What is a piercing?

What is a Piercing

Decorating the body with jewelry implanted in the skin.

Does it hurt to get a piercing?

It is the most made at the time of doing question.

It really is a bearable pain that only lasts a few seconds and is NOT require anesthesia.

It is not recommended to use ice in some areas and contracting the muscles and this can make it more painful by the difficulty of penetrating the skin.

It depends on where no anesthetic that can be applied, although the typical study in spray applied as single mucosal tongue, lips ..

The other is EMLA for topical use, but the most common is that it is applied in house purchased in the pharmacy by the customer, as it should be two to three hours (read the prospectus for more accurate information.)

What is normal for a piercing?

Each piercing has a healing time, and depends on the area, healing the symptoms may be different, but generally normal in a hole is:

- Of a swelling or itching.

- That this area redness. The irritation can last from several months to a year. According drilling.

- You may have a discharge yellowish-white color, which causes a crust around jewel is created. This is because the same healing.

FAQ

Are the holes are permanent?
Is it good with a gun pierced?
How should be the jewel that I use in healing?
Can I get exercise after a piercing?
Can I maintain intimate relationships before complete healing?
How do I know if my piercing is infected?
Do I have to take my piercing if it is infected?
So what do I do if I have an infection?
How do I know if my body is rejecting my piercing?
I just did a piercin and it hurts. This I infected?
Can I get a piercing underage?
How long does it take to heal a piercing?

Are the holes are permanent?

Only some. Except the largest expansions of 10mm diameter, all other closing piercings just in time if the jewels are not used. The ear cartilage does not regenerate, but if you do the overlying skin. You usually only lasts esque scar.

Is it good with a gun pierced?

It is not at all recommended, firstly because it's natural that cause injuries in the area by the strong impact, so it is only recommended for the earlobe and also the gun tube is a narrow place and difficult cleaning.

How should be the jewel that I use in healing?

The jewel that will make your your piercer should only be of fine gold, surgical steel or titanium, and is what you should certainly throughout the healing period. When the nurse finished and is fully cured can get other jewelry materials. But beware, because even if you put cured shoddy jewelry or causes allergic reactions, it could become infected.

Can I get exercise after a piercing?

No problem, except for the risk of hitting. Moderate exercise keeps defenses and that helps healing, provided that you keep good hygiene. Do not bathe in the sea, swimming pool or hot tub until the piercing heals completely.

Can I maintain intimate relationships before complete healing?

While your piercing is healing in period prevents body fluids of strangers for a while. In genital piercings you should use condoms at least until the piercing fully heals, be gentle and not have to abstain.

How do I know if my piercing is infected?

It is a question we are asked all the time. We also see that some people start to apply some treatment thinking that your piercing is infected, without being so. The most common injury is inflammation infection, which is the defensive Local tissue reaction against an infective agent. Symptoms of inflammation are called Celso symptoms: redness, heat, pain and tumor.

Flushing or redness

1- puncture.

2- Heat in the affected area

3- Tumor or swelling of surrounding

4- more acute pain than usual

Besides these four symptoms may appear

5-Foot

6-General weakness (due to fever)

7- Pus

8- Bad odor coming out of the area (due to pus)

If you have two or more symptoms of this list probably your piercing is infected.

Do I have to take my piercing if it is infected?

Do not ever. Permanently on the Internet says yes, and that's completely wrong. If you have an infection you have to take NO jewel piercing EVER. If your piercing is infected, and take away the jewel, you're letting all substances of infection entering the blood through the open wound to stop to remove the piece. So even if it hurts, you should never remove the piece.

So what do I do if I have an infection?

Go to the doctor to assess if you need an antibiotic orally. You must also complete the treatment with a topical antibiotic cream. The pharmacy staff have medical training so they know what to recommend as soon as you tell them what's wrong. It is very important that you complete the oral treatment even if symptoms of infection have passed, because otherwise it could be generated that antibiotic-resistant germs and if you have a serious infection antibiotics may not work as well in the future. Do not play with your health.

How do I know if my body is rejecting my piercing?

You'll notice the typical symptoms of infection that we described above. Sometimes it may not present infection but have placed the jewel that you are moving increasingly outward, becoming more superficial, in this case, it is going to punch that made you work and take it off. Remember that if you let your body rejects a piercing you probably left an ugly mark or scar.

I just did a piercin and it hurts. This I infected?

None of that. As noted in the previous section it is normal. Note that many times, when you do the piercing, you apply cold or some sort of local anesthesia to prevent pain, so then do not feel much, but back home the next morning or feel the pain . It is normal, do not worry, it will pass.

Can I get a piercing underage?

Yes, but you need parental or guardian consent, and must accompany you on drilling, is not enough to bring released. Besides both in person, you will have to bring your identity card and, if no legal guardian and father / mother, the original family book.

How long does it take to heal a piercing?

Each body part requires a certain time to heal completely. A perforation may take up to a year to heal (such as piercing in the cartilage of the ear), or it may take a few weeks. It all depends on where in the body you've done the piercing (of course also influenced by other factors such as the type of jewelry, your own body, even the time of year that is).

In the list shown below more or less how long it takes to heal, depending upon the drilling area in which it is carried. The risks that each zone can lead if not treated correctly are also indicated. In any case it is best to keep the attention for a while until you are completely sure that the wound heals.

Eyebrows: 6 to 8 months