The key to avoiding and treating infection is understanding what infection is and how it works. Here’s a brief guide to piercing infections and what to do if you get one.
Continue readingBefore you get any piercing, it’s important to know how to take care of it. Here’s a quick guide to infections, how to avoid them, and how to treat them in your new piercing.
Continue readingYour piercer will be able to guide you when you choose your initial jewelry, but in many piercings, you will have a choice on the type of starter jewelry you’d prefer. Here are the considerations that go into choosing the proper starter jewelry.
Continue readingFacial piercings look amazing, but they run risks, both culturally and health-wise. To help you decide whether or not a facial piercing is for you, here are some pros and cons to consider.
Continue readingEven if you get a sudden urge for a new piercing, you should follow these steps to make sure that you choose an excellent piercer.
Continue readingBefore you get a new cartilage or nose piercing, you should know the science behind how your cartilage heals so that you can make informed decisions throughout healing. Here’s a beginner’s guide.
Continue readingBefore you go to your piercer to ask for a lip piercing, you should know the lip piercing types so that you can ask informed questions. Here is a list of lip piercing types, healing times, and the jewelry that each type prefers.
Continue readingAre you interested in becoming a piercer? Maybe you’re thinking about getting a piercing and would like to learn more about the people behind the needle. Here’s an inside look at the life of piercer Courtney Jane Maxwell.
Continue readingBesides standard wound healing—swelling, red skin, discomfort—your body can go into shock if you get too many piercings done in one sitting. Here’s everything you need to know about getting pierced multiple times at once.
Continue readingWith so much information floating around about piercing aftercare, it’s hard to know when you should opt for which one. Here’s what you need to know about the difference between saline soaks and saline sprays.
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