Safe Belly Button Piercing

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Tristan McCauly from Lucky Seven tattoo. I'm here to talk to you about safe belly button piercing. First and foremost you want to make sure that everything being used is prepackaged, pre-sterilized. You want to make sure the needles are one use, single use needles, tri-beveled. You also want to make sure that all the company you go to is regulated by a local health department, or something of that nature. This keeps them accountable for all the piercings they do, anything that goes wrong, they are going to come back to them. You want to make sure that you are going with a reputable artist. Take a look at their portfolio, make sure that they've done what you are getting done a few times. They know what they are doing. Make sure that they look right in the pictures. Feel free to ask questions. If your artist is being a pain about asking questions or answering questions for you, you should probably go to another place. They should be willing to show you any kind of documentation. Their license for piercing practitioners, anything that you ask for. First thing they want to do is you want to clean the area really well with a soap. This is a technicare, it's basically what surgeons use before surgery. You want to clean the area really well. You make a mark with a single use utensil. And I use genisian violet just to mark it. You want to make sure that they are not putting too much pressure on the body with the clamps. Putting too much pressure on the body with the clamps can cause extra trauma to the area that's not necessary. Can cause bruising, swelling, things of that nature. You want to make sure that your jewelry is pre-sterilized, prepackaged. Like I said before, this avoids any kind of risk later on down the road. These are just a few of the things to make sure that are present when you are trying to get a safe and clean belly button piercing."