Thinking of getting pierced?
Make sure you have eaten before you get pierced. An empty stomach combined with nerves can lead to dizziness, or even fainting.
Don't resort to Dutch courage, alcohol thins the blood and can cause
the fresh piercing to bleed unnecessarily.
The same goes for painkillers.
What do you want from a piercing, mostly decoration, or mostly pleasure? How visible do you want your piercing to be? What kind of piercing suits you?
Make sure you have considered the implications of the piercings you want carefully. Every piercing needs time to heal in which it is not pulled, rubbed, removed or interfered with.
You will receive an anaesthetic spray to numb the skin, so the pain is in most cases minimal, also the process is so quick that it will be over with in a second.
Everything used in the process of the piercing is completely sterile,
so there is no chance of infection. The aftercare is up to you. Make sure
you never touch your new piercing with dirty hands, treat it like an open
wound.
Clean it with salt water and diluted tea tree solution (tea tree is an
essential oil with antiseptic qualities, available at any herbalists or
most chemists).
Weeping will occur, it is part of the healing process. This can lead to
dry crusts forming around the entry and exit sites of the new piercing-
do not turn these deposits into the piercing channel as they can damage
the new tissue forming there.
By following the aftercare instructions given to you by the piercer, you
will minimize any risk of infection. If you think you have a problem,
please come to see the piercer. Do not remove the piercing yourself as
this could lead to further infection.
Piercings can take up to a few months to settle down entirely, every
piercing is different, as is every person.
Once the healing process is complete, you can change the standard piercing
jewellery out an wear the jewellery of your choice. There is a vast range
of unusual jewellery available, check out our collections!