Piercing - what is it? Piercing earrings

People from the most ancient times tried in various ways to decorate their body. Rings, beads, earrings ... This is all extremely familiar. But modern youth wants to stand out, making themselves not only tattoos, but also piercings. What is it, and how to do it right - this will be discussed later.

A bit of history

At the very beginning, you need to understand the main term that will be used in this article. So, piercing - what is it? To better understand the essence, you need to find out what this word means in translation. From English pierce - means "pierce" or "pierce". It must be said that culture in such a way decorate your body has many millennia.

1. Egyptian women pierced their belly button. However, this was allowed only to the close pharaoh.
2. The women of India pierced one of their nostrils, inserting a ring there (multiple jewelry was attached to it). This was a symbol of the marriage of a lady.
3. If we talk about men, then ancient Roman soldiers made punctures in the nipples. This meant that the owner of this jewelry was a fearless and courageous person.
4. In addition, piercings at all times were used in a variety of rites, when it was necessary to prove their masculinity. In religious people, piercing is often associated with punctures on the body of Christ.

What is it?

So, piercing - what is this procedure? This is a piercing of a certain part of the body. Next, the previously selected decoration is inserted into this place. It is worth saying that the usual ear piercing is also piercing. It’s just that in most cases people don’t call it that.

What can be pierced?

Having understood the piercing - what is it and what kind of procedure is it, I must say that today you can pierce almost any place on the body. Most often, people decorate:

1. Ears: earlobes, other parts of the auricle.
2. Navel. The skin that hangs over him is pierced.
3. Eyebrow.
4. Lips.
5. Language.
6. Intimate places: nipples, labia, etc.
7. A new fashion trend is nail piercing. In this case, the area of ​​the overgrown nail is pierced, where further the decoration is inserted.

However, this is not a complete list of those places that can be pierced. After all, only the nose can be decorated in various places: it can be nostrils, septum, tip, etc.

Seat selection

It is very important to decide where to get the piercing. After all, this is a kind of small operation, an intervention in the human body. For this procedure, you need to choose a beauty salon with a good reputation. After all, if the master is unqualified, multiple health problems may occur.

Procedure

Be sure to talk about how piercings are done. After all, the procedure itself may not please the person, and he, even before reaching the salon, will refuse it. So what will the specialist do?

1. Cleaning the place where the puncture will be done. To do this, first it is washed with warm water and soap, then a disinfectant. This stage is very important, because if you skip it, there is a risk of introducing an infection into the body. And dealing with it is not so simple.
2. Directly puncture. Moreover, those tools that will be used for this are of importance. They should be professional, extremely sharp (which will significantly reduce the pain from a puncture) and, of course, clean. This is no less important point. Prior to use, all instruments must be sterilized by the patient. This is the only way to be sure that the risk of infection is minimal.
3. Placement in the place of puncture decoration. You must select it first. The size of the puncture and the choice of instrument for this action will depend on the decoration itself.

Jewelry selection

It is very important to choose the right piercing earrings. And if appearance is a matter of taste, then competent selection of the material from which they will be made is the most important factor.

1. Titanium. It is a surgical implant material that is great for decoration.
2. PTFE This is a kind of teflon, hypoallergenic plastic. And since it is quite flexible, it can be used by pregnant women (if there is a desire to pierce the navel during the period of bearing the baby).
3. Gold. In this case, it is better to use the 750th sample. However, this is not the material that is ideal for primary piercing.
4. Surgical steel. In our country, jewelry is made from it for piercing. However, such earrings are prohibited in Europe and America. And all because the concentration of nickel alloys in this metal can negatively affect the blood and lymph of a person in contact with them.

Decoration change

When can I change piercing earrings? It is also important to talk about this. So, you can do this no earlier than the puncture site heals.

1. Face: in no less than 2 weeks.
2. Nipples: after 6 weeks.
3. Navel: approximately 3-6 months.
4. Intimate places: on average 2-6 months.

Care for the puncture site

If you are determined to have a piercing, a beauty salon is the place where you need to go for this procedure. Doing this with home-grown masters is highly discouraged. After the puncture, the specialist should also tell his client how to properly care for the wound. This is very important, because if you follow all the rules, the healing process will pass as quickly as possible.

1. Rinse the wound from an external puncture with an antiseptic. Miramistin or Chlorhexidine solutions, which have a powerful antibacterial effect, are perfect for this.
2. If the piercing is done in the mouth, you need to take solutions to rinse the mouth to rinse it . It can be a tool like Stomatidine.
3. Rinse the wound twice a day: morning and evening (frequent washing is not recommended). In this case, the earring should not be pulled or rotated until the puncture site heals.
4. To remove dried blood, a cotton pad lubricated with the above solution should be applied to the puncture site for a minute. Blood will come down.

If there are certain questions, the wound turns red or hurts, you should immediately seek medical help. This may indicate that an infection has entered the puncture site.

Contraindications

It is worth remembering that not all people can have piercings. The beauty salon, or rather the masters who work there, must make sure that the client is not in the category to whom it is contraindicated. Who is forbidden this procedure?

1. Those who have severe diabetes when the immune system is impaired.
2. If a person has a chronic disease that disrupts the functioning of internal organs.
3. If at the moment a person is sick with something.
4. It is strictly forbidden to pierce people who have low blood coagulation.
5. Also, piercing should not be done for those who have intolerance to certain materials (a piercing tool or jewelry itself can be made from them).
6. Piercing for any skin conditions is not recommended.
7. You can’t decorate the body in such a way to people who take hormonal drugs (including oral contraceptives).
8. Important: piercing is strictly forbidden to persons who have not reached the age of 18 years. An exception is made if the parent came with the child, and he does not object to this act.

Service cost

How much does a piercing cost? Prices will vary depending on the level of the salon where the client will go for the procedure, as well as on the puncture site. The range is wide: from 200 to 10,000 thousand rubles. On average , nose or eyebrow piercings can be done for 800-1000 rubles.