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Tragus-half as bad

With 14 lieЯ me my first belly piercing sting, God alone knows why my parents were approved. I did it to me by a Дrztin can make today, I advise each of them. It was too deep and I had it removed. Instead, I was one years with a right spдter Pierce and lieЯ a sting me again. This emerged even as common (it lasted 4 years until it finally has to be drooling aufgehцrt), but I love it. In between lieЯ I still intimate and a chest warty piercing bite.

The tragus, I wanted to have me last year can make, but unfortunately my appointment was briefly canceled before completion. After only times I've no more courage to be found. But in August this year, it has tickled me again. I was clear: this must be.

Without an appointment, I went to a Pierce on the ground. With wobbly legs, I asked him everything I have came to mind. Mцchte I always have the certainty that my Pierce an absolute idea of his profession has. After he had passed this test, I searched the jewelry from me and waited a little until everything's login war.Ich I decided a Teflon rod, as I read a lot of positive darьber had me and my well advised to Pierce. What struck me besides the fact that dirt and easier to remove rigidities wдren still ьberzeugt has been the argument that one rod after the decay of the swelling simply with a pair of scissors kьrzen kцnne nipple shield. This saves time and money, because you can do at home all alone. He klдrte me about every step he did. I found that incredibly comforting, because I had meanwhile been great anxiety! I presented myself to the platform and wanted to just gone. A Betдubung as always, I was not offered, and as always I also thought not to ask. Damn, when nдchsten time, I must think or turn it to me before at home to hand write! So I stood there and asked my sympathetic Pierce matter to me if none of the needle to show. This desire, he then also promt berьcksichtigt. He set the brace on and how to stop it knows it was pretty solid. Oh yes, before he natьrlich even with a pencil marked the injection site and they told me I could see in the mirror. The bracket had my ear cartilage that is firmly under control than it already durchbohrte the needle. I had a lot of previously read about this procedure, from strange unpleasant Gerдsuchen was the speech. From creaking and crackling. Thank God for me, this was not the case! The needle went through like nothing. Schwupps, and I had not noticed! Well, nothing is perhaps something ьbertrieben, but it was really half as bad. A Well, I know that the pain Empfingen when everyone is unterschiedich, le Ider, I can only my subjective opinion again. The onset of the jewelry was on the other hand, no longer quite so pleasant and the upper ball has only fter times the width sought. But all in all was the whole until then come fully in order. For the care I have a Teebaumцl Lцsung get, I 2 to 3 times daily should apply. I natьrlich conscientiously done. Unfortunately, it became a Teebaumцl Unvertrдglichkeit out, which is always my cartilage was thicker and thicker. Furthermore schдlte the whole skin. Natьrlich looked great! But glьcklicherweise yes, I login the Teflon crew decided at the beginning was quite long abandoned, thus swelling drьcken not to be very ьrde w. I have the oil but then stopped 4 plugs body and exchanged Octenisept against us schwupps, the problems were gone.

Now is a good 3 months passed and I love my tragus natьrlich, how should it be otherwise? But still I sometimes still hдngen, especially now in winter with the roll Krдgen. Then it can ever happen that my ear is a little red. Furthermore, I forget now and again after the hair washing, the agency sдubern. Even then, that's a little bit from entzьndet. If you order but not as clumsy as I bypassed it should ensure no problems. And what naьrlich the A and O are: nursing, care, care! That is all you conscientious Pierce heart, and I'm doing it too! So go carefully with your Kцrper around!

Like everyone else, I can at this point only comment that everyone with a passion login to the tragus has this piercing should make. Whether pain or not, what? The pain is 10 seconds spдter forgotten, or not? And who wants to be schцn must suffer the white but now even any (or not?)

Industrial piercing

I mцchte you erzдhlen now, as I came to my industrial experience and what I have done so.

Login those who do not know what an Industrial is: That is a piercing, in which several Lцcher with a rod connected, mostly in the upper cartilage of the ear (Helix), but can eg Helix also n and n Conch connect. Well, you can see it even in the pictures of BME.

This piercing I was immediately totally fascinating, as I have times when another Mдdchen've seen, and there came the desire, something also to have with me for the first time, although I myself first bite of the septum and then ne While many do nothing more, alone Geldgrьnden.

However, it was then at a Piercerin in our city, which is also quite popular (Cathi of Taboo) a week, all piercings at half price, well, and because I've yet used the same times.

I really wanted to have equal n Vertical Labret sting, but it does not, so I had expected. So just Industrial.

Yes, I restrained myself then that is just about aufklдren leave the post for health care, etc. and had to sign a contract that I will clean it (with Octenisept or Kamillan or so) and that after a week I check to come, yes, and then went into the Piercing room.

First, we have both geguckt, where the piercing long walk to the ear so ausgemessen and was geguckt where Lцcher should be. This has already ne while, but this time you should also take.

Then she asked me whether 8 plugs body I Betдubung with Eisspray mцchte. Actually, I do not login Betдubung, but somehow it has me then it ьberzeugt that it makes everything easier and I've agreed. (Since when Pierce ьberreden customers Betдubungen ...) Well, I thought it was ok, but that everyone must know itself.

Joa, the pain was quite unpleasant, even by the sole Kдlte of Eissprays, it was not bad, just uncomfortable halt. It is also quite slow stung because the angle must be precisely correct. With me were also the same Lцcher both with a titanium pin connected, but I really can not recommend that got me spдter also two separate PTFE Stдbe used.

When it was incredible, I am just totally thrilled and admired in the mirror. My ear was natьrlich knallrot and heiЯ aufm way home and the wind was very uncomfortable, but all in all wars ok.

I've also on nдchsten day Octenisept and Kamillan bought the bar and always with Octenisept eingesprьht, then cleaned with wet Wattestдbchen, then Kamillan it done and the rod moves, and then again Octenisept and the rod moves. Maybe you login, perhaps too much, but it's actually even matter whether you Gefьhl s good and so it has been holding me best. Afterwards I will always either the Octenisept or Kamillan omitted.

Jaa ... with the sleep was already fairly complicated, because you just after its now absolutely on the side with the ear gepiercten sleep WANTS .. :smile: I've always been a me hard toy or pillow under his head above the ear, so that the ear freilag, it was already. But one gets totally tense muscles, because you stдndig unentspannt schlдft and yes, even after months still is not better.

So far, so good, in the first few weeks everything went perfectly, but sometime I noticed that wild meat forms. It also remains somehow stдndig to the rod hдngen, because zunдchst a lдngerer used and it is also not good that both are related, because of the leverage or so. I then again zui my Piercerin because of the game, which gave me then Tyrosur recommended, but otherwise I am quite so alone. "Some are holding n bit predisposed dafьr."

Piercing through some forums but I knew that separate Teflon Stдbe better, so I've bought and whatever Tyrosur too. It was so much better now. The wild meat on the bottom I stдndig aufgepult until it bled, which natьrlich not good, but it was gone. That was on top of small, so that my fingernail was no attack, but later went away by itself. So you need not scrape and pulen, even if you panic gets that it remains so. In most Fдllen is going away again, if the cause of the mechanical irritation was removed. I recommend anyone wьrde it since the shot also backfire and that could be eg ne fat Entzьndung forms. For me it's just that I could not otherwise, as fingernail-biting, but you should not do.

As my ear has totally recovered well and it barely did and hurt the wild meat was gone, I returned to the long titanium rod inserted and see lip labret because it was bad again. I then went to Piercerin and got me the rod kьrzeren use and thus did it again .. So do not wait too long until you use the short stick let it relieves the ear immediately.

Yes, now I have my Industrial ungefдhr 6 months and it's already pretty well healed, is doing just s little bit hurt. It is a shield with which you must have patience fairly. Perhaps we should leave it punches, which has so instead of 3-6 months, then ne Verheilzeit of 3-6 weeks or so. However weiЯ I do not like it is with acupuncture points, which are then removed. That must think everyone's login themselves decide.

As long

Because I do with the piercing studios in Oldenburg, not just the best experience had made, I was looking for alternatives in the network in northern Germany. In the tattoo and piercing forum, I was schlieЯlich fьndig: There was Downtown Tattoo & Piercing in Bremen recommended. To me the studio to nдher times, I am a sunny June afternoon drove to Bremen - and had just looking pretty long until I had found it. After I determined for 20 minutes around the station was herumgeirrt, then finally I stood before the right Tьr.

Inside was just nothing happening, so I Piercerin Nube in peace with issues was lцchern: Uses her a autoclave? Can I look at the spores tests to see? With what Nadelstдrke stecht her Ohrknorpelpiercings? How long does it take to heal? Nube took so much time to ausfьhrlich my questions to answer. They also showed me the room willingly with the autoclave and spore testing (minus one point: the latest test was three months old). Because I am so good fьhlte, I decided spontaneously, I add a Snug piercing bite it.

I had the Цfteren gehцrt that Ohrknorpelpiercings better heal if they are stung with a needle, which grцЯer than the jewelry is used. We have therefore to a Barbell made of titanium, 1.2 mm and 1.5 mm needle in agreement. Wдhrend Nube in the piercing room prepared everything, I had the opportunity, in my small but gemьtlichen anteroom of the portfolios Tдtowierer view scrumper.

After a few minutes she called me back. The bar area is also quite small, acts through a mirrored wall to Hдlfte but gerдumiger. Above the mirrors, a couch on which I Anzeichnen the position took place. Until that moment I was not even sure exactly where I wanted to have the piercing. Nube showed me the place which they had chosen, in a hand mirror. It was almost exactly in the middle of the ear and ran horizontally. That I liked, but immediately, and it could go.

I put myself out ( "So you're not at drauffдllst me, if you dizzy!"), Nube and sat on the bracket. It was found that the marker on the inside does not go far enough in the ear and was therefore once again had new anzeichnen. I gave my back OK, and then came the brace. The fьhlte although quite unpleasant that did not yet really hurt. Nube lieЯ me a few times a deep breath, so I could relax. Meanwhile, I was a little nervцs become, but also very excited. SchlieЯlich since this was my last Ohrlдppchen piercing about ten years before my first piercing, and I could already barely more darna remember how it anfьhlt, gepierct them. The Atemьbungen helped me about the Nervositдt across, and the third came out of the runoff. I was surprised that it is more like strong pressure and not like a needle stick anfьhlte. It quickly became my whole ear very warm, and the onset of Barbells 10mm long, I was hardly true.

I stayed still for a moment, is to make sure that my circulation does not play wьrde string. I could sit in then for the first time in my new Schmuckstьck admire: I was immediately excited! Nube gave me some tips on care and with an ointment and chlorhexidine Bepanthenol along the way, I paid 30 euros and verlieЯ glьcklich lдchelnd the studio.

In the first week of my piercing behaved exemplary: The swelling went quickly Back, it is hardly formed crusts, and after a few days did it only hurt when I accidentally or on the other hand stieЯ was fiercely embraced. Twice daily I deviates the few crusts in a warm Salzwasserlцsung and contributed behind the ointment on. Even though it was hard, I have not slept the right side to mцglichst no pressure on the piercing auszuьben.

In the second week formed then, unfortunately, a small eitergefьllte bubble on the inside of the piercings, which until now has not fully healed. Neither heiЯe compresses, Teebaumцl still Tyrosur gel could help. The bubble was schцner RegelmдЯigkeit grцЯer, burst, schrumpelte back together until they almost disappeared vцllig was, and then began to grow again. I worry because I made that the piercing may have infected kцnnte, and I no infection of the surrounding cartilage tissue risking wanted, I went a few weeks after becoming the dermatologist dumbbells barbells. Not a good idea! The doctor noticed it immediately to what he thought of piercings: nothing. He also claimed flьchtigen after only a glance at my ear that was infected piercing and jewelry mьsse be removed immediately. When I gently demand if not then the risk of Abszessbildung bestьnde (you learn so much on BME), apparently knew he did not what I'm talking about. Natьrlich I Barbell inside the left.

After intensive research on the Internet, I was soon ьberzeugt thereof, is a wholly gewцhnlichen pus bump to have to do, and certainly not with an infection. Therefore I decided that initially piercing altogether in peace and to see there: now is the bubble almost disappeared.

Every now and then are also now (after about six months) or crusts, and the piercing дuЯerst reacts sensitively to pressure. Since I leave it in peace, is recovering but it is significantly better, and I'm good things, that it soon will be healed vцllig.

then Birthday

ntil July 2003, I had only one hole in each ear. The me I had years ago at the age of 16 can sting. At the time, I do not login mцglich kept that one day I wanted to have more earrings. While it was when my girlfriends certainly nothing special, but I did login was not in question. Gradually, but then evolved in the last two years, the desire in me, I still Ohrlцcher to bite. And if yes, then there should be two more in each Ohrlдppchen be. A 3-3-combination, I found, drьber per lдnger I thought, very chic. The idea that I will soon behind my groЯen Creole two plugs bear kцnnte, lieЯ me a few weeks before the actual sting is no longer happening.

I did not, however, as my environment, especially my friend to respond wьrde. For one thing, he conservatively set, but also login modern and fashionable trends and things to have. Login me was increasingly clear that my friend with my new earrings ьberraschen wanted. I told him nothing of my plan, made no insinuations that I am in my ears wanted something changing. He wьrde either accept it or not. My decision was after some time:

So one evening scrumper piercing I went ahead and looked at me two pairs of Christian schцne initial Pierced earrings (with glass pebbles) and lieЯ they sting. Actually, they were so crisp, but not shot, but so far no problems and will probably be after such a long time, not more. I have to care, not Lцcher that too closely together will be crisp. The Christian employee of the earrings my new razor, has the posts before stinging marked and then said to me that the markings on the first glance a little far apart. I should note, however, that normalgroЯer jewelry on the Ohrlдppchen from optical Grьnden should not berьhren. Then add wдre behind the Ohrlдppchen also genьgend place the Verschlьsse login. After pricking a look in the mirror: Wow. I liked it. The ears were somewhat gerцtet, but it looked easy class. As I have wanted. Also, the assistant mei nte that my new earrings are very wьrden. They even wore in ьbrigen several earrings in their ears.

So I had my new earrings. With slightly gerцteten ears, I went to the StraЯe and myself went to the home. My ears fьhlten While warm, but I was totally happy.

I made my thoughts, as my friend on the Verдnderung respond wьrde. That I did not know because we had - as I said - never washed my TV after more earrings spoken. No matter how he react wьrde, I wьrde times until they leave it. SchlieЯlich I let them bite me, because I think it is super schцn, multiple earrings to wear. Of this, I wanted in any case, by whoever, can dissuade.

The idea hдtte but I did not make mьssen. When he was on the same evening I saw he was zunдchst speechless. Then he said to me that my earrings or plugs are very wьrden that he is really great finds. I was relieved not to address his mind to mьssen. During the evening, said he has several times that my new earrings are really great wьrden. And then he confessed to me that he has already lдnger gewьnscht that I have a few zusдtzliche wear earrings wьrde, he wьrde find very sexy. He hдtte but not dared me to them.

After almost a year I still think Ohrlцcher. They have also in the whole time no problems. Why ever, about two months ago came with me the renewed desire to make further Ohrlцcher to bite. And like last time, I made reflection. Shortly before my birthday I then asked my friend what I wьnschen wьrde. And since I had the idea to me two new pairs of earrings wьnschen him. It took a bit until he realized that I was not just the jewelry dumbells barbells he wanted, but also zusдtzliche Lцcher. After my first experience I had with him, was his response to further Ohrlцcher not surprising: He was very much in agreement and told me that he sent me even more Lцcher 'gift' wьrde. Well, my birthday is only a few days ago. My birthday gift I will nдchsten at the weekend to meet my friend einlцsen.

Wьrde now I am interested to know whether other women дhnliche positive experiences with their friends bezьglich their multiple earrings made or whether other Mдnner multiple earrings in their girlfriends so great as it can find my friend does. (About a mail wьrde I am delighted.) But why my friend on multiple earrings abfдhrt and it probably also a lot of other Mдnner are the erotic find me nobody could really erklдren. Maybe yes remains a mystery. I prefer my ears in any case and I can only advise every woman to make the Ohrlцcher to which she finds schцn.

My journey to 14mm

For years I've always wanted to look just that little bit different from everyone else, partly for the feeling of just being different and partly for the shock value. I have this fear of slipping into the human equivalent of beige. This resulted in dying hair, outrageous clothing etc but I always balked at any sort of piercing or tattoos, oh I wanted them, longed for them but the thought of pain always stopped me, until I came to university. I gained Internet access and suddenly, in a round about way, a peek inside the world of body modification. My love affair with stretched lobes had began. For months I ooed and ahhhed at pictures of people with large lobes, with amazing and varied jewellery hanging from their ears and I wanted them. It took me a few months to work up the courage to go into my towns piercing shop and even longer to ask if they stretched lobes, which they did. That first appointment took me from 1.6mm to the huge (in my eyes) 2.4mm. I had my first actual pair of tunnels. No one else in my year had anything like them. The next year was spent gradually having my ears tapered up. It was an amazing moment the first time I could see through my tunnels. I spent the following months grossing out my friends my sticking all sort of random objects through my ears , oh the fun to be had with a knife at lunchtime.

I had the usual reaction from people I knew about how I was mutilating myself but in my eyes having stretched lobes made me more attractive. I've always loved the pictures from tribes in Africa with the women who have lip plates, stretched ears and necks, all worn proudly as signs of their femininity and beauty. I couldn't stretch my neck but I could stretch my lobes and hopefully this year start to stretch my lip piercings. But back to my beloved lobes.

After I hit 11mm, which was done with some difficulty with the taper, I left my lobes alone to heal and thicken up on the advice of my piercer who thought that my lobes may have reached their stretching point.

I did the usual routine of hot salt soaks and massaging vitamin E oil into them and then I started taking out my plugs overnight, giving my ears room to breathe. After all this TLC my lobes looked much better than ever - im quite reactive towards most materials that my plugs are made from but I managed to get my hands on some cobalt blue glass claws and they were amazing, so cool and heavy. Glass appears to be the best material for my ears piercing club. I loved the feeling of them dangling against the side of my neck and for a few weeks that was enough but slowly the urge to stretch came over me again. I kept seeing pictures on BME of larger lobes (a deliberate form of self-torture ) but I knew that I couldn't have my ears tapered again so I decided to try out the tape-wrap method for the first time. I bought a roll of PTFE tape from my local ironmongers and set about wrapping my plugs in their first layer of the thin white tape. Each day I added a thin layer and slowly layer by layer my lobes increased in size. Unfortunately I had a reaction to the tape - my ears began swollen, hot and irritated. It felt like I had a think layer of hard scar tissue lining the inside of the lobe (how that happens I still don't know) so that meant I had to downsize again.

Meanwhile I was browsing the net for my biggest addiction - jewellery and I stumbled across the excellent Bodyart Forms, not only did they have the most amazing range of plugs, tunnels etc but they had a sale!!! Funny how my favourite words are all four lettered - lobe, plug, sale....

I set about ordering several different sets of plugs to give me something to work towards and when they finally arrived 3 weeks later my ears had settled enough for my to re-stretch. Downsizing and daily salt soaks with applications of antiseptic creams had taken away the irritation and dryness and after a few weeks I had reached my target of 14mm, several sixes up from my original "target".

Now im sitting at the computer typing this with a pair of green stone plugs in 14mm hanging in my lobes, with a set for 16mm upstairs. A future target, and after that who knows. Ill stop when I reach my perfect size. I may have to remove the rest of my facial piercing when I graduate but I cant see me ever downsizing my lobes to normal because to me my stretched lobe are normal - they make me beautiful.
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Eyebrow

So I had an extra $40 bucks and always likes the look of eyebrow rings and wanted to see if it suited my personality or not so I drove out to Flesh Gear, in Rockdale, Il, and got it pierced piercing cool. This was my second piercing from Fleshgear and they are always really good and a really clean place to go. Id reccommend them a thousand times over.


The first thing I had to do was fill out the standard release form, I wish they would jus keep on of those on file or sumtin so I wouldn't have to fill the same crap out over and over again. I then paid them $40 and waited for the piercer to come out.


I was a little nervous because I wasn't if it was gunna hurt that bad or not but everyone with eyebrow rings I talked to said I should have no problem.


About 2 minutes later my piercer comes from out of the back room and tells me to follow him into the piercing room. I go back there and jus relax in the chair while he gets everything ready. He then asked which eyebrow. i told him the left side and he marked several marks and told me to choose one that i liked.


After choosing he told me to hold my hair up and then he stuck the needle and then it popped out. Everyone was right and it didn't hurt at all. It felt like i pinched my skin a little. He then put a CBR in and told me aftercare insructions.


It was sore for about a week or so and every so often I catch it on a towel and it gets irritated but thats the only real problem I had with it piercing cool.

Piercing Gun Vs. The Needle

Why Piercing Guns Should be Banned
Piercing guns have been used for years in mall and department stores for piercing people of all ages. Today, though, professional body piercers want to see the gun banned. Why?

I talked to a lady (who shall remain nameless) who works in a jewelry boutique at a local mall. She said that she has been doing piercings there now for about 6 months. Her "training" took all of 2 weeks, which consisted of watching others and practicing on a teddy bear. (huh?) Although she claims that in the time she has been piercing she has only gotten one complaint, that does not mean this procedure is entirely safe.

The first concern when it comes to piercing is sterilization. Any kind of procedure which involves contact with blood or bodily fluids requires strict adherence to cross-contamination prevention.

Piercing guns are usually made with plastic and cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. Sure, they wipe it with alcohol or antiseptic in between uses, but how sterile is that? It is not unreasonable to guess that in a 2-week training course, these mall piercists are not being taught about infection control and blood-borne pathogens. A quick wipe with a sterile pad is not effective in removing disease-carrying blood.

Some will argue that the piercing gun never comes in contact directly with the customer's skin. This might be true, but the piercers hands do - if they touch the customers skin and then touch the gun, the gun is now contaminated. Period. And when the gun drives the stud through the flesh, if the skin starts to bleed there is no way of knowing whether or not tiny particles of blood could have been dispersed into the air contaminating everything around it.

But Doesn't The Gun Hurt Less?
Sterility is just one of the possible problems with gun piercing. Tissue trauma is another. The gun forces a blunt stud through the skin, causing it to literally rip in order to make room for the jewelry. Then, it pinches the back of the jewelry in place snugly against the skin, allowing no way for the new wound to breathe and heal properly. The customer is then told to turn the jewelry a couple times a day, which only further pushes growing bacteria into the wound, causing infection.

True, many customers get pierced with guns and never have any problems with it. But why put yourself at risk when there is a safer, less painful way to go about it?

Why the Needle is So Much Better
In comparison to the two-week training of the mall piercer, a professional body piercer goes through extensive training that can last as long as two or three years. They learn about the human body and how piercings affect the circulatory system. They learn how to avoid hitting nerves that can cause severe pain to the customer. Most importantly, they learn about cross-contamanation prevention and how to properly sterilize their instruments. Anything that touches the customer that cannot be autoclaved is thrown away immediately. Work stations are fully disinfected before and after every piercing procedure.

The piercing process itself is also much safer and less painful than having a blunt stud forced through your skin. A piercing needle is actually hollow and extremely sharp. It slices through the skin, safely pushing the tissue aside to make room for the jewelry to be inserted. That may not sound too appealing, but it is actually a very quick process and the method is virtually painless for most body parts.

The jewelry that is used in professional piercing shops is also much better for you. Barbells and Captive Beads Rings are specially designed to allow removal of dirt and bacteria effectively during the healing process. Allowing for full movement of the jewelry makes it much easier for you to clean it without counter-productively pushing more bacteria into the pierce. The metals that are used in this jewelry are also better for your skin and less likely to cause a reaction. High-grade Surgical Stainless Steel and even Titanium (which is virtually nickel-free) give you the best chances of an infection and reaction-free piercing.

Although it is true that professional piercing prices run higher than those performed in mall stores, why put a price on your safety and well-being? The quality and personalized service you receive by going to a professional are certainly worth a few extra dollars. These trained professionals are also happy to follow up with you should you have any questions or complications. Your mall piercer might offer their opinion on how to treat an infection, but who do you think will be more qualified to help you? The answer is obvious.
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Piercing Gun Vs. The Needle

Why Piercing Guns Should be Banned
Piercing guns have been used for years in mall and department stores for piercing people of all ages. Today, though, professional body piercers want to see the gun banned. Why?

I talked to a lady (who shall remain nameless) who works in a jewelry boutique at a local mall. She said that she has been doing piercings there now for about 6 months. Her "training" took all of 2 weeks, which consisted of watching others and practicing on a teddy bear. (huh?) Although she claims that in the time she has been piercing she has only gotten one complaint, that does not mean this procedure is entirely safe.

The first concern when it comes to piercing is sterilization. Any kind of procedure which involves contact with blood or bodily fluids requires strict adherence to cross-contamination prevention.

Piercing guns are usually made with plastic and cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. Sure, they wipe it with alcohol or antiseptic in between uses, but how sterile is that? It is not unreasonable to guess that in a 2-week training course, these mall piercists are not being taught about infection control and blood-borne pathogens. A quick wipe with a sterile pad is not effective in removing disease-carrying blood.

Some will argue that the piercing gun never comes in contact directly with the customer's skin. This might be true, but the piercers hands do - if they touch the customers skin and then touch the gun, the gun is now contaminated. Period. And when the gun drives the stud through the flesh, if the skin starts to bleed there is no way of knowing whether or not tiny particles of blood could have been dispersed into the air contaminating everything around it.

But Doesn't The Gun Hurt Less?
Sterility is just one of the possible problems with gun piercing. Tissue trauma is another. The gun forces a blunt stud through the skin, causing it to literally rip in order to make room for the jewelry. Then, it pinches the back of the jewelry in place snugly against the skin, allowing no way for the new wound to breathe and heal properly. The customer is then told to turn the jewelry a couple times a day, which only further pushes growing bacteria into the wound, causing infection.

True, many customers get pierced with guns and never have any problems with it. But why put yourself at risk when there is a safer, less painful way to go about it?

Why the Needle is So Much Better
In comparison to the two-week training of the mall piercer, a professional body piercer goes through extensive training that can last as long as two or three years. They learn about the human body and how piercings affect the circulatory system. They learn how to avoid hitting nerves that can cause severe pain to the customer. Most importantly, they learn about cross-contamanation prevention and how to properly sterilize their instruments. Anything that touches the customer that cannot be autoclaved is thrown away immediately. Work stations are fully disinfected before and after every piercing procedure.

The piercing process itself is also much safer and less painful than having a blunt stud forced through your skin. A piercing needle is actually hollow and extremely sharp. It slices through the skin, safely pushing the tissue aside to make room for the jewelry to be inserted. That may not sound too appealing, but it is actually a very quick process and the method is virtually painless for most body parts.

The jewelry that is used in professional piercing shops is also much better for you. Barbells and Captive Beads Rings are specially designed to allow removal of dirt and bacteria effectively during the healing process. Allowing for full movement of the jewelry makes it much easier for you to clean it without counter-productively pushing more bacteria into the pierce. The metals that are used in this jewelry are also better for your skin and less likely to cause a reaction. High-grade Surgical Stainless Steel and even Titanium (which is virtually nickel-free) give you the best chances of an infection and reaction-free piercing.

Although it is true that professional piercing prices run higher than those performed in mall stores, why put a price on your safety and well-being? The quality and personalized service you receive by going to a professional are certainly worth a few extra dollars. These trained professionals are also happy to follow up with you should you have any questions or complications. Your mall piercer might offer their opinion on how to treat an infection, but who do you think will be more qualified to help you? The answer is obvious.
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My lovely Industrial

When I first saw what an Industrial looked like, I fell in love. It doesn't matter what style you rock, an industrial looks good in any ear. I think it looks glamorous and fierce and it makes the person who has it look brave and fashionable.

Step one: My parents.

- Being only 16 at the time, I knew that the only way I would get my Industrial was through some talks with my parents. I printed out a picture and some of the stories on this web site to show to my mom and dad. At first, they did not like the whole idea of me getting one, but after a few weeks of me begging, they caved in and said i could get it if I paid for it. I called the tattoo and piercing place where my friend had her industrial pierced and they told me it would cost around $70 to get it done. I was so happy, because I had 100 dollars left over from my birthday. It was all set with my parents.

Step two: Convincing myself.

- I have two ear lobe piercings in each ear, and also my cartilage pierced in my left ear. The only thing that was stopping me from driving down to the piercing studio was myself. I was so nervous about the pain. I had heard that an Industrial is one of the most painful piercings. I was so nervous about dealing with this pain, so I kept putting the piercing date off. I asked my friends about their experiences and they all told me that it hurt, but that the pain was different for each person. After about a month of contemplating this piercing, my friend and I drove down to the studio with our parents in the car behind us, and just went on with it.

Step three: The piercing.

- I met my piercer, and I felt so relaxed with her. She was so mellow and nice. She made me feel calm and relaxed. She told me all about what was going to happen and how long it would take. She sat me down in the piercing chair and began cleaning my ear. She marked the holes and showed me how it would look. I was so nervous. The butterflies in my stomach were almost unbearable. She told me to lay down and relax. She lined up the needle to the first hole and told me to take a deep breath. She put the needle through very quickly. I heard a popping noise and i felt a rush of heat to where the needle was. I was so surprised that I didn't scream. It didn't hurt as much as i thought it would. I was so happy. All that fuss for a little pinch. She slid the barbell through the first hole. I felt that. It didn't hurt all that much, but I could feel the jewelery being pushed through the hole. After that was done, she lined up the second hole and I took a deep breath as she put the needle through the second hole. This hurt even less than the first. The worst part was when she put the rest of the barbell into the second hole and screwed on the balls. Ouch. That was the worst part, only because I was anxious to see how it looked and it took quite a while for her to clean the area up because my ear was bleeding. She told me I was done and I jumped out of the chair and I almost hugged her. It looked amazing!

Well, it's been one day since I've had my piercing and I absolutely love it. I've been cleaning it every four or five hours with purified sea salt water. I also clean it with a dial soap and water mixture. It isn't that sore at all. The only time I felt pain was when I hit it getting into my car. It bled all the way home from work and it was sore the rest of the night. Today, it feels so much better and the swelling went down a lot. The first night with it went really well. I don't usually sleep on my left side, but because my industrial was on my right ear, I was forced to sleep on my left side, which was very uncomfortable, but I'm sure I will get used to it sooner or later.

The only problem that I think I will encounter with my new Industrial is my hair. I have long hair and I'm afraid it will get wrapped around the barbell. It has already happened like 4 times within the 24 hours I have had it.

If you want this Piercing Video and you are holding back because of the pain, seriously don't even worry. It doesn't hurt that much. Everyone makes it out to be the worst experience ever, but belive me, if I can tolerate that pain, anyone can.

My new rook piercing

It had been about 6 months since my last piercing, my tongue, and I felt that it was definitely time for a new piercing. I had been thinking about all the different piercings, and ones that I liked and ones that I didn't, but for me, I was interested in the less common piercings. A friend of mine had several piercings in her ears, and the first time I saw her rook I fell in love with it. The day that I went to get it done, I had not intended on getting a piercing, rather it was supossed to be a shopping day for a friend and I, but we thought it would be fun to get matching piercings. I thought about which piercing I wanted to get, and I remembered my friends rook piercing, so I mentioned it and my friend agreed that she liked it, and we decided to get it done.

We went down to Yonge and Wellsley, to Yonge street tattoos where I get all of my piercings done, and we booked our piercings with my usual piercer Robyn, who is just amazing. We decided that I would go first because I had a little more experiences with piercings, so I could give her some advice and stuff after I had gotten it done. Robyn took me up to the room and we spent some time catching up and laughing, and finally it was time to get down to business. She took a look at my ear and thought about where the piercing would be placed, I have really small ears so it was a little tricky, and she made some dots where she thought it would look nice. I took a look in the mirror and gave her the good to go, and we got the whole thing started.

She clamped my ear and took a few minutes to make sure that the positioning was perfect, because with the risk of migration she wanted to make sure it wasn't too close to the edge of my rook. She promised me that she wouldn't surprise me, that she would let me know exactly when it was coming so that I could be ready, because in complete honesty I was freaking out. She told me she was ready, and I took a nice deep breath, and in a couple seconds she told me the needle was in. I have a pretty good pain tollerance, but I definitely felt it, only for about a minute or so though. She pushed the needle through and inserted my captive bead ring, and gave me a couple seconds to breath before she closed the ring and put the bead on. The pain was tollerable and subsided once the whole process was done, but about 5 minutes after it was finished it felt really hot, which Robyn had warned me about. When it was all finished I was really excited and I couldnt wait to get downstairs to show my friend, who was waiting patiently for her turn.

It's been a little over a week now, and it's healing up nicely, but for those of you who are thinking about getting your rook pierced, I warn you, it was not an easy healing process. I actually got really scared for a couple of days because the pain was so intense that I thought something was wrong. I called the studio and spoke to one of the piercers and she reasured me that hers was really painful too, and that most likely nothing was wrong. That intense pain lasted for about 2 days around the 3rd day after I got it pierced. Now, it's painless and easy to clean (because while I was in the painful stage of the healing process, I dreaded cleaning it because touching it made overwhelmed with pain which actually made me sick to my stomach.) Hopefully for anyone else who gets it done the healing process won't be as uncomfortable, keep in mind everyones body deals differently with new piercings, but I definitely recomend that durring the healing process you train yourself to sleep either on your back, or on your side which doesn't have the piercing, as sleeping on it tends to irritate the little guy.

I couldn't be happier with my new piercing, and though it was a painful ride, it wasn't painful enough to discourage me from more piercings, and I actually have plans to, in a couple of weeks, get my daith pierced on my opposite ear! I would highly recommend a rook piercing to anyone who is thinking about it, and I want to reasure everyone that although my experience was painful, yours might not be! My friend with whom I got the piercing said that she wasn't in quite so much pain, but it still hurt. If getting your rook pierced is something you're thinking about getting, then right on, I would say do it, because I love mine and I would say that the pain it took to get me to where I am in the healing stage was totally and completely worth it.
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