Piercer wrong?

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Sunday June 22nd, 2008 @ 12:04 AM

Filed under: Navel

i went with my cousin today to get her navel pierced and i think the woman was wrong with a bunch of things she said

*a CBR and a curved barbell heal equally well (doesn’t the CBR get caught more?)

*you can use table salt to clean it

*twist/rotate the jewelry at least 10 times twice a day when you clean it

she was just rude in general, she treated us like idiots and her personally was just awful (she seriously said she’s right and everyone else is wrong), i was going to get a piercing too but decided against it because i didn’t want her to touch me

also 2 questions I’m really not sure on but don’t trust her

*how long before you can swim in a private pool?

*after the swelling goes down does the jewelry in a tragus piercing need to be changed to something shorter?

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can you recommend a good piercer and tattoo artist in the Philadelphia area?

I was tempted to pass this question up, since I think much of what is asked has been answered before. Then I decided it was important for people to see what you did…which was not get pierced by someone you were uncomfortable with. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard stories similar to yours (rude piercer, sketchy information, bad overall attitude etc.), except it ends with the person saying, “But I let them pierce me anyway.” Most of the time I’m hearing the story because I’m trying to help the person with a troublesome piercing.

People…please…don’t hesitate to leave a studio if you are being treated poorly or getting a bad vibe or simply don’t feel comfortable. Even though the piercer is the “expert” in the situation, it doesn’t give them the right to treat you like crap. Don’t put up with it.

Okay, on to your specific questions:

1) Captive Bead Rings do not heal the same as curved barbells Curved barbells heal significantly faster in almost (there are always exceptions) all cases. It’s as simple as that.

2) You can use table salt to clean a piercing. It’s probably not the ideal thing, but there are many worse things you could use. I’d rather have one of my clients mix a salt water solution using table salt than I would have them cleaning their piercing with soap al of the time.

3) The moving it 10 time, twice-per-day thing is very wrong. That’s horrible advice. Moving the jewelry frequently irritates the piercing as well as increases the chances of dragging nasties back into the piercing.

4) I typically suggest avoiding hot tubes, lakes and swimming pools (even private ones) for about a month. If you’re going to go in one before that, I suggest covering it with a water-proof bandage.

5) The jewelry in a tragus piercing doesn’t absolutely have to be shortened. Most people do shorten it because they like the way a snug-fitting piece of jewelry looks better than one with extra room on it. In some cases, if the jewelry is left long, it can interfere with healing because it moves around too much. That doesn’t happen too frequently though.

Sorry for being so long-winded.

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