Piercings.

MausoleumResidue:

ok,this prolly sounds like a stupid question but when you get lip piercings do they use a gun or a needle or what? or dus it just depend on were you go?

In my opinion, the piercing gun should be illegalized. It's NEVER EVER a good idea to get pierced with a piercing gun. Not even in the ears.

I have never heard of someone getting pierced in the lip with a piercing gun. Piercing guns are never used for anything other than the ears and nose.

Yara:

In my opinion, the piercing gun should be illegalized. It's NEVER EVER a good idea to get pierced with a piercing gun. Not even in the ears.

I have never heard of someone getting pierced in the lip with a piercing gun. Piercing guns are never used for anything other than the ears and nose.

What's wrong with using a piercing gun?

think happy thoughts:

What's wrong with using a piercing gun?

http://tattoo.about.com/cs/psafety/a/piercing_guns.htm

Let me quote the above article.

"Piercing guns are usually made with plastic and cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. Sure, they wipe it with alcohol or antiseptic in between uses, but how sterile is that? It is not unreasonable to guess that in a 2-week training course, these mall piercists are not being taught about infection control and blood-borne pathogens. A quick wipe with a sterile pad is not effective in removing disease-carrying blood. "


"Sterility is just one of the possible problems with gun piercing. Tissue trauma is another. The gun forces a blunt stud through the skin, causing it to literally rip in order to make room for the jewelry. Then, it pinches the back of the jewelry in place snugly against the skin, allowing no way for the new wound to breathe and heal properly. The customer is then told to turn the jewelry a couple times a day, which only further pushes growing bacteria into the wound, causing infection. "

Oh... I see... My ears...

Here are a few more websites that tell you why piercing guns are BAD.


This one has a flash picture that shows how the gun works.
http://www.pacificbodyjewellery.com/smkgun.htm


This one lists risks and dangers of getting pierced with a gun.
http://www.pacificbodyjewellery.com/smkgun.htm


This one has a shirt you can buy if you're against the guns.
And a HORRIBLE picture that shows what happens if you pierce other body parts with a piercing gun.
http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20030509.html


This one has a petition you can sign if you want to outlaw the gun.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/331371393?ltl=1148879341

Yara:

Here are a few more websites that tell you why piercing guns are BAD.

This one has a shirt you can buy if you're against the guns.
And a HORRIBLE picture that shows what happens if you pierce other body parts with a piercing gun.
http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20030509.html

>< I'm too scared to click on that...

I have my nosed pierced and a few on my ears.

Yara:

Here are a few more websites that tell you why piercing guns are BAD.


This one has a flash picture that shows how the gun works.
http://www.pacificbodyjewellery.com/smkgun.htm


This one lists risks and dangers of getting pierced with a gun.
http://www.pacificbodyjewellery.com/smkgun.htm


This one has a shirt you can buy if you're against the guns.
And a HORRIBLE picture that shows what happens if you pierce other body parts with a piercing gun.
http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20030509.html


This one has a petition you can sign if you want to outlaw the gun.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/331371393?ltl=1148879341

O.O;;

I never knew. Thank you so much, Yara.

argh!

I reallllllly hate needles, so I only get piercings if they are done with a gun.
I got one of mine done with a needle and it was the most painful thing I have ever experienced.

yeah peircing guns are BAD
VERY bad
all the cartlige peircings i had done with a gun have got infected and closed up exept for 2

and I acually think it is ALOT less painfull with the needle. the gun hurt to me...the needel was nothing

Ahaha.
Ummm.
That would definitely explain the problems I've had with my cartilage piercing over the 9 months since I had it done.
Lol.

The lobes were gunned too, all 4, and I had no problems with them.
I feel bad for my ear now x_o Poor ear.

All I have is my ears peirced once. *sigh*

But I'm getting snake bites, a nose ring, and I'm thinking about a toung piercing.

But I have to wait until I'm like, 18 or something to get them. =(

my ccousin jimmi has his dick, eyebrow, ears as in a huge bar through the top on one, two on his tongue, belly button and he wants his ribs done and sabrina has lip, special place lol, ears eyebrow belly and a tatto on her arm

when i am 18 i am getting my nose, my lip (side of it) my tonge, and the back of my neck peirced

ew. i was reading the stuff on those sites and now im sad i got my ears done with a gun- but now that explains it all...

Yara:

think happy thoughts:

What's wrong with using a piercing gun?

http://tattoo.about.com/cs/psafety/a/piercing_guns.htm

Let me quote the above article.

"Piercing guns are usually made with plastic and cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. Sure, they wipe it with alcohol or antiseptic in between uses, but how sterile is that? It is not unreasonable to guess that in a 2-week training course, these mall piercists are not being taught about infection control and blood-borne pathogens. A quick wipe with a sterile pad is not effective in removing disease-carrying blood. "


"Sterility is just one of the possible problems with gun piercing. Tissue trauma is another. The gun forces a blunt stud through the skin, causing it to literally rip in order to make room for the jewelry. Then, it pinches the back of the jewelry in place snugly against the skin, allowing no way for the new wound to breathe and heal properly. The customer is then told to turn the jewelry a couple times a day, which only further pushes growing bacteria into the wound, causing infection. "

I never thought of it like that. I guess I just always trusted someone like that to know what they're doing.
But I think what I did was pretty stupid too - I let my friend pierce my ears a couple of time with a needle.

And if I could ask a question...is it a good idea to get the barbell thing in your cartilige (or whatever), or would it be prone to infections?

bellamuerte-xx:

Yara:

think happy thoughts:

What's wrong with using a piercing gun?

http://tattoo.about.com/cs/psafety/a/piercing_guns.htm

Let me quote the above article.

"Piercing guns are usually made with plastic and cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. Sure, they wipe it with alcohol or antiseptic in between uses, but how sterile is that? It is not unreasonable to guess that in a 2-week training course, these mall piercists are not being taught about infection control and blood-borne pathogens. A quick wipe with a sterile pad is not effective in removing disease-carrying blood.


"Sterility is just one of the possible problems with gun piercing. Tissue trauma is another. The gun forces a blunt stud through the skin, causing it to literally rip in order to make room for the jewelry. Then, it pinches the back of the jewelry in place snugly against the skin, allowing no way for the new wound to breathe and heal properly. The customer is then told to turn the jewelry a couple times a day, which only further pushes growing bacteria into the wound, causing infection. "

I never thought of it like that. I guess I just always trusted someone like that to know what they're doing.
But I think what I did was pretty stupid too - I let my friend pierce my ears a couple of time with a needle.

And if I could ask a question...is it a good idea to get the barbell thing in your cartilige (or whatever), or would it be prone to infections?

Hmmmm by barbell do you mean

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/stjimmysgurl/piercing88

That is called an industiral peircing, I have one. and no it is not prone to infection any more than anyother peircing. just carfully follow the instructions that your peircer give you.

Okay, well I can't get the picture to work, but what I mean is when it goes through two holes in your cartilage.
I just know people that got thier cartilage (am I spelling that right?) pierced, and they got really infected.

bellamuerte-xx:

Okay, well I can't get the picture to work, but what I mean is when it goes through two holes in your cartilage.
I just know people that got thier cartilage (am I spelling that right?) pierced, and they got really infected.

http://www.tattooheka.com/Piercing/piercing88.jpg

there

with evrey peircing comes the risk of infection
thats just the way it is

Fire_at_willX0:

bellamuerte-xx:

Okay, well I can't get the picture to work, but what I mean is when it goes through two holes in your cartilage.
I just know people that got thier cartilage (am I spelling that right?) pierced, and they got really infected.

http://www.tattooheka.com/Piercing/piercing88.jpg

there

with evrey peircing comes the risk of infection
thats just the way it is

Yup, that's the one.

I know they all come with a risk, I just thought anything that went through any cartilage was worse.