Frequently Asked Questions - Piercings
You are not required to tip your piercer. But, you must remember that each piercer typically has to pay a booth rent or percentage to the shop owner. A tip is voluntary and should be dependant on the service that you receive. If your piercer does an amazing job and makes the experience a positive one it would be appropriate to tip. If you are displeased with the piercer or experience you should feel free to not give a tip as well.
For best results in healing your new piercing, you should not soak in any kind of water (unless you are soaking piercing in the sea salt solution). You may shower as usual, just try not to let the water hit the piercing directly. Lake and ocean water are teeming with bacteria and could cause an infection. Swimming pool water has chlorine in it, which can infect and/or slow down the healing of a new piercing.
Approximate primary healing times:
Head or Face
Monroe piercing: 4-6 weeks
Bridge: 2-3 months
Cheek/: 3–6 months
Ear cartilage: 6-12 months
Ear lobes: 6-8 weeks
Eyebrow: 6-8 weeks
Tragus: 6–12 months
Lip / Labret: 3–4 weeks
Nostril: 3-6 months
Septum: 2-3 months
Tongue: 4-6 weeks
Torso
Female Nipples: 3-6 months
Male Nipples: 3-6 months
Navel piercing: 10-14 months
Surface: 8-12 months
Female Genital Piercings
Clitoral Hood: 4-6 weeks
Christina piercing: 3–4 months
Labia Minora: 2–3 months
Labia Majora: 2–3 months
Triangle: 2–3 months
Male Genital Piercings
Ampallang: 4–6 months
Apadravya: 4–6 months
Dydoe: 4-6 months
Frenum piercing: 4-6 weeks
Prince Albert: 4-6 weeks
Reverse Prince Albert: 4-6 weeks
Scrotum: 3–4 months
Foreskin: 2–3 months
Pubic: 2-3 months
Over time, after the piercing, the resulting wound
is allowed to heal, forming a tunnel of scar tissue
called a fistula. When the piercing has fully healed,
the initial jewelry may be changed .
For piercings we use a sterilized-single use hypodermic needle made from a surgical stainless-steel tube. The end is bevelled by a laser to create a sharp pointed tip. This lets the needle easily and smoothly penetrate the skin so that pain in minimal.
You must be 14 years of age with ALL of the following documents:
1). An ID for the child (anything that has minors picture and name on it, (it cannot be expired) ie. State ID; Learners Permit; school ID; Whitewater Bay or Frontier City Pass; etc.,
2). Minors Birth Certificate (from Health Dept, not from hospital)
3). Mom or Dad must be present and have their Government issued ID (drivers license, passport, military ID etc., which cannot be expired)
Body piercing is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewelry may be worn. Body piercing is a form of body modification. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice. The cultural norms reflected in body piercing are various. They may include religion, spirituality, fashion, eroticism, conformism, or subcultural identification.
