{"id":635,"date":"2008-01-07T02:53:22","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T18:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2008\/01\/2008_01_07_0253.php"},"modified":"2008-01-07T02:53:22","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T18:53:22","slug":"taas-kilay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/07\/taas-kilay","title":{"rendered":"Taas kilay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2112\/2186937702_402c0d5c63_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2112\/2186937702_16b1ed30f8_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>I apologize for the title, I really can&#8217;t think of anything better.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I replaced my brow-ring after 2 weeks. I&#8217;m aware that it usually takes 4-6 weeks for this piercing type to heal, but I felt compelled to for a bunch of reasons.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>After I initially had this piercing, I&#8217;ve been to other tattoo shops just to look for alternate jewelry [for when it heals]. On one occasion, one person got a bit hostile [verbally] as soon as I gave her the name of my &#8220;piercer.&#8221; She had told me to change the temporary stud immediately (take note this was 3 days after it was pierced so it was far from healed) as it was not &#8220;safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This turned my GF off; because why on earth would someone put a fellow artist down even if they don&#8217;t agree with their methods? But nonetheless, what was said made sense, because they were all health-related issues. Who knows, maybe she was <em>really<\/em> concerned about people&#8217;s health. Still, slammin&#8217; on a fellow artist is not cool in any situation. But the concerns definitely were valid and stuck with me the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p>These concerns were confirmed when I was researching on the web about aftercare for body piercings, and found out that almost everything my piercer had said was <strong>wrong.<\/strong> And apparently as far as health\/hygiene\/safety was concerned, he&#8217;s not up to par what every piercer should be doing for their client&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My piercer recommended alcohol and betadine, makes sense right? Apparently it&#8217;s <strong>wrong!<\/strong> Alchohol, betadine, hydrogen peroxide, etc. are aggressive disinfectants. While they <em>do<\/em> clean the wound, the wound becomes too tender and will heal at a much slower rate. The only thing they suggested right was saline solution.<\/li>\n<li>I was informed that it would heal in two weeks. The truth is that while your milage may vary, the accepted minimum is 4 to 6 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other little [or big, depends how you look at it] concerns also cropped up the more I learned about all this shit (I admit, it&#8217;s my fault for not researching thoroughly before getting the thing)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The initial jewelry used for my piercing wasn&#8217;t titanium or surgical stainless steel. I guess I was just too impulsive and had it done anyways. Looking back, I wouldn&#8217;t have minded paying more if they had to use quality materials\/jewerly to use for the initial piercing (in fact I wish they insisted on it). After all, the healing process is the most important stage, so it should&#8217;ve been standard operating procedure to have bio-friendly jewelry on-hand. The fact that they don&#8217;t have the &#8220;approved&#8221; material in-store should&#8217;ve raised a red flag right there. But that&#8217;s all in the past.<\/li>\n<li>The gauge used was not standard, it was on the thin side, plus they used a straight stem, a combination of which, while unlikely, COULD lead to migration (meaning the piercing itself might move outward since it&#8217;s pushing against the skin all the time, so it tends to be pushed outward)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Actually, saying my piercer wasn&#8217;t &#8220;good&#8221; maybe is too harsh a statement, he&#8217;s pretty talented and well known. I guess the best description of the situation I could give is that he&#8217;s probably more of a <strong>tattoo artist<\/strong> than a <strong>piercer<\/strong> &#8211; know what I mean? He&#8217;s definitely got the skilled hands to do any body modification [I guess]. But probably isn&#8217;t that concerned about the specialization on piercing (if there&#8217;s such a thing).<\/p>\n<p>You can probably have your piercing done by him <strong>provided<\/strong> you already have your own jewelry to use for the piercing&#8230; and are armed beforehand of aftercare knowledge. So you&#8217;d be literally just coming in there for him to do the deed (since he&#8217;s excellent with needles), otherwise you&#8217;re on your own.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So there, I had to change mine (with great internal-debate) because the last thing I wanted was to see the day that the temporary jewelry RUSTS in my brow while it&#8217;s healing. Of course the trade-off is that I may have just delayed the healing process considerably (and possibly aggravated it, knock on wood).<\/p>\n<p>I seemed to have pulled it off properly, the only concern I really have is the lack of &#8220;breathing room,&#8221; for it to heal. 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