If you can tell one thing about me from this blog, it is that I am a firm supporter of the APP (Association of Professional Piercers). This has it's perks and it's downfalls in the position that I am in. It is great because it allows me to give out great advice to people in regards to their piercing, whether healed, healing, or not done yet. The drawbacks is that not everyone cares about getting or giving safe piercings. Many of the steps that the APP requires a piercer to take to be certified strike people and piercers alike as inconvenient or unnecessary and they opt to not follow through with them. One of the biggest arguments I hear is: "If the shop is open, it has to be doing everything right." This couldn't be more wrong, just because the shop is following all of the legal standards does not mean that they are doing everything to ensure you are getting a safe piercing. All of the laws regarding piercings were established by government officials. Now I don't know about you, but if I am looking for piercing advice I am not writing to my governor or state representative. It's just someone writing rules about something they know nothing about. I am sure they consulted doctors but piercing is completely different, please understand I am by no means trying to downplay the knowledge or intelligence of our doctors. However, it would be the same as asking a bone specialist for detailed safety information on heart surgery, some parts would be accurate, but they wouldn't know everything.
All that to say, your choice on a shop and your piercing aftercare should not be made based on money or convenience, it should be based on skill and proper technique. Get pierced by an APP certified piercer and don't rush or neglect the healing process.
Until next time,
Miles...
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