Piercing Tips
Thinking about getting a body part pierced? Some important information you must have before thinking of it.
- Go to a reputable place that specializes in body piercing, stay away from those accessories stores in the mall that also do some piercing – the more experience the person doing the piercing has the less it will hurt.
- Check with your local health department for the names of any piercing parlors that have been cited for health violations in the past 6 months and stay away from those places. Consider asking for the names of the places which always pass – these are your best bets.
- Be sure that the person doing the piercing takes a new needle out of a sealed package – a reputable place will show you the sealed needle (which should be surgical grade) before hand. Shy away from places that clean their needles in an autoclave. It is OK if the piercing instrument is cleaned this way, but the needle should be brand new out of the package.
- Be sure that they clean the area to be pierced with hospital grade alcohol and/or iodine (which is brownish yellow in color and looks a bit like blood) and that the ring is also cleaned with one of these medical grade disinfectants.
