Being a Body Piercer
Body piercing is the art of putting holes in the body so that jewelry can be place in the holes. Body piercers do not make that much money. They are not paid by the hour; most piercers make about half of the money the piercing cost. Usually during the week it is slow and not many people want to get pierced. Business picks up on the weekends. After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, business has been significantly slow because people do not want to spend money because they think the economy is going to crash, making it hard for body piercers to make very much money right now. On October 22, 2001 I went and saw body piercing live and up close. When I first got there it was slow with no customers and pretty much remained the same way for the remainder of the day. I met the piercer and he taught me about basic sterilization technique
Every material used in piercing must be completely sterile to prevent spread of disease and germs. The smaller the gauge the larger the hole. The piercer wipe up the blood that came out and stopped the bleeding and put the stud in his ear and it was done. If any materials came in contact with blood u must do the same process except do it for longer because u do not want to transmit any diseases that the person who's blood was on the material might of had. As the evening progressed a girl came in and wanted to get the holes in her ear stretched out from a 16 gauge to an 8 gauge. First you must take the materials you use and soak them in a hospital disinfectant, after the materials have been soaking for a while u then scrub them thoroughly making sure there are no germs of any kind in them. It was a very fun experience and I think it would be an interesting career, although the salary is not the best and at times it can get very boring having. When trying to fit the 8 gauge taper into the 16 gauge hole the pain was too much for the girl so she backed out. Everything was sterilized again to ensure no spread of germs and the piercer took a pair of tongs and clasped them onto his friend's ear and told him to grasp the chair. Since the experience was nearing the end, and I not having seen a true piercing yet, the piercer called his friend to come over to get pierced so I would be able to see it. I learned from this that in several places such as the ear, tongue, and genitals you can bleed to death if a major vein is hit. After they have been scrubbed and rinsed you must put them in a sterile pouch and seal them until use. When his friend got there the piercing went underway. Needles used in piercing must be disposed of in a hazardous waste box.
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