Tapers and big sizes… It rushes it and can create a tear in your earlobe or a blowout. Tapers are often the cause of stretching too fast and forcing things.
Once your piercing has healed you can enjoy it for a lifetime, but it demands some care and things will always be that way. How to take care of it differs a bit from piercing to piercing. It’s for example…
Why saline? Physiological saline is a solution of 0.9% NaCl (9 grams of salt per liter) in water, so that the value of the solution obtained corresponds to that of the body tissues. This solution is usually also used for…
What kinds of piercings are there? Face piercings, body piercings, intimate piercings, surface piercings, surface anchors… Are a couple categories for many many piercings. Face piercings: What are the options? Nostril piercings, Septum piercing, Eyebrow piercing, anti-eyebrow, erl piercing, also…
It’s always wise to be honest to your piercer about your health, especially because the consequences can be huge. There are various important and interesting bits to know about the risks of bodypiercing.In case of health issues or immune diseases,…
On the picture is a rejecting navel piercing. It doesn’t always look like this on everyone though. With piercings there are two main things that occur frequently. These are migration and rejection. Migration means that the piercing litterally moves from…
How can I best prepare for getting a piercing? Make sure you have eaten well, you have had enough sleep, that you have informed your piercer about things like work environment, health, allergies, planned medical procedures or procedures you’ve had…
When you are epileptic Piercings are often discouraged, all of them. If you have epilepsy you probably know more about the symptoms of the disorder. Discuss this with your piercer. An honest, good, professional piercer will consult with you and…
What about alcohol and piercings? Drinking alcohol during the healing period of a piercing is strongly discouraged because it prolongs the healing process. Even when you drink through a straw. This is certainly true with oral piercings (piercings in the…
No. A surface anchor, also known as Microdermal, single point piercing or Dermal Implant cannot be massaged out. It can only be removed by a professional.
Can I take a bath after getting a piercing? In general I strongly recommend to avoid long baths and swimming and such with a still healing piercing. Showers are of course no problem. Swimming, Turkish sauna (steam bath)… big no…
Cartilage / ear piercing / earring: It depends on the kind of jewellery you have. It may be a bar with a flat back (this is called a labret style), a bar with two balls (barbell), a curved bar with…
I often hear that people think they must twist or move the jewellery of their freshly pierced earrings or other piercings during cleaning or just 2 times a day so it won’t grow stuck in the flesh. Of course this…
Scar tissue and discoloration are relatively common on piercing. This can also occur when the piercing was done correctly but healing is difficult.
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Blowout? Stop stretching. Remove the taper or jewellery or whatever you’re stretching with and go back to a bit smaller size. Clean it with warm saline soaks 1 or 2 times daily during about a week. Let your skin recover…
Does a Nape piercing often get rejected? That depends on your skin, the placement of it, the skill of your piercer, the jewelry size or model of it, the care given to the piercing (as well as general health and…
Gauges, inches, millimetres… Here’s a nice conversion table for everyone’s comfort :) Gauge Inches (decimal) Inches (fractional) Millimeters 20 .032 approx. 1/32″ .812 18 .040 > 1/32″ 1.024 16 .051 < 1/16″ 1.291 14 .064 approx. 1/16″ 1.628 12 .081…
If you have earrings and you want to stretch them, I always recommend to stretch to 1.6mm size first before you continue stretching and use tunnels or plugs as jewelry. You could also get your earrings pierced in a larger…
Hygiene: Good and bad bacteria In the care of a new piercing it is often advised to use a mild unscented soap or saline solution. But alcohol, Sterilon, Dettol, iodine use is strongly discouraged. But why? Because the systematic (repeated)…
Why can’t I go swimming with my new piercing? Why is it advised for the piercing not to get in contact with bathwater such as from swimming pools or steam saunas during the healing period? A wound that is too…
Good daily hygiene and proper healing of your piercing When you’ve just had your piercing done, or it is irritated or suffering a minor localized infection or a so called ‘piercing pimple’, it is recommended to maintain proper daily hygiene….
Are there also flexible piercingjewelry? Yes there are. A material called Bioplast, or Bioflex and there is also PTFE, which is biocompatible and hypoallergenic. These are made of a sort of flexible plastic material. These exist for almost all bodypiercings:…
Which piercings are surface piercing? the Nape or surface piercing in the back of the neck the Bindi the bridge piercing or Erl piercing the eyebrow piercing the teardrop (a surface anchor under the eye or on the cheek bone)…
When you have a fresh piercing, or an irritated or inflamed one, it’s very important to protect yourself from bacteria. Protect yourself against anything dirty that is. So hygiene is a must. But some things are harder to control. Such…
How do I take care of my cheek piercings? You take care of a cheek piercing in the same way you would clean a medusa, monroe, or other lip piercing. With saline on the outside and mouthwash on the inside….
Make sure you leave the jewelry in for about 6 to 8 weeks.
In some cases a local inflammation such as the so called piercing pimple will not heal as quick as we might want with the regular saline soaks. In this case you might want to try the chamomile tea compress. This…
This is a fragment from the aftercare instructions. Many different types of sprays are sold when getting your piercing but only a few really are good for you because too much of them contain antiseptic products that are too aggressive for…
