an ear piercing gun and studs. Maybe these companies think by throwing it all into a metal case it will not be seen for what it is; a Chinese ear-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”
“make sure that the freehand body piercing kit you purchase includes sterile body jewelry, so you won’t put yourself (or your client) at risk of infection or injury”
“Most importantly, make sure your body piercing kit includes sterile body jewelry. Remember, if it does not say the body jewelry is pre-sterilized, it isn’t”
“Unfortunately there are very few companies even offering body piercing kits that include sterile body jewelry. Make sure you know what you are getting and purchase a body piercing kit that includes sterilized body jewelry, otherwise, if you use a sterile needle, sterile forceps and then shove an unsterilized piece of jewelry into the open wound, you are risking infection, injury, or worse…”
“Whether you self pierce with a sterile body piercing kit or you go to a professional body piercer to have it done, wanting a body piercing does not make you crazy or self-destructive”
“The kit you choose should have sterile body piercing needles, skin preparation (such as benzalkonium chloride pads) and of course, sterile body jewelry in individual pouches…”
“What good does it do to use a sterile needle, sterile forceps and prep if what you are inserting into the open wound is not sterile?”
“Some areas of the body are easily accessible to self-piercing, such as the navel, nipples and many of the facial piercings”