Everything About Industrial Piercing

Tragus Jewelry - To Make Your Ears Look Beautiful!

2010-05-29T00:48:00.000-07:00

Facial piercing jewelries are accessible in the market today. You can find them through an online search at your convenience too.

Ever wonder how to get a tragus stud, helix piercing or conch? Maybe you’re up to tragus jewelry? There are several online sites for tragus jewelry. Different designs, colors and everything else you need are available online.

Other jewelries are also available such as, labrets, flesh tunnels, belly rings, eyebrow bars, curved barbells, nipple bars, spikes, rings, monroe labrets, and lots more. From your cozy comfort zone at home you can see the finest of the finest jewelries on your computer screen.

Don’t you just love it, shopping right at your home! Shopping online is simply the best, you can choose from finest body jewelry right from your finger tips to your computer screen. Different variety of designs is offered like beautiful handmade tribal studs, diamond studs, and custom made jewelry made just for you. The good thing about this is that you can create or suggest your own designs and their artist will transform your design to real jewelry. They also have top quality piercings such as jewelry for labrets, navel rings, nipple piercings, lip, nose, eyebrow bars, ear piercings, tongue, other ear piercings such as tragus rings, flesh tunnels, stretched ear plugs, industrial bars, scaffold and tapers. You name it and they have it.

If you want to find the best tragus, you can choose from Clear Marques Gem Ear Stud, Tragus Clear Square, star or dolphin Gem Ear Stud Find. These are the favorite tragus gems. Other huge choice of metals you should check include UV acrylic, titanium and stainless steel designs, zircone, diamonds, platinum, gold and many more. You can purchase jewelries online and online stores guarantee you that you of fast delivery. For your protection, be sure that you will only purchase from genuine sites.

Piercing Myths

2010-05-20T01:04:00.000-07:00

Body piercing is cool and will make you attractive. Aside from the physical basis of piercing, it is also a symbolic act deeply embedded in your soul.

While the history of body piercing is obscured by a lack of scholarly reference and popular misinformation, ample evidence exists to document that it has been practiced in various forms since ancient times throughout the world.

When you look for more piercing information, some say that body piercing could give you paralysis and other bad infections. Your friends unfortunately back those things up.

So are you going to pursue for a body piercing or not?

There have been myths with the topic of body piercing. These myths have been passed on by one person to another, and they continue to be seen as a reality by some people.

What are some of the body piercing myths?

1. Piercing is a ground for paralysis. Numbness is only a possibility. This happens when an infection sets in and no action has been taken. But paralysis being a direct and instant result of piercing is a false claim. For example, if your eyebrow is incorrectly pierced, you won’t get numb. You will slightly feel uncomfortable because your nerves tend to hide. Nerve’s hiding is a natural way of protection from minor cuts and burns.

2. Drinking beer with a new oral piercing will cause a yeast infection that’ll form in your mouth. This is not true. However, it is not advised that you drink alcoholic beverages just after an oral piercing because the wound is on the process of healing. Alcoholic beverages destroy newly formed skin tissues, and that’ll lead to swelling.

3. Drinking beer before you get pierced is okay. Wrong again. Being intoxicated before piercing is being not cooperative. A drunken person is impossible to deal with, and it’s impossible to pierce him.

4. Salt is a natural way to heal the piercing. Salt alone will irritate a wound. To facilitate healing, you need to take anti-biotics and treat the wound with prescribed ointments. However, a salt solution of warm water and a little amount of salt is a relief to a wound in a labret, lip and tongue piercing. It is like an ice pack for strained muscle.

5. Body piercing is demonic or evil. Don’t believe it. Pierces have been a symbolic example of loyalty, bravery and power. In the past, our ancestors had been decorating their body with jewelry when conducting rituals. Piercing is a perfect expression of the life that our ancestors had.

6. Body piercing is a fad. If you review your world history, you will see that man had body piercing thousands of years ago. Different cultures from different lands had always piercing activities.

7. Using a piercing-gun is safe. Piercing-gun poses problems like contracting a disease. These guns have plastic parts that cannot be cleaned or sterilized and contracting bacteria from it is what always happens.

8. Bleeding, discoloration is sure signs of infection. These things can mean that the body is going a natural healing process. Any break on the skin will result to bleeding or swelling as normal reactions of the body.

9. If piercing becomes infected, remove the jewelry. If you want the skin to close up over the infection, resulting in an abscess then this is the way to go - otherwise, this is not a good idea. Once an abscess occurs, the infection will have to be surgically removed. Don’t be your own doctor. If there’s an infection, consult a doctor.

10. Genital piercing is more prone to infection than other body piercing. Genital piercing is the same with other piercing in the body and the possibility of infection is also the same. It’s just that there is a psychological fear in cleaning genital piercing compared to piercing in other parts of the body.

11. Piercing yourself is safe. The problem with doing it on your own is the risk of not having a clean environment, proper tools and sterilization. It is best to leave it to professionals than risking yourself to infection or any grave problem.

12. Piercing is painful. There is pain in piercing but anyone can survive it. But if you are still undecided just remember the phrase, no pain no gain.

5 Tips to Finding a Good Piercer for Your Industrial Piercing

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You must never forget to consider your piercer before proceeding to anything else. It is very important to find the best piercer so that you’re assured of your safety and there are minimal chances of getting it infected. You have finally decided that you wanted to get an Industrial Piercing and you have a perfect jewelry but couldn’t find the best piercer? Here are some tips that will help you find the right piercer.

• Asking is always the best thing to do. Ask your friends if they know good industrial piercing parlors. It is always best to ask someone based from his experience. If they know of a good place and a good piercer, then you can consider their suggestion. Why do they recommend that person?

• You can get loads of information from online forums. A lot of people are pretty much interested in what you are looking for. Piercing is a popular topic on the net. Join and interact with people online. They can help you with your problem and can even give you reliable recommendations. Ask questions that can help you find a good piercer. They must tell why they recommend that person and why that piercer is good.

• Find piercers that are near your location. Do online and phone book searches. You should also do a search by yourself. Ask your friends or the authorities if such piercing parlor is officially authorized, and if their piercer is good.

• If you have found the potential piercer, call him and state your concerns. Ask him the service he provides. Be very vocal to ask about the safety, hygiene and cleanliness of his piercing parlor. Inquire him about the sterilization and the healing process of the wound.

• It is always best if you see it yourself. You can go to the piercing shop and judge it yourself. Go to his location and get a real feel on how the parlor operates and how the place looks like. The way it appears would determine if they maintain cleanliness and sanitation to the client. Talking over the phone could be misleading; they can tell you things that are actually different from reality so seeing it for yourself is very important.

These tips are a great help to your industrial adventure. Finding a good piercer is a basic requirement to having a successful industrial. Make sure you follow these tips because you’ll be regretting if you won’t.

Tragus Jewelry - To Make Your Ears Look Beautiful!

2010-05-04T01:22:00.000-07:00

Facial piercing jewelries are easily accessible to the market now. You can find it anywhere, you can also try to search online for it is more convenient. Ever wonder to get a tragus stud, helix piercing or conch? Maybe your up to tragus jewelry? Online sites for tragus jewelry are widespread, you can search on the net and it is all there, different designs, colors and many else are available. Other jewelries are also available such as, labrets, flesh tunnels, belly rings, eyebrow bars, curved barbells, nipple bars, spikes, rings, monroe labrets, and lots more, anything that you are looking for is here. From your cozy comfort zone at home you can see the finest of the finest jewelries on the interne.

Don’t you love it, shopping right at your home! Shopping online is simply the best, you can choose from finest body jewelry all at your finger tips from your computer screen. Variety of designs are offered, beautiful handmade tribal studs, diamond studs, and custom made jewelry made just for you. Good thing about this is that you can create or suggest your own designs and their artist will transform your design to reality. They also have top quality piercings such as jewelery for labrets, navel rings, nipple piercings, lip, nose, eyebrow bars, ear piercings, tongue, other ear piercings such as tragus rings, flesh tunnels, stretched ear plugs, industrial bars, scaffold and tapers name it and they have it.

If you want to find tragus that you can choose from, they are offering a lot with surely low low prices. Clear Marques Gem Ear Stud, Tragus Clear Square, star or dolphin Gem Ear Stud Find a huge choice of metals you want your body jewelry to be in, UV acrylic, titanium and stainless steel designs, zircone, diamonds, platinum, gold and many many more. You can get these exciting and unique designs online. You can purchase jewelries online and they will guarantee you that you can get your jewelry the very next day. But better be sure always that you will only purchase to genuine sites.

Helix Piercing and Helix Orbital Piercing- What’s the Difference

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It is very common to many having their earlobes pierced and one of these two peircings is placed high on the ear. This is called helix piercing and not cartilage piercing as many thought. This is because the entire ear is made-up of cartilage.

Any piercing not on your earlobe is a cartilage piercing, the second and the third holes ascending from the earlobe are cartilage peircings. Helix is the most popular piercing in America next to earlobes. Helix piercing was the first among all industrial piercing. Unfortunately though many got their piercing done in malls using a piercing gun, this could be a dangerous act for you. If you want to have your piercing done, you must seek for a professional help. Go to a professional piercing parlor instead, to be assured of your safety. You will be sure that they are using a sterile and safe needle rather than a piercing gun that is unhygienic and damaging.

Holes pierced with hoop or rings are easier and faster to heal so most probably your piercer will recommend you this first before using the real barbell for your industrials, but of course, the decision is still yours. With the proper care and sanitation, your industrials will heal fast.

You will be asked by your piercer to sit on a chair that is almost similar to a dentist’s chair. He will then mark your ear and will ask you if you are satisfied with the location your piercing will be placed. Then he will push a needle to your helix and you have your piercing done instantly. The pain will only last for seconds. There have been rumors that your hearing, speech, nervous system, balance, etc will be affected. Do not believe it, those are just rumors.

A helix orbital on the other hand has two HELIX piercings that are joined together by a single piece of circular jewelry, hence, the name ORBITAL. This is to differentiate it to an industrial piercing where two holes are joined by a single straight bar called barbell. Helix orbital piercing is more complicated because your piercer needs to measure the distance of the two holes correctly.

Though it may look and feel okay after six months, your piercing is not yet fully healed. Usually cartilage piercing takes a year until it is fully healed. Before changing your jewelry, allow your piercing to heal first. Helix piercing is a great way to express your creativity and individuality.

Navel Piercing During Pregnancy- Remove or Retain?

2010-04-28T23:29:00.000-07:00

It’s always been a scare for a pregnant woman that she might loose her belly piercing during her pregnancy due to her expanding belly. Why shouldn’t she be, after a year or two of healing her navel piercing then it will just go to waste? You won’t let that happen right? Around 3 or 4 months during pregnancy, the piercing will start to feel uncomfortable. This is not a problem anymore. With the advancement of medicine and technology, there are many options for preserving a piercing all throughout the childbearing year.

To accommodate the expanding abdomen; you must consider the flexibility, method of fastening, gauge, weight, length of barbell, and type of material you wear through your piercing. There are several types that are recommended for pregnant women.

As soon as a pregnant woman feels uncomfortable, normally during her third or fourth month of her pregnancy, she can immediately change her regular jewelry for a long curved barbell. As the belly expands the long barbell allows more room for the skin to stretch.

If metal barbells starts to feel uncomfortable because of its weight you can switch your metal barbell to an acrylic retainer. Acrylic retainers are lightweight which makes it more comfortable. They come with rubber o-rings to secure the ends or threadable balls. Always choose lightweight materials.

It is better to preserve your piercing throughout your pregnancy than to allow it to close then repiercing it afterwards. When a piercing closed it will develop scar tissues and scar tissues when repierced need more time to heal. Piercing a scar is not also advisable as well as piercers may find it hard to do that.

If a pregnant woman wishes to retain her piercing, she may do so. She just needs a proper care for her piercing. A suitable jewelry and extra skin care to support elasticity of her growing belly, a proper diet, plenty of water and of course long and flexible belly jewelry are all what is needed to preserve the belly piercing. Your proper diet and personal care is also vital for your baby’s good health and development.

Industrial Piercing Jewelry Design and Material

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Industrial Piercing or sometimes called as scaffold piercing and construction piercing is any two pierced holes that are connected to each other by a straight bar. These two holes are connected with industrial barbells, typically from the other side of the helix to the other or the counter helix. In case you do not know what helix means, it is the ear cartilage or the rim. Pieces of industrial piercing jewelry are cautiously chosen for your industrials.

The common mistake of many is that they think that industrials are only for the ears but industrials can be done in many other body parts. Industrial barbells for instance can also be used for lip, tongue or belly button piercing. Industrial barbells are straight steel barbells with sphere-shape locks on each end; one side is enclosed while the other can be unscrewed and used as the inserting part to the ears. Some industrial barbells can be unscrewed at both ends and as one wishes, it can be replaced by other customized designs. There are many shapes available like triangles, cones, disk, cubes and cylinders. You can also choose colors that you want. Many manufacturers offer modified accessories for your industrials. Straight barbells are common but one can choose from many variations of designs. For example, instead of a straight and traditional barbell; play a little with your industrials by choosing a spiral barbell, a twist or middle finger, or maybe a diamond shaped surgical steel project bar.

It is best to use industrials made of titanium and surgical steel while on the healing period but once the healing is done, you can change your industrial bars into materials made of silver or gold. In addition, you can also use decorative designs like glass or acrylic. It is still recommended that you first ask advice from your piercer or physician before using other materials as you might be allergic to them. The material for your industrial jewelry has very specific make-up so you must take it into consideration before buying your jewelry. Never go for the design alone. It sure looks cool but be very careful. Choose the design and the material that is right for you, and lastly, take all the safety precautions if you decide to have an industrial piercing.

History of Piercing

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Piercing is one of the oldest and most interesting forms of self-adornment. Though it wasn’t really socially accepted in the past, it is now widely accepted in today’s society. Before, people connote piercing with wrong impressions. Body piercing has been around the world since the early civilization. History tells us that it has been practiced by many cultures since then.

Piercing was believed to be an essential part of ancient culture’s physical and spiritual identity. Dated back on 9th century BC, a stone relief from Nimrud was the earliest evidence of body piercing. A 5,000 years old mummified body had an ear pierced in 7-11mm in diameter. This mummy is said to be the oldest recorded piercing.

When you’ll ask this generation, “why do you have to have your body pierced?” To express my individuality, this is the reason you will most likely hear from them. But piercing has their cultural meanings. In India for instance, they usually wear piercing in the left nostril or in some place. Sometimes both nostrils are joined to the ear by a chain.
The left nostril is more common to be pierced because it is associated to Ayuvedra, an Indian form of alternative medicine. They believe that piercing will make child birth easier and would lessen the period of labor.

To facilitate their communication with gods, the Mayan nobleman does ritual tongue piercing and bloodletting while a gold earring worn in the left ear signifies a government official in Tibet. New Guinea warriors wore tusks through the septum for a vicious appearance.

There are many cultural reasons behind body piercing. They may indicate affiliation to a clan or tribe. They may also indicate a social status or ranking in the society or level of success. A leader of a tribe or his family can be identified through body piercing in some culture. Warriors wear piercing to appear threatening. It can also be worn to enhance your sexual stimulation or to become attractive. It may also indicate a formal procedure of passage or a sign of authority. Still, others have piercings with the belief that it will ward off evil and illness.

10 Tips for Body Piercing

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Body piercing is simply made by puncturing a part of your body using a needle. A piece of jewelry is inserted into the puncture after the process. It has been popular since ages ago, deemed unnecessary for most in the past, but it has been widely accepted as a form of self-expression in this decade.

Body piercing is prone to a potentially dangerous infection so you must ensure your safety first. We are giving 10 tips for you to consider.

1. Avail only for a professional body piercer.
Do not ever attempt to do the piercing by yourself. You have an increased risk of infection by going to a non-professional piercer. Be sure that your artist is experienced, reputable and reliable. Seek for a professional help for consultation before getting a body piercing.

2. Ask questions.
It is better to be safe than sorry right? So do not hesitate to ask questions and interview your piercer. Your health is in great risk and you don’t want to compromise it, don’ you? So ask questions about their procedures and cleanliness especially disease prevention. You can acquire diseases like Aids or hepatitis and many else from dirty needles. So never put your heath at stake and ask important questions.

3. Choose your piecing wisely.
Piercing has more of a lifetime consequence. Be certain that it can be done successfully because every body type is different. A perfect example is some people cannot have a tongue piercing done because of the orientation of their essential nerves and vessels in their tongue which can cause severe bleeding if punctured.

4. Think of its impact on your life.
Even though piercing is more acceptable nowadays it is still true that many employers wont hire you if you have piercings in your body. Many would look at you with a grin of discrimination.

5. Choose high quality jewelry.
Never go for design over quality, nor buy cheap and poor quality jewelry which can cause you infections. Find jewelries made of sterling silver, gold, titanium or surgical quality stainless steel. Only quality metals and high carbonated plastics are recommended for your piercing.

6. Keep it dry.
Keep your piercing away from saliva, sweat, chlorine water, or saltwater. These can penetrate to the wound and can cause you sickness and infections.

7. Keep it clean.
Piercing is a wound that needs to be healed and until it is fully recovered you must make sure that it is always clean.

8. Avoid putting on makeup.
If you have a piercing on your face avoid, putting makeup on the hole. Makeups have substances that can irritate and infect your wound.

9. Watch out our infections.
Signs of infections include discharge from the wound, pain, fever, swelling, redness, and general discomfort. If this happens, visit your doctor immediately.

10. Consult your physician if there is a problem.

Where to Buy Industrial Body Jewelry

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There are many shops out there where you can buy any industrial piercing: in the malls for example or you can watch on your local TV to find shops nearest you, but you can also try to buy online. Many sites are featuring and selling industrial body jewelries and you can browse on their long list of choices. I personally prefer buying online than traditional stores for jewelry for so many reasons.

Visit Body Jewelry online, you can see the best prices on industrial piercing jewelries here. See which would you want, you can also read reviews that may answer your further questions of their product. There you can definitely read the answers that you are looking for and you can buy with confidence! Just go to Bizrate to find the best deals on body jewelry from Titan.

Their retail products are open for public while wholesales and distributors are open for businesses for only $100 minimum for the wholesalers and $500 minimum for the distributors. Each piece is polished to a mirror finish and all of their products are of the highest quality.

FreshTrends.com: Body Jewelry & Accessories for Less is one of the most popular sites online for industrial piercing and is proud to offer you the freshest and most eclectic collections. They have all that you are looking for. They are the leading and the most trusted retailers of body jewelry in the world since 2001 so make sure to visit FreshTrends.com.

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There are still many other websites that offer industrial jewelries, try to browse for more sites and you can find, select and be mesmerized with the finest jewelries that you want!

Top 5 Industrial Earrings

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The best jewelry for an industrial piercing is a long barbell. Industrial bars are usually over 20mm long but always measure your industrial bar before you purchase. There are a great range of long barbells including flexible BioFlex barbells that can reduce healing times. Here are some of the most popular industrial bars.

Long titanium barbells—machined with superior medical-grade titanium are long titanium barbells that usually measure 22mm. This is ideal for industrial and scaffold piercings. The perfectly smooth surface also comes with different sizes. Both balls on the ends are removable; you can change and customize it if you want.

This barbell is also ideal for industrial peircings and scaffolds. The surgical steel carved industrial piercing bar is stylish and it can give you a different look from the traditional straight bars. This bar is carved with a delicate pattern. The carving process is carefully done so that it won’t irritate your piercing. The material has been smoothly carved for perfection by someone with a touch of dexterity. It also comes in various sizes.

Another kind is the blackline barbell. It comes with 6mm balls on both ends that you can customize with other accessories. This can make a statement depending on your skin tone. It can compliment your tone regardless if you are a brunette or a Caucasian. It is very comfortable—made with surgical-grade titanium which is very biocompatible and can reduce healing times.

The amethyst and copper marble bananabell is also another option. Its stem is made with surgical steel and is lightweight acrylic. This fashionable bananabell is skillfully marbled with shimmers of mix copper with a mixed color of black and purple. This stylish barbell is a real treat for your belly button.

Experience the glamour and fab with a Double Circobell Bananabells. For a sleek and funky look, this blackline bananabell is studded with crystals. They look great in replacement with earrings in your navel.

The location of your piercing is a major consideration. There are industrial earrings best suited for your navel, your ears, lips or even your tongue; unless you want to try odd things like placing a bananabell on your lip.

What is Industrial Bar Piercing?

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First let us define what is body piercing, body piercing is creating an opening in the human body in which a jewelry may be worn in that hole, it is simply defined as the practice of puncturing or cutting a human body. It may sound so simple yet it sounds so painful right? Imagine cutting or making a hole in your body, doesn’t that hurt?

Now let us discuss a more specific kind of body piercing, the industrial bar piercing. What is this all about? Basically any two piercing holes that are connected with an extra long barbell is called the cartilage piercing of the ear or industrial piercing. There is actually a standard in industrial, the two helix peircings. Helix is the folded rim of skin and cartilage around most of the outer ear. It is the rounded and hard part of our ear. But, industrials can be a wide range of connected piercings.

Industrial piercing in North America, sometimes called as scaffold piercing in UK and IRL or construction piercing is, like what we have said earlier, any two pierced holes connected with a single straight piece of jewelry. For further explanation, however, it typically refers to a double perforation of the upper ear cartilage. Two peircings are made, one of which is in the anti-helix piercing, located fairly close to the head. The second one is located further down the cartilage on the opposite side of the ear and is called the helix piercing. From behind the ear a straight barbell is inserted trough the first piercing then travels diagonally across the front of the upper cartilage. After it goes through the second piercing, it is secured with a screw-on bead behind the second hole.

Because you created a hole in the human body more especially in the ear cartilage, it will be needing more time to heal. Healing process is no joke because it is typically being healed in three months and can last for a year until it is fully healed. The danger of course is that during the process of piercing and in the healing period, it is prone to infection. The barbell jewelry is worn during the healing period; it is usually 14g and is made with a sterile hollow piercing needle. Captive bead rings aka CBRs are sometimes used instead of the barbell itself and are exchanged with the barbell after the healing is complete. The use of these CBRs results in faster healing but this technique may cause improper alignment of the piercings when exchange after the healing. A flexible plastic tube can also be used and swapped for a metal bar when it is healed

Two or more industrial piercing on one ear creates four or more holes. Hence, it is often called a cage.

How Much Does Industrial Piercing Costs?

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Industrial piercing became well-liked since 1992 although it has already been popular during the ancient times. Industrial piercing is commonly mistaken just for the ears; but it can also be done in the lip, tongue, belly button and in many other parts of our body. Industrial piercing is two or more piercing that is connected together by a piece of jewelry.

Today having industrial piercing is a sign of expression, and for those who are in love with arts; they allow themselves to become a living masterpiece. As stated earlier industrial piercing is not really new, it is quite old. As a matter of fact, it has been used by ancient Egyptians— making it one of the oldest forms of self adornment. During those ancient times, it was a sign of position, wealth and power.

This article aims to make you understand industrial piercing and why it costs so much. Is it a reasonable price or not?

The price will differ depending on the shop that you go to and how popular your piercer is. You can use the shop finder at safepiercing.org to find a piercer of good reputation in your area, then give them a call or you can go directly to them to find out how much they charge, but the popular the piercer is; the higher they charge for their service for sure.
Industrial piercing is not an ordinary piercing and you wouldn’t want to have it done by non-professionals. Although you may find a deal for less by going to some local specials, always remember to be safe than sorry. Normally, industrial piercing costs from $40-$70 depending on the piercer and the barbell that you want. The barbell is always included in the deal to avoid the piercing from closing.

Prices could also vary depending on the area that you would like to be pierced on. For this, I advise you to ask questions and ask yourself not just once but many times before proceeding.

In order to make sure of proper healing, the barbell should be properly aligned because if you try to heal it with two separate rings and then change to one barbell later; the tendency is the piercings will have migrated so slightly—putting stress to the holes and will cause you to have piercings that you wont really like at all. To make sure that the barbell will stay in place, putting it at once is advisable.

Caring for Industrial Piercing

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As we all know industrial piercing is not just an ordinary ear piercing, it needs more time to heal and more specific needs of care. Its healing time is six to twelve months, meaning more time and more attention needed. If you are worried about your sleeping position, you can use surgical tape while sleeping to protect the piercing.

Do not touch your piercing unless you are cleaning it. Our hands are basically the germs carrier, so do not touch or let others touch it while it is healing. You still have an open wound and unwashed hands carry bacteria and your piercing is in the condition where germs can penetrate below your skin and can cause an infection. Use only antibacterial soap in cleaning your healing piercing and only clean it twice a day. Showering is the most ideal time to do this. Here is the step by step process of cleaning it.

• Make sure to wash your hands first with antibacterial soap before touching the piercing
• Drip some plain water on your piercing.
• Put few drops of antibacterial soap on the piercing and clean it using cotton buds.
• Try to remove any crusted discharge from your skin and float it off the jewelry as well, loosen it using an antibacterial soap and cotton buds. Leave the antibacterial soap on the piercing for two minutes while carefully moving your piercing back and forth—allowing the soap to penetrate and disinfect it.
• Lastly, rinse it well with water and allow it to air dry thoroughly.

Avoid touching and removing your jewelry too often. It is not advisable to use alcohol swabs, betadine or hydrogen peroxide, cotton balls or cotton swabs to clean your piercing. Only antibacterial soaps will do. If symptoms like pain, redness and unusual discharge occur, consult your piercer or a physician because these may be due to infections. To maximize your healing, take vitamin C and zinc and lastly; wait until your piercing is healed until changing jewelry yourself. Until your piercing is fully healed, avoid contacting it to another person’s bodily fluid. There are a lot of sicknesses that you can acquire through bodily fluids when it penetrates your piercing, such as: Hepatitis A, B, and C, and HIV. Such viruses are present in the blood, saliva, semen, sweat and vaginal secretions of infected persons.