subject: How To Avoid Body Piercing Infections [print this page] A piercing is always a part of boostingA piercing is always a part of boosting. Aftercare of piercing is dependent upon how hygiene the piercing is. Most of the people face a terrible experience. When getting pierced by the professional trained piercer there is always a guide to the DO and DON'TS.
As mentioned, different piercing on a person takes sometime to heal. The most important fact to remember is, even if the piercer uses the sterilizing techniques while piercing, the most chances to get infected is from the skin bacteria. A little of infection is also developed if the hands are left unwashed.
Before getting pierced, it is always advisable to check if the piercing shop/salon is cleaned? Always ask the piercer what equipment will be in use, a hollow stainless- steel needle or a piercing gun?
The piercing gun has a higher chance of bacteria spreading and it may cause a risk of an extra damage to the tissue. When piercing with a gun it creates a trauma for quite sometime and a gun cannot be sterilized where a piercing needle can be.
If there is a poor care after the piercing then it may cause a scar or even a distortion of the tissue. A keliod is also a type of a scar.
A cartilage piercing by gun create a bump around the piercing but piercing with the needles certainly reduces the risk of an infection.
*Alcohol is not applicable for the cleansing of the new piercing because it may destroy the new healing tissue. The most preferred is the ear care antiseptic. Ingredients like benzalkonium chloride which is an ingredient of Bacteria. They don't only kill the germs but damage the tissue.
