Avoiding Toxic Reactions in Body Piercings

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Rick Wyckoff. You can check out our website at avatartat2.com. I’m here on behalf of expertvillage.com talking about different kinds of jewelry to get pierced with. This stainless steel barbell with acrylic balls on it. Really, for a fresh piercing, acrylic isn’t an appropriate substance, because auto plate for one thing breaks down the plastic, but also people’s body chemistry tends to be a little bit on the specific side and does break down the acrylic off and causing a toxic reaction. Other substances like niobium and titanium that have some sort of coloring to it or aldoization a lot of times people’s body chemistry will break down the aldolization too and it could potentially cause a chemical reaction; although, non iodize titanium and niobium have proven to be very safe. Substances like organics should never be used in an initial piercing, simply because they can’t be properly auto plate. Also, they are poorest and might contain microorganisms that could infest a piercing initially. Another recent development in the piercing is silicone. This is a silicone plug; it’s a apply able. It’s basically like a little piece of rubber that’s commonly used sometimes for large gauge initial piercings or for stretching piercings. The down side of it, even though it can by auto plate is that it is semi poorest so it could harbor bacteria could end up infesting a piercing. Also, it really doesn’t apply a lot of pressure to the interior of a fresh piercing so prolong bleeding could occur if you’re using silicone for a initial piercing. "