Modern body piercing is done by opening the part of the body with a sharp object normally needle. Contemporary body piercing is permanent and they are performed by needle or scalpel. A scalpel is a medical device used in surgery. It may be disposable or reusable. The body piercing done by opening the tissue is done with the help of a scalpel. Body piercing is also done with dermal punch. Dermal punch is used o remove larger part of the flesh. Normally it is used in major surgeries. There will be more blood loss while using Dermal punch. But it is useful in piercing where normal needle is not enough. The only advantage in dermal punch is that they will cause less pain to the user.

Contemporary body piercing is done only after taking some precautions so that the health of the person who want to do piercing and the piercer will be protected. At first the piercer will sterilize the tools used for piercing and the jewels that will be worn after piercing. This is done with auto clave. Auto clave is a device used to sterilize above in hot water above 100 degree boiling point that is not possible in normal vessel heating.

Body piercing requires several steps. So the piercer will wear number of gloves for each and every step. Every time he should wear the sterilized gloves in order to protect the health of the client and himself. For instance, if the piercer wears one gloves to sterilize the area of piercing. Then he should remove the gloves to avoid contamination. The sterilization should be done carefully.

Care must be given to select the jewelry material. It is advised that stainless steel and titanium are the best metals to wear in the fresh piercing. Some people suggest yellow or white gold is also better. But plastic jewels are not recommended for fresh piercing. Even though plastic jewels are used in tattoo industry, it is not advisable for body piercing.

Piercing guns are used for piercing ear lobes only. But the wound will not heal in shorter period of time. Also sterilizing piercing guns are impossible. So piercing guns are not normally suggested by experts.

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