Piercing - what is it? Earrings for piercing

People from the earliest times tried to decorate their body in various ways. Rings, beads, earrings ... It's all extremely familiar. But modern youth wants to stand out, making themselves not only tattoos, but also piercings. What is this, and how to do everything correctly - this will be followed by a speech.

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." I must say that the culture in this way to decorate your body counts thousands of years.

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

What is it?

So, piercing - what is this procedure? This is the piercing of a specific part of the body. Next, a previously selected piece of jewelry is inserted into this place. It's worth saying that a normal ear piercing is also a piercing. Just in most cases, people do not call it that.

What can I pierce?

Having understood, piercing - that such and what is this procedure, it is necessary to say that today you can pierce almost any place on the body. Most often people decorate:

1. Ears: lobes, other parts of the auricle.
2. Navel. The skin, which overhangs it, pierces.
3. Eyebrow.
4. Lips.
5. Language.
6. Intimate places: nipples, sex lip, etc.
7. New fashion trend - nail piercing. In this case, the portion of the grown nail is pierced, where further adornment 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.

Choose a place

It is very important to decide where to get the piercing. After all, it is a kind of a 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, there may be multiple health problems.

Procedure

Be sure to tell about how the piercing is done. After all, the procedure itself may not like a person, and he, before reaching the salon, refuses it. So, what will the expert do?

1. Clean up the place where the puncture will be made. To do this, first it is washed with warm water and soap, then - with a disinfectant. This stage is very important, because if it is missed, there is a risk of infecting the body. And to cope with it is not so simple.
2. Immediately puncture. In this case, the tools that will be used for this purpose have value. They should be professional, extremely sharp (which will significantly reduce the pain from the puncture) and, naturally, clean. This is no less important point. All instruments must be sterilized before the eyes of the patient before use. Only in this way can you be sure that the risk of infection is minimal.
3. Placement in the place of puncture decoration. You must select it beforehand. From the decoration itself will depend the size of the puncture and the choice of the instrument for this action.

Decoration choice

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

1. Titanium. This is a surgical implant material, which 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 in the period of bearing the baby).
3. Gold. In this case, it is better to use the 750th test. However, this is not the material that is ideal for primary piercing.
4. Surgical steel. In our country, piercing jewelry is made from it. However, in Europe and America, such earrings are prohibited. And all because the concentration in this metal of nickel alloys can adversely affect the blood and lymph of a person when they come into contact with them.

Change of decoration

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

1. Face: not less than 2 weeks.
2. Nipples: after 6 weeks.
3. Navel: approximately 3-6 months.
4. Intimate places: an average of 2-6 months.

Care of the puncture site

If you are determined to make a piercing, a beauty salon is the place to go for this procedure. Doing this with homegrown masters is highly discouraged. After the puncture the specialist should also tell his client how to take care of the wound correctly. 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 the external puncture should be an antiseptic. For this purpose, solutions of "Miramistin" or "Chlorhexidine", which have the most powerful antibacterial action, are perfect.
2. If the piercing is made in the mouth, to wash it, you need to take solutions for rinsing the mouth. It can be a remedy like Stomatidin.
3. It is necessary to rinse the wound twice a day: in the morning and in the evening (frequent rinsing is not recommended). In this case, the earring can not be stretched or turned until the puncture site heals.
4. To remove the dried blood, it is necessary to apply a cotton pad lubricated with the above-described solution for a minute to the puncture site. The blood will come down.

If you have any questions, the wound turns red or sore, you need to 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 do piercings. Beauty salon, or rather the master who works there, should make sure that the client is not in the category, to whom it is contraindicated. To whom is this procedure prohibited?

1. Those who have a severe form of diabetes, when immunity is impaired.
2. If a person has a chronic disease that disrupts the internal organs.
3. If at the moment a person is sick.
4. It is strictly forbidden to do piercing to people who have low blood coagulability.
5. Also, piercing can not be done by those who have intolerance to certain materials (they can be a tool for piercing or jewelry itself).
6. Not recommended piercing for any skin diseases.
7. It is impossible to decorate the body in this way for people who take hormonal preparations (including oral contraceptives).
8. Important: piercing is strictly prohibited for persons who are under 18 years of age. An exception is made if the parent has come with the child, and he does not object to this act.

Service cost

How much does it cost to get yourself a piercing? The prices will vary depending on the level of the salon where the client will go for the procedure, as well as from the puncture site. The range is wide: from 200 to 10000 thousand rubles. On average , nose piercing or eyebrows can be made for 800-1000 rubles.