Body Piercing Health Tips
First, if you’re under the age of 18, you may be required to have a parent with you before they will perform the piercing. Do you know of a place that will do it without a parent? Fine, but discuss it with your parents first so you can explain why it’s important to you and so they can tell you how they feel about any risks.
Secondly, and most importantly, don’t take it upon yourself to pierce your body or let one of your friends do it. This should only be left up to professionals. This will drastically reduce any health risks or permanent damage.
Plan Ahead
- Preexisting health conditions: If you have any allergies, skin disorders, diabetes, immune system deficiencies or disorders, or are pregnant, consult your doctor on if a body piercing would be okay or what other measures, if any, you should take.
- Immunizations: Make sure that you’re up to date on your immunizations, especially hepatitis and tetanus immunizations.
- Plan where you will go for medical care in case you experience any difficulties later on pertaining to the piercing.
- Check out the piercing shop ahead of time.
- Know the health risks before getting a piercing.
- Jewelry: Check out their jewelry and make sure that they use non-toxic materials such as surgical steel, 14-karat or 18-karat gold, titanium, platinum, or niobium. Other materials can cause skin irritation or even several rashes or outbreaks of the skin.
- Cleanliness: The shop should be clean and all needles and waste products such as gauze and other items that may contain blood are properly disposed of.
- Person Performing the Piercing: Make sure the person washes their hands and uses a fresh pair of disposable gloves.
- Sterilization: Make sure that the instruments used are sterilized and make sure that a new needle is being used.
- No Piercing Guns: These aren’t’ sterile, so make sure these aren’t being used.
- Infection and Chronic Infections: This is a risk especially with any piercings in or on the mouth and/or nose.
- Damage to Teeth: This is a risk for tongue piercings and is not a short term risk, but can happen over the course of several years.Gum Issues: This is a risk for any piercing that is on or in the mouth. Again, it’s not an immediate risk, but can happen over a prolonged period of time.
- Prolonged or Excessive Bleeding
- Scarring
- Disease: Mainly, you can contract Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or tetanus.
- Skin Allergies
- Abscesses or Boils
- Nerve Damage
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