Do You Really Need The Delicate Areas Pierced?

Piercings and tattoos are growing not only in acceptance but also in popularity in our culture. And while these fashion statements may seem harmless it is important to realize that every time you open up a hole in your skin you run the risk for infection and germs to get under your skin and cause you health issues.

Tattoos are generally regarded as being the safer of the two, especially if the shop is reputable, licensed and used cleaned and sterilized needles. This by no means should be taken as meaning completely infection or issue free, but most of these occurrences usually clear up withing 7 to 14 days with the correct aftercare. Having cleared up all that, it is also safe to say that most tattoos are infection free.

Piercings on the other hand is a whole issue because of the body areas and the elevated risks associated with these areas. These areas are more sensitive and are there fore more prone to infection include but not limited to the mouth and genital areas. The mouth and genital areas are notably more risky for infections than the ears, nose, eyebrows or belly button.

Whether you prefer a pierce, tattoo or both, your risk for infections are more often than not minimal. The piercing and tattoo horror stories that generally make it to the front page news reports have more to do with bad wording or misspelled words or color that has lost its luster, or piercings and tattoos that was done in basements or infection pron-ed environments as well as non professionally licensed fly by night businesses.

Safety should be of importance and concern if you are considering a tattoo or piercing and one sure way to get the low down on any shop is to ask previous customers, both the happy and unhappy ones. Any reputable shop or artist should have no problem with your inquiring about the safety measures they take and might even let you watch one being done if the customer doesn't mind. This will usually put your mind at ease about the establishment and answer any questions you might have. Any time the skin is broken for additional holes or to change the color of any area of the body there are going to be risks involved. If you experience any problems after your experience, you should seek medical attention ASAP and the attending physician should be able to successfully address and treat the problem.