| Adorning the body with gold is a sensual | | | | registered, check for the appropriate |
| experience. Gold jewelry for body | | | | permits and certificates. |
| piercing is extremely popular today, a | | | | - The person who performs your body |
| revival from a long history from the | | | | piercing should wear gloves, protective |
| earliest humans on earth. Whether your | | | | clothing, hair covering and should wash |
| interest in body piercing stems from the | | | | their hands before they pierce you. |
| desire to be fashionable, as a status | | | | - All instruments should be sterilized |
| symbol or to heighten your sexual | | | | and all surfaces, including the floor |
| enjoyment, popular demand has increased | | | | are smooth and wipe able. |
| the number of piercing studios and | | | | - Only disposable needles should be |
| choices in gold body jewelry. | | | | used, with all dressings (gauze, cotton |
| Today's body piercing evolved from | | | | pads) and gold body jewelry sterile |
| different cultures across the globe. | | | | packed. |
| This ancient art could well be the most | | | | Piercing Guns |
| widely practiced form of body adornment. | | | | The gold body jewelry used with ear |
| It was also practiced by the Romans who | | | | piercing guns are not ideal for piercing |
| saw nipple piercing as a sign of | | | | for several reasons, first being that |
| courage, in addition to using them to | | | | the guns cannot be sterilized because |
| attach their cloaks. The Kama Sutra from | | | | they are made of plastic and would melt |
| classical India depicts scenes of | | | | in the sterilization unit. Second, they |
| genital piercing. We find evidence of | | | | do not provide a clean, surgical cut, |
| ears, lips and hands being pierced in | | | | the jewelry is forced through the |
| South America, Africa and Borneo. | | | | tissue, causing extensive trauma, |
| Today body piercing artists have taken | | | | because the ends are rounded, not sharp. |
| this heritage and combined it with | | | | Piercings done in this fashion are slow |
| modern hygiene and piercing techniques, | | | | to heal and there is an increased risk |
| creating new types of piercings such as | | | | of inflammation and/or infection. |
| the 'diath and rook' invented by Eric | | | | After Care |
| Dakota. The most notable change in the | | | | Piercings done with the proper equipment |
| nature of body piercing came a few years | | | | usually take from six to eight weeks to |
| ago when fashion world models strutted | | | | heal at which time the jewelry can be |
| the catwalk with navel and eyebrow | | | | changed without any problem. Quality |
| piercings, creating a new wave of | | | | aftercare of your piercing has a great |
| general public interest. This opened up | | | | impact on the amount of time your body |
| a new realm of possibilities for people | | | | needs. Healing is one thing, it takes |
| and confirmed to those already in the | | | | much more time for the pierced skin to |
| know the wide extent of the practice. | | | | adjust and be accepted by your body. |
| Practical Guide to Body Piercing | | | | After the initial change, is it s a good |
| When you decide to have any part of your | | | | idea for the jewelry to be left in the |
| body pierced, remember that this is more | | | | piercing at all times for at least the |
| than fashion, it involves your health. | | | | first six months but a longer period is |
| It is wise to keep these points in mind: | | | | better. |
| - The piercing studio should be | | | | |