Why you should not use piercing guns. Part I
Piercing guns are a standard tool utilized in mall shops, mall kiosks, spas and by other non-professional piercers. Sadly , the piercing gun or stud gun is an inferior piece of gear that may cause nonessential damage and increase a piercees likelihood of problems. Explained below are a few of the largest concerns related to the employment of piercing guns.
Contents
1.Inferior Gun Sterilization
2. Gun vs. Needle
3. Inferior Gun Jewlery
4. Improper placement, and other body parts
5. Minimally Trained Gun Operators
6. Unhealthy Piercing Gun Environment
Sterilization
All kit utilized in any piercing must be correctly sterilised between uses to stop the growth of blood borne sicknesses and scale back the possibility of infection. To be correctly sterilised, appliances must be run thru an autoclave. Piercing guns can’t be autoclaved. When a piercing is performed with a gun, tissue and blood become airborne and will come into contact with anything near it, including the gun, the piercer and the person being pierced. Wiping a piercing gun with antiseptic wipes between uses isn’t satisfactory, as it’ll not kill all blood borne pathogens. This indicates that both the piercer and person being pierced are exposed to the tissue and blood of each other person which has been pierced with that hardware. Additionally, the new piercing has come into contact with the soiled gun and all the bacteria on it.
This greatly increases the chance of infection. This likelihood of infection is of even more concern when applied to cartilage piercings. Contagions in cartilage can become surrounded between the layers of cartilage and cause deformation of the ear, occasionally requiring surgery.
Stud vs. Needle
A correctly done piercing is performed employing a hollow needle that’s highly pointed. It has got a beveled edge that creates an especially neat, clean slice in the tissue. This leaves the area with little damage or injury, permitting for the simplest healing and nominal complications as well as less discomfort for a shorter period. A piercing gun uses a lifeless stud that’s forced thru the ear thru sheer force. Look closely at the end of a piercing stud and it is apparent just how lifeless it is. Remember that you can sleep on these studs without cutting your neck. As the stud is lifeless, it rips thru the tissue, causing major tearing, injury and compaction in the tissue. This could lead to a longer healing time and heightened risk of building up unjustifiable scar tissue in and round the piercing.
It also causes more irritation and swelling, leading to more agony for a long-lasting period of time. Inappropriate scar tissue may cause issues for those that plan to, or decide to stretch their piercings to bigger gauges. Some find that it impedes stretching, or maybe makes it absolutely impossible.
It will probably cause the stretching process to be much slower and concerned than standard to permit the scar tissue time to melt and the stretch to fix correctly.
Jewellery
The only suitable materials to be used in a fresh piercing are implant grade metals, plastics or glass :
Surgical chrome steel 316L or 316LVM, Titanium, Niobium, PTFE, Bioflex and Pyrex. The nickel content in gold, silver and low grade steel may cause major reactions and irritation in several folks. The porosity of other materials permits the harboring of dust and bacteria, causing significant irritation and infection. Piercing studs are usually made from a low-grade metal. Most typical are silver and gold studs.
It’s required for the jewelry in a new piercing to permit room for swelling and correct access to the piercing for cleaning and to permit the piercing to empty. Every side of the piercing stud makes in inappropriate to be used in a new piercing.
They’re much too short to permit the tissue to swell nicely. Swelling can be increased by the limitation of the stud, leading to further damage and irritation of the piercing. The locking butterfly backs cover the back of the piercing and pull the jewelry tight against the front of the piercing. This could not permit a piercing to empty correctly as well as building up lymph and mud and holding it against the healing piercing. Butterfly backs are very tough to scrub correctly as the loops are minute and can’t be accessed simply.