I gun pierce. I know why I gun pierce, and I've read the literature on why it's bad and realize that a lot of it is massively outdated or otherwise currently untrue
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I've had 6 piercings with the gun, and I've only had one infection (my own hair got tangled around the post - d'oh!). And I hatehatehate needles (deathly afraid of the things, honestly) and I think I'd be too damn afraid to go through with a piercing that used a giant freaking needle to do so.
I understand the sanitary issues completely, but with the piercings I've had (two in each lobe and one in each cartiledge - thinking about another one) all the piercer earrings have been sharp and I've cut myself on them. And the heal time wasn't all that bad.
My sister got her ears pierced with a gun at a jewelry place, and one of the holes turned out crooked (at an angle, if you get the picture) which contributed to it taking longer to heal. Then again, that's more to do with the fact that it was the piercer's first time piercing an actual client than it has to do with the gun thing.
Nothing against guns for earlobe piercing. Cartilage, though, I wouldn't really trust it with. Since the stud is solid, as opposed to the hollow piercing needle, it pushes the tissue aside rather than taking it out, right? Cartilage is more solid than just flesh (which is what an earlobe basically is), so pushing it aside, one would think, could lead to fragments or lumps around the hole, I think.
The crooked holes are why my girls pierce me first, before a customer. They're scared witless, both because it's their first time with a live person, and because I'm in charge, but if they do it wrong, I know it's time to retrain them.
yo I commented to your post on customers_suck about my earring rusting. I decided to post my response here instead of there. I'm not sure what metal my earring was, it was the one that had a ball back and not a butterfly back. I paid bout 30$ cdn for the one, which is not cheap but not expensive either. I understand that other two metals don't rust, but I find it ...well disappointing that anywhere who even sell something that would rust inside of you. I ended up with a bad infection from it. people should spend money on stuff, but they also should expect that jewelary*sp* will not rust in them.I like Claires, shop there alot but I was truly disappointed my earign rusted. I did return to a Claires and showed them and the girl there blamed it on my cleaning. I did clean the thing and I don;t that would contribute to the rusting. She never mentioned anything bout the metal, which would make more sense. Anyways, jus thought I would follow up.
I don't like their existence. I hate that we sell stainless at all. Which is why I won't use them. I know that different shops run things different ways, but as far as any shop I am in is concerned, I pride myself in doing a damned good job. That girl screwed up, and helped in giving us a bad rep. Water DOES make things rust, as does blood, and our cleaning solution is largely water. So... if it were stainless, rusting is such a high possibility. I'll look at our studs tomorrow to see the Canadian price.
Awesome :P. Might of been cause they were in a smaller town and are more deperate for business and don't really care what their studs are like. Its nice to know not all the shops are like that.
I have my company's guarantees. Considering how fast they would be sued if they were caught lying, I have to trust that. I also have anecdotal proof, in that my younger sister is allergic to all metals except the 14kt piercing studs and titanium, both of which are nickel-free.
Sorry about the late reply, I had email problems and the comment count on the page viewable to me did not update due to the screening, so I didn't know your comments were here.
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I understand the sanitary issues completely, but with the piercings I've had (two in each lobe and one in each cartiledge - thinking about another one) all the piercer earrings have been sharp and I've cut myself on them. And the heal time wasn't all that bad.
Just tossing my two cents in ^_^
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Nothing against guns for earlobe piercing. Cartilage, though, I wouldn't really trust it with. Since the stud is solid, as opposed to the hollow piercing needle, it pushes the tissue aside rather than taking it out, right? Cartilage is more solid than just flesh (which is what an earlobe basically is), so pushing it aside, one would think, could lead to fragments or lumps around the hole, I think.
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The crooked holes are why my girls pierce me first, before a customer. They're scared witless, both because it's their first time with a live person, and because I'm in charge, but if they do it wrong, I know it's time to retrain them.
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I commented to your post on customers_suck about my earring rusting. I decided to post my response here instead of there. I'm not sure what metal my earring was, it was the one that had a ball back and not a butterfly back. I paid bout 30$ cdn for the one, which is not cheap but not expensive either. I understand that other two metals don't rust, but I find it ...well disappointing that anywhere who even sell something that would rust inside of you. I ended up with a bad infection from it. people should spend money on stuff, but they also should expect that jewelary*sp* will not rust in them.I like Claires, shop there alot but I was truly disappointed my earign rusted. I did return to a Claires and showed them and the girl there blamed it on my cleaning. I did clean the thing and I don;t that would contribute to the rusting. She never mentioned anything bout the metal, which would make more sense. Anyways, jus thought I would follow up.
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I don't like their existence. I hate that we sell stainless at all. Which is why I won't use them. I know that different shops run things different ways, but as far as any shop I am in is concerned, I pride myself in doing a damned good job. That girl screwed up, and helped in giving us a bad rep. Water DOES make things rust, as does blood, and our cleaning solution is largely water. So... if it were stainless, rusting is such a high possibility. I'll look at our studs tomorrow to see the Canadian price.
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