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