11 things you should know before getting a piercing
We all have that friend who got drunk and woke up with a nipple piercing. Laugh yeah Because getting a piercing is funny. But don't be that guy. Instead, be the guy who did some serious research on his piercing (and his piercer!) before he got a needle stuck in his ear, nose, eyebrow, lip, or, to be exhaustive, his penis. .
Like beards and tattoos, piercings have become mainstream. You won't be as conspicuous at work these days, as guys like Colin Farrell, Lenny Kravitz, and even Harrison Ford have been piercing to varying degrees for a long time.
We have an expert to explain everything to us. Sean Dowdell is a body piercer and the CEO of Club Tattoo and Piercing studio in Las Vegas and Arizona. He gave us 11 rules to help us avoid unnecessary infection and distress. Here we present them:
1. Use a needle!
Always use a sterilized needle instead of a piercing gun. That means don't get your piercing done at the mall. Go to a special tattoo and piercing site. “The piercing gun creates a hole in the lobe with force and pierces the tissue,” says Dowdell. "This not only damages the earlobe, but it creates an uneven scar on the inside where the piercing will go." Also, guns cannot be sterilized, and needle holes heal much faster and are less painful.
2. you get what you pay for
“If the price seems too low (about $20 including the piercing), they must be saving on something, and most likely it is with your safety and the quality of the piercings they are going to put on your body”, Dowdell says.
