Contents:
- Medical Video: Things Not To Say To Someone With Body Modifications
- 1. Is piercing safe?
- 2. What should I consider before doing piercing?
- 3. How do you find out if my piercing is safe and sterile?
- 4. How do you treat wound cuts?
- All you have to do after piercing
- Which you should not do after piercing
- 5. What should be done to treat the wound of the infected piercing?
Medical Video: Things Not To Say To Someone With Body Modifications
Tattooing and body piercing are one of the trends that are popular with teenagers, not least in Indonesia. Unfortunately, with increasing demand for tattoos or piercings, more and more tattoo and piercing business people are also unprofessional. This increases the adverse complications that are not small. Many things must be known and considered before deciding to pierce the body, one of which is below.
1. Is piercing safe?
When done with a clean and professional technique, piercing rarely causes bad side effects. Piercing tools and techniques that are not clean are risks for transmission of diseases such as:
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Tetanus
- HIV
Even when done in a safe way, piercing still has the risk of an allergic reaction to piercing, bleeding, inflammation, nerve damage, bleeding, and chronic infection.
2. What should I consider before doing piercing?
The following are considerations that you should think about before doing piercing, both in the ear and in other body parts:
- If you are not yet 18 years old, do you allow your parents? Some places require that you have parental permission if you are under 18 years old.
- Are you in school or looking for work? Most schools and some work environments do not allow students and workers to do piercing.
- What is your immunization status? Make sure you have got certain immunizations such as hepatitis B and tetanus before piercing.
- Do you intend to donate blood? Some organizations do not receive blood donations from pierced people.
3. How do you find out if my piercing is safe and sterile?
Before doing piercing, pay attention to whether the person who will pierce you does the following:
- Wash hands with antiseptic soap
- Using new gloves
- The location of your piercing is clean
- Piercing equipment sterilized first or only disposable
- The needle used is new, and after it is finished it is immediately disposed to a special place
4. How do you treat wound cuts?
The following is a list of what you can and should not do after you are pierced.
All you have to do after piercing
- Wash hands before cleaning the piercing place
- Clean the pierced body parts with antiseptic soap
- Soak the piercing with salt water to clean the piercings
- Clean with an antibacterial without alcohol mouthwash on the lips or mouth piercing
Which you should not do after piercing
- Frequently touching pierced body parts, because it increases the risk of infection
- Cleanse pierced body parts with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, because it can interfere with wound healing
- Bathing in a swimming pool or public hot spring when the piercing wound has not healed
- Use makeup over piercings or wear clothes that are tight on piercings when the piercing wound has not healed
The healing period of piercing varies on each member of the body. Piercing on the tongue usually heals within 1 month, on the eyelids or in the ear lobe 6-8 weeks, piercing in the nose heals in 6-8 months, healing for the longest when the piercing in the ear cartilage and navel is ranging from 4 months to 1 year.
5. What should be done to treat the wound of the infected piercing?
Temporary pain or swelling is a normal reaction after piercing, but if the pain is prolonged and does not improve, it is possible that your piercing is infected. Be careful with piercing in the mouth, because the risk of infection by oral bacteria is greater than piercing elsewhere. Here's a sign if your pierced wound is infected:
- Pain that does not improve after one to two days
- Severe pain or swelling that is not appropriate
- The presence of yellow pus smells bad
- Prolonged bleeding
- Excessive redness
Consult a doctor if you find any of the symptoms above. In addition, do not try to remove the piercing yourself because it is feared that it will aggravate the existing infection.
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