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Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Piercings

Piercing has been practiced in many cultures for many centuries. Body piercing was often identified with royalty and portrayed courage and virility. Egyptian pharaohs pierced their navels as a rite of passage. Roman soldiers pierced their nipples to show their manhood.

How is it done?
A hollow needle is passed through the body part followed by the insertion of the body jewelry in the hole. A piercing gun should not be used because it crushes the tissues that are pierced and it cannot be properly sterilized.

How do the holes heal?
Skin heals after piercings by forming a layer of cells called epithelial cells along the inside of the piercing to protect the body from the foreign object. The epithelial cells form a tube-like layer of skin along the inside of the piercing. The process takes at least six to eight weeks, although most body piercings require at least six months to a year before the jewelry can be removed for any length of time without the risk of the hole closing.

After the epithelial layer has formed, the piercing may constrict around the jewelry. The epithelial layer can be easily torn or dislodged, so do not force the jewelry to rotate without first applying warm water. Once the epithelial cell layer forms, it must toughen and strengthen for up to a year before the piercing will become more flexible and relaxed around the jewelry.


Caring for Your Piercing Site
First, make sure that your piercing is done with a sterile object, and that jewelry inserted in the new piercing site is also sterile, to prevent bacteria and foreign objects from entering the body.

All new piercings produce a sticky white to off-white discharge that dries into a crusty formation around the openings of the piercings and on the jewelry). The area around the new piercing should be kept clean.
• Do not touch the new piercing. Wash your hands with soap before cleaning the piercing.
• Clean the pierced area with antibacterial soap. Remove all crusty formations, and rinse off the soap.
• Salt-water soaks are good to loosen up crusty formations. You can make salt water by adding 1/4 teaspoon of salt to one cup of clean water.
• Do not use alcohol or peroxide to clean the area at any time. They will dry out your skin. Betadine will discolor gold jewelry.
• Always wear clean clothing and change the bed-sheets every week during the healing period to avoid infection.
• Sweat and clothes rubbing against the piercing may be irritating.
• For piercings in your ear or around your face, avoid make-up and powders in that area during the healing process. Cover the pierced area with a tissue when applying hair spray.
• For body piercings, do not wear tight clothes. For navel piercing, do not wear large belts, stockings or body suits, and do not sleep on your stomach. Good air circulation is important for healing.
• Be careful where you swim. Avoid public pools and hot tubs until the piercing has healed.
• For mouth care following tongue or lip piercing, choose an antibacterial mouthwash that does not contain alcohol and rinse your mouth after all meals and snacks. If you notice bad breath and an off-colored tongue, the mouthwash may have killed bacteria that live naturally in the mouth. If this happens, switch to salt water rinses instead of mouthwash.
• Saline solution should be used to clean the inside entrance of nostril piercings.
• Do not use antibiotic ointments on piercings.
• Avoid kissing or oral sex while piercings in mouth are healing.

Average Healing Times for Piercings
Piercing Location Average Healing Time
Ear lobe 6 to 8 weeks
Ear cartilage 4 months to 1 year
Eyebrow 6 to 8 weeks
Nostril 2 to 4 months
Nasal septum 6 to 8 months
Nasal bridge 8 to 10 weeks
Tongue 4 weeks
Lip 2 to 3 months
Nipple 3 to 6 months
Navel 4 months to 1 year
Female genitalia 4 to 10 weeks
Male genitalia 4 weeks to 6 months
Cheek 4 to 5 months


Signs of Infection
If you experience pain that does not go away within a day or two, increased pain, unusual pain or swelling in the piercing site, or see signs of infection, see your health care provider. Do not remove your jewelry. If the jewelry is removed, the openings of the piercing may close and trap the infection, which can create an abscess (a pus-filled, painful area).

Signs of Sensitivity to Cleaning Products
Symptoms may include redness, irritation, itching or burning when the piercing is cleaned, or a rash surrounding the piercing. Over- or under-cleaning of the piercing can cause the openings of the piercing to become red, overly dry and cracked.


message 2: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (phillip_arthur_russell_iv) O.O....whoa.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

OOOOoOoOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I should get my nipple pierced.


Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) LMFAO FRANCOIS!
HELL TO THE FUCK TO THE NO!


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

AND WHY NOT!?
Magahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
A sign of my manhood!


Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Coz i said so!
I will yank it back out if i have to! THATS FUCKING GROSS!!


message 7: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (phillip_arthur_russell_iv) Alexis Babiiee ℂ⋆ wrote: "Coz i said so!
I will yank it back out if i have to! THATS FUCKING GROSS!!"


oh god, that's be awesome! get a nipple ring Francois! then Alexis can rip it out of u! LOL xD


message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

It's fucking kinky!
And do you know how much that would hurt?
I'm stupid, but not that stupid.


Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Its fucking "i will shove it up your hairy ass" kinky!

Kinky my ass man!

N that is the reason why i would yank it out bec it would HURT! :P

You are that stupid Piercaholic buddy......but u r loved all the same :)


message 10: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (phillip_arthur_russell_iv) that's the joke xD but naw, i wuz just kidding ;P


message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

:)
I am that stupid.
And I don't think Romans were gay...


message 12: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Francois wrote: ":)
I am that stupid.
And I don't think Romans were gay..."


*sniff sniff* lmfao! I dont think the word gay was even existed then........ i tink


message 13: by [deleted user] (new)

Yeah, that would fucking Cain, but I'd still be happy if I could get one.


message 14: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Ima pretend i didnt hear tht...lol jks..........
go get a nipple piercing......id prob stare at it going........i swear tht looks like a fucking alien from Planet Nipple ring! :P


message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

But...
It's a piercing.
That's all that really matters.
Like, no piercing is homosexual just from where it is...


message 16: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) But....... *rolls eyes*

I find it very.........just imagine what happened if someone accidently pulled on it! OWWWWWWWWWWW

If i went and got one ill prob get tortured, cut, cliced and diced then buried and burned by my parents.


message 17: by [deleted user] (new)

My parents are going to do that to me anyway.


message 18: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) My parents already did that to me.....ima the walking dead just for suggesting............ lol jks


Ill be out of the house by then....hopefully!
freeeddoom!


message 19: by Professor M (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments anyone heard of piercings on the palm? that's some sick shite.


message 20: by [deleted user] (new)

KNUCKLE PIERCINGS ARE SICK!
I'LL GET SOME OF THOSE!


message 21: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (phillip_arthur_russell_iv) oh jeez, okay, that's one piercing i won't be behind on, that would be pretty painful don'cha think?


message 22: by Professor M (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments hell yea! then there's no need for brass knuckles. and each time you punch someone, you get double the pain..:D


message 23: by [deleted user] (new)

Damn! There are sickkk!
I want some!
http://wickedbodyjewelz.files.wordpre...


message 24: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) I want piercings on tha colar bone


message 25: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Francois wrote: "KNUCKLE PIERCINGS ARE SICK!
I'LL GET SOME OF THOSE!"


I know a girl who has one of them


message 26: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Majeed wrote: "hell yea! then there's no need for brass knuckles. and each time you punch someone, you get double the pain..:D"

Tht as sure as hell would be fucking painfull!


message 27: by Professor M (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments Tried it?..:p


message 28: by Professor M (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments Francois wrote: "Damn! There are sickkk!
I want some!
http://wickedbodyjewelz.files.wordpre..."


That shit it sick!!! Bad sick..:/


message 29: by [deleted user] (new)

I love 'em.
I think they're cool.


message 30: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (phillip_arthur_russell_iv) they look pretty painful to me :P


message 31: by [deleted user] (new)

They'll hurt like a bitch when you get them, but when they heal you won't notice them. Duh.


message 32: by Professor M (last edited Aug 08, 2011 03:53AM) (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments Here's a question.
who's in for tattoos?..:D


message 33: by [deleted user] (new)

MEEEEEEEEEEEE...!


message 34: by Professor M (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments lol..topic?


message 35: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (phillip_arthur_russell_iv) Majeed wrote: "Here's a question.
who's in for tattoos?..:D"


OOH OOH!!! ME!!!! :D:D:D lol, well not really, but i'd pick tats over piercings though


message 36: by Me (new)

Me (inactiveaccount) Really?I would pick piercing,they dont hurt sting very little thats all


message 37: by Tash (new)

Tash (sixteeen) Tattoos can really mess up your bloodstream. Stick with the piercing.


message 38: by [deleted user] (new)

Yeah, after they heal, they're fine.
And you got it Majeed!


message 39: by Professor M (new)

Professor M (kratoskicksass) | 109 comments lol..thanks!


message 40: by Mansi (new)

Mansi (DevilRebel62) I would looove a piercing on my eyebroww like my older brother has~!


message 41: by Rea (new)

Rea I had a time when I was obsessed with piercings. I got 5 extra piercings in my ear in quick succession, so I'm at 7 now. I wanted a tongue piercing too but quickly decided against it as that would prevent me from doing my party trick of rolling the sides of my tongue forwards to make my tongue into three folds. Hehe.

I knew a girl in England who had multiple vaginal piercings... she actually jingled as she walked. It was disgusting!


message 42: by [deleted user] (new)

Thanks for sharing that one...
:S
Ugh!


message 43: by [deleted user] (new)

Ick...


message 44: by [deleted user] (new)

Ghats so fucking off and gross.


message 45: by Rea (new)

Rea Haha, at least it'll put anyone here off wanting to get such piercings!

Though I'm not sure why anyone would want vaginal piercings in the first place...


message 46: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) i have no idea and im not sure its gonna turn their partner on........or maybe it does! ouch man!


message 47: by Smog1997 (new)

Smog1997 (confuzzlement) | 34 comments Nauseating.

Whatever happened to doing piercing in normal places, like your ears?!


message 48: by [deleted user] (new)

Ears are still very popular...


message 49: by Kübra ℂ⋆ (new)

Kübra ℂ⋆  (khadija_kubraa) Yep! OMG! IM GETTING MY TRAGUS TOMORO!!


message 50: by [deleted user] (new)

YAY!


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