Body piercing jewelry and how to care for the fresh piercing

Pain should not be an excuse to make one scared of body piercing jewelry. It should also not be an pretext to stop one from enjoying a desired piece of jewelry. Body piercing may sound painful but is not really as painful as imagined. The actual piercing is very brief and hardly even felt. This is because the preceding anxiety and tension is so high that when the piercing is actually done it is incomparable to what one had in mind. The pain is also relative and depends on the individual but every average person can handle a body piercing.

To avoid adverse reactions to your body as a result of the jewelry, it is important that one starts with stainless steel titanium or gold jewelry. Depending on the piercing, sometimes it may not be advisable to keep the body piercing jewelry out for long. You may remove your tongue barbell ring for a couple of hours and that alone may be enough to close up the hole, taking you back to square one.

After piercing and putting the proper body piercing jewelry in place, it will take some time to heal. Each area of the body has its own unique healing periods. The healing period also depends on the individual. It is a good idea not to rush the healing period. One cannot start tackling whole pizza's just a few days after an oral piercing. It is highly unrecommended even if one feels completely healed. During the healing period the piercing is practically a wound. It is important that you treat it with care and handle it gently. For instance do not keep touching and manipulating the body piercing jewelry. You must always wash your hands with antibacterial soap before touching the fresh piercing.

Before you can be in a position to change the body piercing jewelry, you must give the piercing its full healing time as recommended by the piercing professional. Even after the full healing period it may still not be wise to change it so soon. No matter how gentle you are while changing the body piercing jewelry, chances are that you will irritate your newly healed wound. The wound might get reopened, causing further delays in the healing process and possibly causing infections. It is important to wait until the piercing is no longer tender and can handle manipulation without any soreness. Still, take as much care as possible.