I just got my nose pierced, and was surprised about how the jewelry worked. I was ten years old when I had my ears pierced and had not worry since then about it.
After a few days, my piercing healed and I can start to use earrings already. I didn’t have any infections and seems like nothing happen. I found that I had to learn to clean and take care of a new piercing all over again. I learned a few things about body jewelry safety, even though the nose ring is not really considered to be of the body.
When you are cleaning a piercing for body jewelries, you don’t want to use rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.
It’s because the body might think that the jewelry in place is something foreign that it will try to get rid of it as it heals. Try asking the person who did your piercing on what you should do best to avoid this kind of thing to happen. Although there are body jewelry that can’t be pushed out, you still need to know if you’re using the correct ones.
You also have to be careful when moving your body jewelry. Even though you’ve been instructed to turn your lobe earrings few times a day to avoid the skin from attaching to the earrings, this doesn’t hold true with all piercings.
If you turn a nose ring while the skin is dry, you can damage the skin. If you ever take it out, it will look funny. To stop that from happening, some body jewelry items should only be moved, turned, or replaced when they are wet. If you are not sure, go back to where you got your piercing. If they are a good place, they can help you with all of those things when you are in doubt about touching or changing your body jewelry for any reason.
Another thing you should consider about body jewelry safety is the practicality of what you want to have done. If you have your belly button pierced, but have to wear pants that are going to rub it all of the time, you are not going to be happy.
Piercings in the private areas can be fun, but they can also mean you are more susceptible to things like STDS. Think hard about what you are doing, and remember that most can be removed if you find you are not happy. Safety and well being should always be more important than the body jewelry that you would like to wear.
Article by Van T and read more about him here.
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