Rockabilly Tattoo & Piercing

BANPIERCING GUNS
This is a subject very important to professional piercers, and a discussion I nd myself engaged in frequently. What I want you to take from this post is a better understanding of why piercing guns are so hazardous and why you should avoid them and help Ban them.

Why You Should Avoid And Ban Piercing Guns

Presented by Rockabilly Tattoo & Piercing of El Cajon, CA
Cited and altered from steelbonehornstone.wordpress.com and safepiercing.org

The Gun Explained

The lack of ability to sterilize the ear piercing guns is one of the issues of concern about such equipment. Blood can aerosolize (become airborne in essentially microscopic particles) and contaminate the gun. If any part of the stud touches any part of the contaminated gun, there is the possibility of transmitting a disease-causing micro organism. The Hepatitis virus can live for extended periods on inanimate surfaces, therefore transmission of such disease through this type of equipment is possible. Further, most of the ear studs are quite dull, even if slightly pointy. The piercings are accomplished using a considerable amount of force. This is more like a crush injury than a piercing, and feels like one as well. The use of a sharper, sterile object such as a hollow piercing needle makes for a much safer, gentler, more comfortable piercing. Other aspects of concern include the fact that the studs are too short for some earlobes, which can result in complications. At a shop a piercer determines the most appropriate size jewelry before piercing. Gun jewelry can completely embed in ear lobes, even when pierced properly. The piercings are difcult to clean thoroughly if too close tting and the solution they sell is inappropriate. The studs do not allow for much room even on slim lobes. Air and blood circulation are limited which can delay or complicate healing. Swelling and/or scar tissue formation can result. The buttery backing of ear studs have a conguration that can easily trap bacteria adding to the potential risk of infection. Another problem is that the guns are very easy to misuse. Some who operate them "professionally" have little or no training. Further, many people do not stop at piercing only the lobes, and pierce eyebrows, tongues, nostrils, navels and other body parts with the ear stud guns. Such usage is warned against by most manufacturers, but that does not prevent frequent abuse of the ear piercing gun equipment. This is absolutely inappropriate and very dangerous!

Go To A Professional
Simply put you should call around and do your research to nd an experienced professional piercer before even getting an ear lobe piercing. Real professionals would never use a gun. themselves professionals. REAL professionals, the ones youll nd in licensed shops, have undergone years of training as an apprentice under a mentor. Taking blood borne pathogen Most of these gun classes, professionals sterilization have about 10-45 courses, and MINUTES, of studied human training before anatomy. In short theyre let loose on the difference the public. Most of between which is reading a professionals and pamphlet or non professional watching a video, piercers is practicing by experience, gunning a piece of techniques, safety, cardboard or a and concern. So teddy bear or ear please do everyone mold, and then a favor and avoid they can call and ban the use Guns!