The Big Question: Is It Sterile?
Make sure the body piercing kit you choose has sterile body jewelry included. If you are not sure if the body jewelry offered is sterilized or not, ask before you buy
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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…”
What Should Be In a Body Piercing Kit?
“Remember, if the body jewelry does not come in a sterile, color-change indicating pouch, it is not sterile and should not be used in a fresh piercing!”
Body Art Supplies: Going Disposable?
“The chances of cross-contamination using one-time disposable piercing supplies is almost zero, and using disposable items is endorsed by the Los Angeles County Health Department as well as other health departments around the nation…”
Are Body Piercing Kits Safe To Use?
“If you purchase a body piercing kit, make sure you are careful to make sure the kit includes not only sterile needles and forceps (if needed), but also sterile body jewelry…”
Safe, and Sterile Body Piercing Kits
“…what good does it do to use a sterile needle, and sterile forceps if you are going to just shove an unsterilized piece of jewelry into an open wound?”
The Importance of Using Sterile Body Piercing Kits
“Make sure the kit you purchase clearly states the body jewelry is sterilized already and in sterile color-changing pouches ready for use. If the body jewelry in the kit does not say ‘sterile body jewelry’, you can bet it is not…”