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Potential Body Piercing Risks and Safety
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Piercing is a popular form of body art. It’s simply the practice ofpiercing holes in parts of the body so that studs or rings can beinserted. This type of body modification often requires the use of aneedle to puncture holes in the body. Body piercing can be done invarious parts of the body, including genital piercings, nipplepiercings, navel piercings, lip piercings, tongue piercings, eyebrow,nose piercings, and ear piercings.
Body piercing is acommon type of body modification that involves the use of needles tomake holes in body parts. Holes are punctured in the body to allowfor the insertion of jewelry. Piercing can be done in several formssuch as creating a hole in cartilage using dermal punch proceduresand through scarification (i.e. deliberately scarring the skin).Other dramatic body modification procedure includes implanting beadsinto the skin and stretching the earlobes with jewelry.
There are several body piercing jewelry types, including barbells, ball closure rings, ear piercings, labret studs, helix jewelry, nose studs, nipple jewelry, rose gold and so on.
Health risks of body piercing
Despite having grown to become a very popular fashion trend, bodypiercings are often associated with health risks. As a matter offact, it’s important to understand the adverse effects associatedwith body modifications of this sort before making a decision to doso – and when you do, it is very easy to avoid risk.
One measure of riskthat often comes along with body piercings is bacterial infection.After modifying the body with body piercings, without proper caresome people can in extreme cases develop an abscess – a pus-filledcavity resulting from inflammation which is commonly caused bybacterial infection. Untreated this can lead to sepsis, which is adangerous condition.
Other risksassociated with body piercings include:
- Excessive bleeding from a damaged blood vessel.
- Formation of a scar tissue (keloid) around the pierced region.
- Swelling around the piercing.
Safety precautions for piercings
First and foremost, it is imperative that you consult a PROFESSIONALpiercer and never do the procedure yourself.
In other to avoidexperiencing these health problems here are some piercing safety tipsthat professionals should observe.
- Ensure tosterilize jewelry before inserting it through the body.
- After eachcustomer, ensure to always sanitize and wipe down the piercingequipment and surfaces worked on.
- It isrecommended to use a single needle to perform body piercings andthen dispose after each use.
- The use of afresh pair of disposable surgical gloves is recommended for everypiercing operation.
- Piercers shouldwash their hands before putting on surgical gloves.
- Avoid crushingdelicate tissues during piercing. Piercing guns with hollow needlesshould only be used on earlobes.
In case an abscess,a fever, or a red, swollen skin is observed, it’s a sign of aninfected piercing. At this point, it is highly recommended to see adoctor immediately.
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