Body piercing has grown so much in popularity in recent years that it has become almost mainstream, with more and more people sporting navel rings and multiple ear rings. If you don’t know what to expect when you decide to get a piercing, it can be even more intimidating. Here are some of the things [...]
The most ignored part after body piercing is the aftercare. The aftercare doesn’t mean the precautions you need to follow only for few days after piercing but the care till the time it heals completely. Every body part piercing has different aftercare procedure which needs to be followed. Your piercer will give you the detailed [...]
A body piercing is, in the simplest terms, a puncture wound, so you want to use a high quality metal that won’t react with your body chemistry to create an allergic reaction or contaminate the open wound. Never use cheap or base metals to get a body piercing. The best metals to use are titanium [...]
Many people have misconception about the healing time after piercing. Healing time for different body parts is different when pierced. If you think the piercing wound heals within a week then you are wrong.
Some general healing times are:
Ear lobe – 6 to 8 weeks
Ear cartilage – 4 months to 1 year
Eyebrow – 6 to 8 [...]