“Make sure that the company you purchase your body piercing supplies is fully licensed and that they make public their sterilization procedures and spore testing results so you know your piercing supplies are guaranteed sterile (in color-change indicating pouches) and are ready to use …”
“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.”
“Make sure that the body piercing kit you chose to purchase has the right tools, needle size(s), prep materials (benzalkonium chloride as opposed to alcohol swabs) and STERILE body jewelry.”
“If you are going to purchase a body piercing kit on ebay, make sure you take the time to find one of the few sellers that include sterile body jewelry. It also helps that the seller knows about body piercing and is not someone totally ignorant of the body art and just in it for the money.”
“As a general rule, when you are able to move the jewelry easily and there is no longer any noticeable swelling or profound redness to the area, it is safe to remove and replace with another piece.”