If you're thinking about body piercing places and that first piercing, you may just be puzzled as to how the piercing is done, do they use a piercing gun, are a needle? Have you been thinking of getting pierced? You're probably a little intimidated and have some questions? I'll go over some of the questions I get asked most often about piercing and body art, to give you a better understanding of the whole process.

The use of body jewelry is becoming more prevalent in our society with people of all ages joining in, not to many years ago you would have a hard time finding a body piercing shop, well at least one you felt you could trust to do things right and not give you some horrible infection. Speaking of infections if your looking into body piercing places, and in talking with them about how they do things, and they mention using a piercing gun, you need to stay clear of that shop because piercing guns cannot be sterilized, and you run a very high risk of developing an infection.

The first thing anyone ever asks's me is how much do body piercing's cost, this is a tough question to answer because of the many variables involved. For instance, where you live can affect the price you pay, as well where you want your piercing can be a big factor. Obviously getting your ears pierced is going to be cheaper than a lip piercing.

The labret is a piercing that goes in the bottom lip, but over the years there have been many variations to this style of piercing. The labret gets it's name from the style of jewelry worn, which is usually some type of bead ornamentation. Some variations are, Vertical labret which is down through the top of the lip and out the bottom, The Lowbret piercing is done low on the chin, The Medusa is placed in the upper lip between the center ridges.

The truth is for a few days after your body piercing you will have some drainage, this is normal. If the discharge begins to change color yellow or green or thicken you should be concerned. Other things to be on the lookout for are redness and inflammation. Then they want to know why they should pay so much money at a piercing boutique when their friend know's a guy that can do it for half the price. My answer is your odd's of getting an infection are remarkably lower at the boutique, backroom piercing is an infection waiting to happen and the cause of all the horror stories about piercing infections.

If your checking-out a new boutique watch how they handle their equipment, are they using freshly sterilized tools and are they kept in a separate tray away from the used ones. Contaminated piercing supplies can cause HIV, Hepatitis are any number of infections. Think about it, your letting someone stick a needle in you thousands of times drawing blood from your body, don't you think the needle should be sterile.

The truth is it is normal for a few days after your body piercing for you to have some drainage, if it starts to thicken or change color to green or yellow you may have an infection and should have it checked out. My answer is your odds of getting an infection are remarkably lower at the boutique; backroom piercing is an infection waiting to happen and the cause of all the horror stories about piercing infections.

If you need more choices in the designs you will be wearing you can try 18 k gold or even niobium is a safe bet. If your on a budget and need to stretch your dollars so you can buy more than one design you will find that implant grade stainless steel is far less expensive. The body piercing places you choose should have some jewelry to choose from to get you started. For more information about body piercing subscribe to our rss feed in the author resource box.