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You can schedule a consultation with a professional body piercer to discuss your interest in receiving a piercing. The pain involved with the piercing procedure may be a concern or deciding factor when considering a piercing.
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Changing your belly button ring before your piercing heals can damage your piercing by causing unnecessary irritation, ripping or tearing. A navel piercing can take up to one year to fully heal and may mimic the look and feel of a healed piercing while in a good stage during the healing period.
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If your ears are stretched and you wear plugs or hanging jewelry in your ear piercings, daily cleaning of your earrings is a necessity, according to Infinite Body Piercing. Stretched ears with earrings, commonly called "ear gauges," do not allow for dead skin cells inside the earlobe to fall off the earlobe.
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Your pierced ears might ooze or seep light-colored fluids during the healing process. Fluids draining from your ear piercings is normal during the healing period, but if the seeping and oozing are constant or continue after the healing period of six to eight weeks, your pierced ears might need additional care.
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Professional tattoo artists use the brand Tincture of Green Soap before, during and after a tattoo procedure. A medical level soap, green soap is not available in stores, only from medical and tattoo supply companies. It is called "green soap"
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A sterile taper is the safest way to stretch your earlobe piercings when you want to achieve a larger piercing size. If you do not have access to a sterile taper, there are other methods and tricks to stretching your ears.
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Workplace regulations, school dress code rules or the desire for privacy can lead to a tattoo enthusiast covering up a tattoo. Out of respect for others or fear of rejection in an interview, tattoo enthusiasts cover up tattoos temporarily.
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After summoning the courage to receive a body piercing and battle your fear of needles, your next decision will be the location on your body. You will have to take the personal and professional aspects of your life into consideration, as well as your activity level.
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Not everyone who has a tattoo wants to show off the artwork in public. A tattoo is permanent, and considering that the tattoo may be visible in the future will help you to determine the placement of your tattoo.
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Depending on geographical location, certain types of needles for body piercing procedures are illegal. Inexperienced or unprofessional piercers use sewing needles or piercing guns to pierce body parts not realizing the dangers of that practice.
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You can stretch an existing ear piercing into a large-diameter ear piercing. If you do not have pierced ears, you can pierce your ears at a large gauge. Typical ear piercings, from a piercing gun, are a small gauge, such as 20.
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While body piercings may be considered a fashion statement or an adornment, in some cultures body piercings are considered part of a spiritual journey. Believers of Hinduism or alternative medicine believe that piercing the belly button aligns or improves function of the third chakra, the solar plexus.
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After getting a tattoo on one of your body parts, such as your chest, that requires you to remove thick hair to make the tattoo visible, you may consider using a hair removal cream. Also called depilatories, these creams are safe to use on your tattoos, if you follow the manufacturer's instructions.
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Navel piercings, often referred to as belly button piercings, take six months to a year to heal. Parents considering allowing their teenager to receive this piercing need to assess that maturity level of the individual.
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