Question about nose piercings

blahhh

Ok, so I got my nostril pierced yesterday, with a gun.

Is that proper procedure or should it have been a needle? And she said it was a different gun instead of one for ears.

Is it safe to use guns to pierce noses, or should I have got a needle piercing. It was in a piercing place, not some jewellery place, so I presume they know what they're doing and I have been pierced there before.

Aard

A gun in a piercing shop? That sounds dodgy; where was it?

Short answer, no. I would never get pierced with a gun. Ever. Proper practice is single-use needles.

blahhh

ammmm, should I name and shame???

Well she said it was nose gun, not an ear gun.

Aard

Yes, name and shame please. "Nose gun" my ar$e. I got mine pierced with a needle, no need for guns at all at all.

blahhh

Destiny Body Piercing, Foxes Bow, Limerick.

I got my tragus and anti-helix done there.....with needles, all turned out fine.

Got my second lobes done with a gun, they were a pain.

Seriously I KNOW there is such thing as a nose gun, but yeah.....

Kinda pis.sed she never asked if I wanted needle or gun cos I prob would have gone with the needle, cos I know the gun leads to fec.kin infections. I just went along with it because I assummed being a piercing shop, the job would be done right.

It's grand now, only slightly sore and the stud (which looks really weird, almost like a nail) isn't pressed too tightly.

Will

Blahhh: no it isnt safe to use a gun for any piercing really.
Cleanliness: gun has many moving parts so cant be cleaned thoroughly
Control: easier and safer to use a needle because you have total control of it. Also it doesnt pound into your ear/nose at high speed like a gun. Can cause undue trauma to the area.
Imagine if the person pierced your nose and it went through your septum also! or any part. I personally would never get pierced by a gun, way too dodgy

!_Brian_!

Guns basically cannot be autoclaved as they'll melt. Everytime a gun is used it gets sprayed with a thin film of plasma from the piercee. Autoclaving any reusables is standard practice for anywhere decent. Unfortunatly theres no laws to enforce that yet tho.

Another problem with guns is the force they pierce with. Lots of local trauma and a risk of cracking the cartiledge which isnt good.

Yet another problem with guns is the likely hood of getting pierced by some saturday girl whose had "full training" consisting of reading the manual maybe and watching someone else perform a piercing.

Placement is also highly inhibited as you can only pierce what you can fit in the gun. Guns are bad mkay!

fuzzywiggle

I got my nose pierced with a gun. Turned out fine!

Will

Im happy for you, heres my happy face " "
still doesnt change the fact that it is dangerous

blahhh

Ahhh......

Well is it ok to use a gun on ear lobes? Or should the gun be avoided altogether?

I hope my nose heals ok.......

Will

Preferably a gun should be avoided, your nose should be fine as long as you keep cleaning it and stuff. Dont worry about it too much

Aard

Just stay away from the gun in future. And maybe consider a different piercing shop.

Fantasy_Suicide

Tut tut tut.... That is all I can say.

Will

In fairness everyone learns at one time or another, we were all new to it at one stage. I wasnt born with a barbell through my lobe anyway, dont know about the rest of us

blahhh

Well considering it's a piercing parlour and not just a Claires Accessories or whatever, I presume they would carry out correct procedures!?!

Should I take it out?

Will

No just keep cleaning it and look after it, should be fine.

Fantasy_Suicide

Hey!!!


I Just So Happen To Be Supervisor In Claires In The Ilac.
Take That Comment Back Or I'll Hit You!!!

Are you really? do you have loads of piercings and black hair? If so I saw you the other day, meant to ask if you sold surgical steel jewellery but I got sidetracked looking at the headbands and forgot

Aard

Fantasy_Suicide wrote:

I Just So Happen To Be Supervisor In Claires In The Ilac.
Take That Comment Back Or I'll Hit You!!!

If you really are, know that you're doing qualified piercers a disservice by continuing using a gun and should stop at once. Not that this little post is going to make you stop, but next your shop pierces some 10 yo girl's ears, remember that you are being extremely unsanitary and are potentially exposing her to various infections in the process.

Will

she just said shes the supervisor, doesnt mean she is the one who does the piercings.

Fantasy_Suicide

It's in my contract to do em... Not my choice. I get enough stick from my piercer friends about it. I do it as cleanly as I possibly can. It's not like I wanna do it, ya know.

YUeah I'm the girl with loadsa piercings and crappy messy hair... Ya like our buy one get one free promo on headwraps?!?
Ya should come in and say hey some day! I'm Emz by the way....

Will

Aard: I owe you an apolagy

Fantasy_Suicide

It's Not My Fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It WAS you then. Yeah the headwrap offer wasn't bad but I didn't end up buying any. So DO you sell surgical steel jewellery? I was looking for something for my earlobes I wouldn't be allergic to.

keelzer

i've had my nose pierced with a gun 3 times....never had any problems...just take good care of it!!

Fantasy_Suicide

Sterling silver is yer best bet. Or just get some titanium stuff from a body jewellers.

And for the record. Piercing ANYWHERE on the body except earlobes is HIGHLY dangerous. Can damage nerve endings and blod vessles and the like.

Aard

Wilburt: np

Fantasy_Suicide wrote:

It's Not My Fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did they *force* you to take the job. Knowing that piercing with a gun is unsanitary and yet continuing to do it is highly unethical and unprofessional.

amazingemmet

Fantasy_Suicide wrote:

Sterling silver is yer best bet.

Sterling silver is a unaaceptable material for piercings as its not a pure metal and contains tin and zinc as well as some other metals which can cause irritation and allergies.

el rabitos

Aard wrote:

Wilburt: np


Did they *force* you to take the job. Knowing that piercing with a gun is unsanitary and yet continuing to do it is highly unethical and unprofessional.

chill out, its not her fault if someone is stupid enough to sit there and willingly get shot in the face with a piece of metal

anyone who doesnt stop and actually give thought to the process of being pierced with a piece of equipment that isnt sterilised deserves what they get.

blahhh

el rabitos wrote:

chill out, its not her fault if someone is stupid enough to sit there and willingly get shot in the face with a piece of metal

anyone who doesnt stop and actually give thought to the process of being pierced with a piece of equipment that isnt sterilised deserves what they get.

But it's not the persons fault either, why should guns be allowed to be used if they cause problems??? Is there not any health and safety regulations with regards to body piercing? And a lot of people DON'T KNOW that guns are not appropriate procedure.

Aard

el rabitos wrote:

chill out, its not her fault if someone is stupid enough to sit there and willingly get shot in the face with a piece of metal

anyone who doesnt stop and actually give thought to the process of being pierced with a piece of equipment that isnt sterilised deserves what they get.

I'm thinking of the 10 yo girls who want their little sparkle-sparkle, not of the teenagers/adults who do it.

porn_star

blahhh wrote:

But it's not the persons fault either, why should guns be allowed to be used if they cause problems??? Is there not any health and safety regulations with regards to body piercing? And a lot of people DON'T KNOW that guns are not appropriate procedure.

er...no there's not! With regards health and safety, good old Ireland has nothing and good piercing/tattoo parlours just implement it themselves.
Somewhere like Claires is just there to make their money basically.

el rabitos

blahhh wrote:

But it's not the persons fault either, why should guns be allowed to be used if they cause problems??? Is there not any health and safety regulations with regards to body piercing? And a lot of people DON'T KNOW that guns are not appropriate procedure.

what the hell? how could it *not* be the persons fault?

if your going to get shot with a gun thats putting a foreign object into ur body you should make sure u know what exactly is going on. if you dont, your an idiot.

blahhh

^

Well.....

get shot in the face or have a needle shoved in your face.....

What I'm saying is a lot of people don't know the gun is not proper procedure....

Fantasy_Suicide

A) Call it my need to have expensive clothes....

I don't do em anymore. I got promoted, so it's coola. Besides, it's actually not all that bad. I used rant about it when I started like, but in fairness. The earrings are sterelised beforehand. Fair enough, we wipe the instruments down with an alcohol pad, it's grand. No part of that instrument actually comes in contact with the persons ear. If it was so dangerous I reckon it'd of been banned by now.

How many kids are gonna let ya shove a needle thro their ears in the first place? We do a thing called the 6week check up. And I can honestly say about90% of people who come back are grand. No infection. No soreness. Nothing. That's gotta account in fairness.

As a girl with ALOT of piercings, I can undersrtand where you're coming from. And I was the same, until I realised it's not all that bad. Sure, I'd prefer not to do them, but a job's a job. Where else as I gonna get a job that lets me wear my facial metal?!

It wasn't me!

It wouldn't be banned, as the indsutry isn't legislated for.

Aard

Fantasy_Suicide wrote:

Besides, it's actually not all that bad.

Actually, it is.

90% isn't a "success" rate to be proud of tbh.

Fantasy_Suicide wrote:

Sure, I'd prefer not to do them, but a job's a job.

I could understand a clamper saying that about his job. Not a gun-piercer. If you'd prefer not to do it [i.e. put people in danger of infection] then get a new job.

Fantasy_Suicide wrote:

Where else as I gonna get a job that lets me wear my facial metal?!

Have you looked? I worked in the Civil Service with my piercings, no problems no questions asked. I'm sure you can find a job that pays as well or better than Claire's.

Fantasy_Suicide

Suppose. But i do love everyone I work with...

Infection wise? No matter what piercing ya get there's ALWAYS a risk of infection. It depends mainly on the persons hygiene standards and their willingness to keep it in good sahpe.

Stench Blossoms

I got mine done with a gun nearly 7 years ago and its fine.

Grim_Reaper

I got my nose pierced with a gun before and a girl got her ears done with the same uncleaned gun 2 seconds before me... dodgy! A piercer once told me that you shouldn't even pierce a cow with a gun!!! Never mind a person! So no, avoid getting pierced by gun... it's not clean- the piercers usually have zero clue about clenliness and it's just not right to shoot something through yourself!