How to Buy Ear Piercing Equipment

Whether you're looking to start your own business as a professional piercing technician, or you simply want to save money and do your ear piercings on your own, you will need to make a list of the equipment you'll need to do the job safely and hygienically. Finding the best sources to buy this equipment, from individual needles to all-in-one piercing kits, will help you achieve independence from piercing parlors.

Things You'll Need

• List of needed equipment
• Supply store

Instructions

1. Make a list of all of the equipment you will need to buy for ear piercings. Decide whether you want to buy a piercing gun, which uses disposable needles and is designed primarily for ear lobes, or individual piercing needles, which are necessary for piercing through the cartilage of the ears. In addition, you may need to buy pliers, forceps, tweezers and clamps, which help to hold the needles in place during the piercing process.

2. Stock up on ear piercing supplies that facilitate the comfort and safety of the piercing process. This may include piercing cushions or corks, which are placed behind your ear to intercept the piercing needle, rubber o-rings, which help to keep studs and earrings in place during the healing process, and plenty of alcohol wipes and healing solution.

3. Buy supplies that are designed for the aftercare of an ear piercing. This may include various healing solutions, pure sea salt and cotton balls or swabs. Remember not to use table salt, or any type of salt that has iodine in it, which can help to spread infection after an ear piercing.

4. Select the piercing hardware that will accompany the earrings themselves. This may include starter studs, barbells and rings. You may also want to buy a taper insertion kit, which contains tapered bars that help to enlarge a piercing hole slowly over time in order to handle larger hoops or studs.

5. Use online resources, such as the Tattoo and Piercing Supply website, to purchase all of your ear piercing equipment (see Resources below). These websites also feature many all-in-one kits that contain everything you need to pierce your own ears.

Tips & Warnings

• Many companies that sell ear piercing supplies also carry the specific forms and waivers that you may need to offer to your customers if you're looking to get into the piercing business.

• Make sure that all piercing needles come individually wrapped in sterile packages, which will help to prevent disease and infection.

Resources

• Tattoo and Piercing Supplies to buy ear piercing equipment