Contemporary guns have disposable piercing inserts, but even one-use pods don't eliminate all of the problems that can be caused by guns. Here are the six reasons to avoid being pierced with a piercing gun. Disease transmission is possible even with disposable cartridges when the parts are used incorrectly or when the operator doesn't understand or follow standard hygiene practices.
Body fluids or common bacteria could potentially become deposited onto any area of the piercing gun and then later transferred to another client. Piercing guns use stud earrings of a standard length.
People with thick earlobes may find that their new earrings are tight when lobes swell after piercing. They will have little to no post length to use for expansion to relieve the pressure. A professional body piercer has access to many styles of initial jewelry that won't inhibit comfort or the healing process.
Piercing Guns Cause Blunt Force Trauma to Earlobes Most guns force blunt-ended studs through the tissue of your ears, a painful process that can cause damage. The shock isn't typically a huge issue for the lobes, but why risk it? A piercing professional will pierce you with razor-sharp hollow needles that pierce through areas quickly without damaging the surrounding tissue.
This process is usually less painful than using a piercing gun. Piercing guns should never be used to pierce any area of the body except an earlobe. Do not use them on the harder cartilage of the ear. Ear cartilage can be shattered by guns.
This process simply forces the stud through your ear, wedging the jewelry between irritated and now-inflamed skin. This process is generally less painful than using a piercing gun, and will allow for a much more natural healing process.
Most retail shops offering piercing gun services do NOT have the same health care standards and restrictions as a professional body piercing shop.
Many people who have worked in these retail establishments have told us that they began piercing after a short amount of training, often only a few hours. This is not enough training or knowledge to ensure proper technique or sanitary precautions to adhere to proper healthcare codes. At STICK Tattoo, we are dedicated to providing the most safe and sanitary environment for our customers ensuring that we not only meet, but exceed all state mandated health codes.
Our body piercers are career-driven professionals who are trained and experienced for your benefit. If the first three reasons are still not enough to make you think twice about getting your ears pierced from a non-professional — AKA, anyone who uses a piercing gun; then please consider the other potential issues that may result.
Bad or poor quality jewelry may be used or suggested due to the lack of knowledge and experience found in retail shops. Because a piercing is essentially creating an open wound in the ear, you will want to use professional and surgical steel jewelry when first pieced.
And it didn't get infected or anything, the swelling just never went away and after a week of having them out, a year later, it closed up. Im planning on getting my tragus pierced tomorrow with a needle. My daughter had hers done yesterday, and we went for the needle style of piercing.
She's only 13 and it was weird taking her into a tattoo parlor. The guy there explained it all pretty much exactly the way they did here.
She said it hurt, but I had mine done with the gun and that doesn't feel real good either. She has tiny ear lobes, and I was afraid they'd be uneven with a gun. My mom had hers done a second set of holes with a gun, and the woman said "oops" when she did the second one. After many infections and doctor visits, she gave up and let all four holes grow shut.
What a shame, too, because she had some beautiful earrings If I was every going to have any done again, I'd go for the needle. My first two were uneven, and the lady said it was because they can't be that precise with the gun covering most of your lobe.
I think I will get it again with the needle I'll just suck up my fear because I'd rather put safety over fears haha! Thanks so much! The needle will help reduce complications. The guns are terrible to get any piercing with. You also don't want to change jewelry until the piercing is healed. Hey me again! Can someone please help me decide how to get my ears pierced next summer? I had my ears pierced about six weeks ago and I got it done with a gun.
It was totally fine because I held still and just closed my eyes. I'm also afraid of needles so I decided to just go to Claire's. I changed them out yesterday but them this morning when I tried to put them back in, I had taken them out because they were large and would snag on the pillow, irritating them even more the hold was already healing!
I cried so much today and so now I'm just letting them heal back up and getting them pierced again next summer I guess I might try the needle thing at a professional this time but I still can't decide! Can someone help or puruade me to get over my fear of needles! Haha thanks! This was useful, i got my ears pierced two other times, the first time my left earring came out, the second time they got infected, grew into my ear and i had to get them surgically removed.
I am planning on getting them pierced again and plan on using a needle from a professional. Never knew how unsanitary the piercers are, luckily they have needles. I think a lot of people in the malls or where ever should not even be piercing. You never know if they clean the gun or if they are sanitary in there process. I remember when I was younger me and my friend went and bought to studs at a shop in the mall, and the clerk used the same gun on both of us without gloves and no in between cleaning.
Theres a lot of people out there that don't care but what they are doing is giving a chance of cross contamination, which is not safe. I think the person assigned to piercing at these little shops should be certified in blood born pathogen and cross contamination course.
It is your decision, but each person heals differently. Because they're not healed, you shouldn't have removed the studs.
Usually, that antiseptic isn't the best. Use saline when healing peircings. Well the problem is that i figured they should have healed by now, im a very clean person, i was my hands before touching the earring, i don't play with the earrings and I have only cleaned them with the antiseptic that was given to me when i got my ears pierced, my earlobe never bled until yesterday when i took out the studs to pour some antiseptic through the hole with a cotton ball i did the same with the left ear and nothing went wrong i think my right earlobe must be retarded : but im tired of having to take pills for the swelling to go down.
I wouldn't pull out the studs if you can heal them. It just may take longer. What problems are you having healing your ears? How are you cleaning? OMG i had no clue about the gun! I wish I would have never pierced my ears! It's been long past the time they said my ears should have healed and they're still not good to go! I think after 8 weeks of having them pierced im going to give up and pull them out : I don't recommend anyone to use the gun!
After all, we all survived, right? However, piercing guns are actually quite dangerous. Multi-use piercing equipment must be sterilized in an autoclave. Autoclaving is an industry practice that uses pressure and steam to completely sterilize—kill all the bacteria—piercing tools.
Most studios that use a piercing gun will commit to some sort of sanitizing, but sanitation only kills some of the bacteria. Many harmful forms of bacteria remain. Bloodborne pathogens can also survive sterilization making piercees susceptible to viruses like Hepatitis.
The way a piercing gun works is that it shoves a piece of jewelry with a sharp end through the skin.
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