Comments on: A New Piercing… No Hepatitis

By: bingo

bingo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:34:21 +0000

OMG!!! MINE DIDNT BLEED AT ALL…THAT LOOKS GROSS!

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:42:09 +0000

We spore test our two autoclaves once per week. About 3 times a year we “throw” a test…meaning we purposefully send back an unprocessed, or under processed, test. Have to make sure they are doing their job.

By: Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Handweb Piercing Placement Thoughts

Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Handweb Piercing Placement Thoughts — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:59:52 +0000

[...] My initial entry on the piercing is here, but I’ll add how I did the piercing… I drew the dots on, pinching the tissue to feel for motion and so on. After a little adjustment I came upon what I thought was ideal, and pushed the 10ga needle through… It was pretty unpleasant, and I haven’t done a piercing on myself in a looooong time. After the tip was through the other end, which stung like crazy, I actually just gave it a couple whacks with a remote to get it all the way through!!! Follow-through was a breeze because of the drop-down sizing. [...]

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:59:56 +0000

I got it 90% of the way through and then whacked it with the TV remote. No kidding.

By: Heretic

Heretic — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:06:12 +0000

Personally I’d like to see a video of that being done. I imagen doing it one handed had to be a bitch! Nice placement.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:34:22 +0000

Thank you. If it is of importance: the pieces have been in a plastic bag for some years after being taken out of piercings which didn’t heal, and, if I may: do you know of anybody with psoriasis and piercings? I have, and I have not been able to heal my piercings; not even ear lobes! Scarification and suspension wounds heal just fine, so I’m not a bleeder or anything like that.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:19:01 +0000

If you are the one that wore it before, just clean it. In my opinion there’s no need to stress autoclaving or anything like that if it’s staying in the same person.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:14:31 +0000

I see. What procedure would you recommend appropriate before using my old jewelry again?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:24:43 +0000

In my case, I’m the only person that has handled the stuff other than the manufacturer, and it’s single use items anyway. So in my case the risk is effectively zero — certainly far lower than at a studio.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:41:49 +0000

To the DIY people: how do you know your supplies are clean? I was going to do a piercing myself a week ago, using a (play piercing) needle from bmeshop and a cbr I had around from a retired piercing. First I clean the cbr with chlorhexidine; then I boiled it; cleaned it with an antibacterial wipe and boiled it again, but then decided against it as I didn’t really know how effective it was.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:37:40 +0000

Well, as High Prairie, Alberta has recently taught us, you can’t even be sure you’re getting a clean needle at the hospital!

By: PeteD3

PeteD3 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:37:09 +0000

Congrats on the piercing!

the 2nd part is scary as hell… we need to be able to trust those people. i hope to learn more about this situation.
any leads/links?

By: treyci

treyci — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:39:39 +0000

that’s one of the few things that seriously makes me nervous. the good thing for me is knowing how things are kept clean in our local hospital. up until is july of this year, it was my job. the local hospital does its own biological testing and is required to do so by law in Pennsylvania. it’s nice to know that. I’m not sure if the same laws apply to piercing and tattoo studios or not. but where I go for body modifications, totem tattoo, is highly respected. the guy who does my work, Aaron is a good friend and he apprenticed under buffalo bill tarr. bill is (for lack of a better term) anal about cleanliness. so they are excellent with autoclaving and biological testing. I’m curious though, what company are you talking about? is it used by the united states? just wondering. I’m pretty sure that totem does its own biological but just on the off chance that they send out, I’d like to know. so they can be aware. I’m sure they would be concerned.

By: JonnyButts

JonnyButts — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:18:06 +0000

That is some pretty scary shit with the Spore testing. Its bad enough the state of some shops sterile rooms and now the fact that spore tests can’t be trusted, one really must be carefuly when getting a new mod. I haven’t had any mods or ink since I moved up here to BelleVegas due to this exact fact. Too many shops fail to see how important this is. On a side note: Its pretty funny that your mods were used against you by the person that now runs the largest modification ezine.Speaks volumes doesn’t it. Can’t wait to see the new piercing healed out!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:00:04 +0000

Ouch-papercuts!

By: Gillian

Gillian — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:11:29 +0000

I got a papercut there the other day and it STILL hurts! I can’t imagine piercing myself there.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:02:42 +0000

I for one am glad you were able to successfully defend yourself – Nefarious is lucky to have such a great dad. As a new mom, I get a lot of inspiration from your site. I hope to do tons of art, and craft projects, with my little guy as he gets older!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:35:20 +0000

Thats exactly why i buy my own needles and DIY. My Uncle got Hep C from the very frist (and only) tattoo he got. Lucky for him he worked for the hospital at the time driving a bus so he got the new medicine at the time for muchless. lol Probably the main reson my parents didnt wanna let me get tattoo in my youth. lol

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:18:42 +0000

Oh, it’s bloody alright… Such is piercing with a needle a gauge larger in size. The nice thing is it’s good and loose because of it.

Amusing side story.

When I picked Nefarious up from school I had it covered up. I asked her if she could guess what it was (I’d told her a few days before I was going to do it), and she said “an injury?” and I said no and explained what it was. I said, “do you think that was a good idea or a bad idea?” and in an over-the-top ‘what a dumb question’ voice, she yells, “a GOOD IDEA!!!”

By: Scienkoptic

Scienkoptic — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:06:24 +0000

I was working at my shop this weekend. Drilling out some holes in some stainless barstock. The clamp came loose and a corner of the bar raked across my hand and sliced the web right there open. I can’t imagine how many new hazards having this piercing would present for me. Good luck with it.