Body Piercing Safety

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Rick Wyckoff. You can check out our website at avatartat2.com. I’m here on behalf of expertvillage.com talking about safe piercing. Disease control has become an increasing concern amongst potential pierces. One of the things that you should look for when you’re getting pierced is the overall hygiene of the shop that you’re getting pierced at. Getting pierced in people’s houses, in their garages, etc, an uncontrolled environment is not only dangerous for your but also dangerous for whoever’s doing the piercing in their house, because in those places it is illegal. When you come into a shop they should have a piercing room or a separate area that’s totally isolated from the rest of the shop area that’s totally dedicated to the procedure. Gloves are the main thing that you should be looking for too when they’re performing a procedure. Although, most piercers wear gloves, they don’t change them as often as they should. Especially people who use latex gloves. We don’t use latex in the shop we use what’s called a nitro glove. It’s a non latex glove that doesn’t break down when it comes in contact with petroleum products. People’s bodily fluids sometimes can break down latex and leave you exposed to who knows what. All the equipment that they’re using should be in a sterile pouch that has an indicator on it that shows that it’s been properly sterilized and it should appear clean inside the bag; the jewelry, the needle. Basically, everything that comes in contact with you should be in a sterile pouch. You should also be working on a surface that isn’t poorest with some kind of barrier between the two surfaces. Not just something that is not poorest , but also that will absorb so that things don’t get messy or inadvertently cross contaminate. This bottle contains a surface disinfectant called vinyl guard which should be used after every procedure on all the surfaces that anybody might come in contact with. Also, the area that they’re working on, if you’re getting your ear pierced, they should be using some sort of safe surface cleanser like a surgical scrub or some sort of iodine tinter, etc. Alcohol is a reasonably affective prep. There are definitely better ones. "