AFTERCARE, PIERCING DO'S AND DON'TS, WHY GET A PIERCING.
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AFTER CARE INSTRUCTIONS
You will be provided with complete instructions for caring for your new piercing. Aftercare procedures are specific to the kind of piercing but, in general, cleanliness and minimal stress on the piercing site will produce the quickest healing. As with any opening in the skin, the piercing must be protected when engaging in
activities where body fluids could come into contact with the unhealed piercing (including saliva from kissing or licking).
Aftercare must be continued throughout the healing period. If it is stopped too soon, the piercing will almost always become infected. The healing time for piercings varies a great deal from a few weeks to a year or longer.
NEVER handle a new piercing with dirty hands! Wash hands and fingertips well.
Avoid any introduction of foreign bodily fluid to the area (sweat, blood, saliva, etc.)
Do not harass the piercing's healing process by
wearing constrictive clothing or allowing repeated
bumping and knocking around the jewelry.
Use caution when swimming during healing; poor water quality and high bacteria presence will infect your new piercing. Some people will run Vaseline or Neosporin liberally through the hole prior to a swim in order to seal off the exposed tissue temporarily. In this case, soak well with salt water and clean immediately afterwards.
Listen to your body's reactions to various products. Some ingredients commonly found in skincare products can irritate the vulnerable tissue in new piercings. Eliminating variables in product exposure will often solve occasional irritation.
ALL new piercings will secrete a gooey, sticky fluid called lymph. This will dry up and form a ring of crust on the jewelry at the piercing's holes, making moving the jewelry painful. Soaking and cleaning this lymph DAILY (or as the build-up requires) is necessary to avoid any problems with bacteria populations.
Don't remove the jewelry until well after the piercing is completely healed.
Once healed, a piercing is permanent, although when the jewelry is removed, the displacement will cause the hole to shrink, making jewelry re-insurtion difficult without first gently stretching the hole back up to size.
New piercings heal the best when the aftercare
products do not interfere with the cell regeneration process. Products like ALCOHOL and PEROXIDE are not recommended as they often harass the newly-healing cells. Salt water is by far the least-reactive and most effective cleaning solution. Bacitracin Zinc is one of the best antibiotic ointments. Some people have
also successfully used Bactine, Betadine, Hibiclens, Benzalkonium Chloride, Campho Phenique, and D-Alpha Vitamin E oil as part of their cleaning regimen. No product is universally good for all types of skin, except salt water.
If an irritation persists despite eliminating product types, a metal allergy may be the culprit. Try changing the jewelry with the help of a piercing professional.

WHY GET A PIERCING
why get a piercing?

There are as many reasons to get piercings as there are people. Some find body jewelry particularly attractive in its own right. Traditional piercings and styles may reconnect or reinforce an individual with his ethnic roots. Others use piercings (as well as tattoos,
brandings, and cuttings) to make a statement about
themselves and their attitude towards society's
conservative rules, or to indicate membership in a
particular group. Still others have discovered that
nipple and genital piercings can heighten the sexual experience for themselves and their partners.
For many people, body piercings are used to celebrate or mark a special moment in their lives, such as a birthday, the birth or death of someone important to them, or the beginning or end of a stage of life. Piercings may be used to reclaim one's "self" after a relationship ends, or to celebrate the beginning of a relationship. Couples are choosing body jewelry to mark engagements, weddings, and anniversaries, instead of traditional jewelry.
Piercings are used in the rituals of some religions,particularly to mark the passage into adulthood. They may also be used within a SM scene, either to heighten the experience (and leave a memorable token) or to cement a specific relationship, such as between a Mistress and slave.
Whatever the reason, body adornment has a long and
colorful history. Modern society is only now
rediscovering the beauty and joy of piercings. As a
result of this new interest, unique forms of piercing have been added to the traditional ones.
The one drawback to this increased interest is that
people desiring piercings cannot always find a trained, experienced piercer. For your safety and health, always ask about your intended piercer's training, methods, and sterile procedures. Never allow anyone to use an ear-piercing gun on you not even to pierce your ears. It is far better to wait for that desired piercing until you can find someone you can trust to use the proper equipment, procedures, and jewelry, than to suffer the
effects of a poor piercing.