10 Things You Should Know Before Getting Any Kind Of Piercing

Things To Know Before Getting Piercings

Piercings have suddenly become mainstream and it is no longer a radical thing for women to get piercings. Like tattoos and henna, they are becoming more acceptable in professional settings and more women have plans of getting pierced.

However, most women have unfavourable experiences after getting piercings because they were not informed about the things to know before getting piercings.

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Thus, here are some tips, facts, and things to know before getting them.

1. Find a professional

This is a crucial step because many things can and will go wrong if you ignore this step. A good professional who knows what they are doing might charge a little higher but it will all be worth it.

2. Good piercings aren’t cheap

If someone promises to do your piercings for 500 naira, run as fast as your legs can carry you, especially if they are nose or body piercings. Most piercings by professionals in good environments cost anywhere from N4000. It is not always a good thing for a service like this to be super affordable.

3. Learn about piercing materials and procedures

This would help you decipher if the person doing your piercing is taking the easy route by not properly sterilizing their materials. whatever you are being pierced with should be sterilized after each piercing and it must be the correct material for piercing that part of the body.

4. The different pain levels

Different piercings come with different pain levels and it is important to know this before sitting in the piercing chair. This will help you to better manage your expectations and prepare for the pain. Nose, ear cartilage and nipple piercings generally hurt more than earlobe piercings.

5. Cleaning practices

It is important that you learn how to clean your piercings even before getting one. Don’t let the excitement of getting a piercing to keep you from asking necessary aftercare cleaning questions. Trust me, you don’t want an infection. Different piercings also require different cleaning techniques so do well to learn which goes with which.

6. No one should touch it

You don’t know where some people’s hands have been so you should not be letting them touch or worse, hit your piercings. This can set you back by reopening the protective layer or by causing an infection. You also shouldn’t be constantly touching the piercing too, except when you are cleaning it.

7. New piercings smell

I hope this doesn’t surprise or scare you away from getting a piercing. Yes, new piercings smell. Why wouldn’t it? It is a combination of dead skin cells, sebum produced by your body, and bacteria. Of course, it will smell, which is why it is important to keep them clean and dry.

8. Ask the professional for aftercare tips

This is it is also important to go to someone who knows what they are doing. there are specific care tips like using sea salt solution and castor oil to moisturize your piercings that only the pros can give you. Make sure you ask all the questions you want to ask especially if it is your first piercing.

9. It may give you a scar or keloids

Sometimes even after piercings are properly taken care of, they can still cause scarring. Studies have shown that Black people and children between 10 and 20 tend to get more scarring and keloids after piercings. Just do your best by taking care of the piercings the proper way.

10. The quality of jewelry used matters

This ties into the first tip of finding a professional. A professional knows about the different types and qualities of jewelry that should be used for different piercings in order to avoid infections or worse, scarring. The best jewelry to use for piercing is stainless steel but also research to find out more because some people react to steel.