The biggest problem that anyone
can face right after getting a piercing done is suffering from a piercing infection.
Regardless of wherever you got a piercing; infection can easily result in. It
is important that you do not go to just any piercer for getting the job done;
choose the best and most professional one. Such a piercer will make sure that
the needles and jewelry used are all sterilized and it is your job to make sure
that it happens in front of you. Some piercings are harder to keep clean than
others such as tongue piercings; bacteria can easily attack and give you an
infection. It is important that you regularly clean the piercing using hydrogen
peroxide along with following the recovery treatment strictly as the piercer
told you.
Also, if a serious infection
results in or the piercing job done is not professional; pierce scarring can
also result in. Every time your body is in the process of healing itself, there
is a risk of scarring. Talking about piercing healing; you might just have a
hole with a scarring tissue that you can do nothing about. Sometimes the body
negatively reacts to the metal jewelry placed in the piercing and forces it to
go out and close the hole; scar tissue then fills up the hole. Make sure that
whatever jewelry you choose to wear should be made from non-allergenic material
such as stainless steel.
The piercing’s gauge will let you
know how big of the jewelry you can wear in it. Placing something that is
bigger than the gauge will stretch the hole and tear it to a point that it is
no more of any use. This is easily avoidable if you carefully make sure that
you put no more weight than your piercing can handle along with using the right
size gauge for the jewelry you wear. It will never stretch out this way.
You should always have a
discussion with the piercer regarding the whole process especially about the piercing
healing process. Tell him or her exactly what you want and then ask about all
the risks and how you can minimize them. Generally piercings do not really hurt
for that long once you are done with the procedure and recovery period goes on
smoothly but it is up to you to make sure that you do nothing wrong that would
put your health in trouble.
