Piercing yourself at home. We make a puncture under the road with our own hands. Also, the trenchless method will allow

Piercing is a minimally invasive surgical operation to pierce the skin for the purpose of decorating with earrings. Many people want to have a high-quality, even puncture, but not many are willing to pay for it. The temptation to do a piercing at home is great; there are detailed instructions on the Internet, and the pharmacy sells all the necessary tools for the procedure. If desire is greater than fear, you can take a risk.

Required Tools

More and more piercing fans are deciding to carry out the procedure at home.

Required tools and supplies:

• The marker is sterile for marking.
• Surgical disposable gloves.
• Surgical clamp. Necessary for capturing and fixing a skin fold, helps reduce blood flow and anesthetize the site of a future puncture. The pliers will ensure the hole is straight and at the correct depth.
• Needle. Experts advise purchasing special needles for piercing. They are laser sharpened, which makes the procedure virtually painless and quick due to the sharpness of the tip. They are made of surgical steel and have a cavity inside for installing jewelry without removing the needle from the wound. If it is not possible to purchase a special kit, a catheter for drops will be suitable.
• Antiseptic solution: hydrogen peroxide 3%, Chlorhexidine, medical alcohol, Miramistin.
• The cotton wool is sterile.
• Ointment for local anesthesia.
• Decoration.

Each pharmacy sells a full set of these tools, except for laser-sharpened needles.

Sequencing

Before starting the procedure, it is necessary to treat the instruments for disinfection. In salons, they are sterilized in an autoclave; the household option is boiling for 15-20 minutes and soaking in alcohol or hydrogen peroxide. The earring must be disinfected.

How to do a navel piercing at home?

1. Wash your hands, put on sterile gloves and use an antiseptic.
2. Clean the navel skin with medical alcohol and wait until it dries. If necessary, treat the cavity inside with cotton swabs.
3. Make a mark: put two points where the needle enters and exits. The distance between the navel, the second point and the navel is 1 cm. An important condition: the marks must be even vertically and horizontally, check with a mirror.
4. Apply anesthetic ointment or hold an ice cube for a couple of minutes.
5. Position the clamps so that the marks are visible in the holes. Pull the skin back a little.
6. Using your dominant hand, insert the needle into the skin. Entrance is through the middle of the lower clamp, exit is through the middle of the upper one.
7. Without removing the needle, insert the tip of the jewelry into the hollow part of the catheter or needle. Pull it through the hole. Screw the locking ball tightly.
8. Wash your hands and treat the wound with an antiseptic.

Injecting the navel is not dangerous; there are no nerve endings or arteries in this place, but if it is caught in a thin fold, there is a high risk of rejection.

Instructions for the nose piercing procedure at home:

1. Disinfect instruments and jewelry. A 0.9-1 mm needle is ideal for the job, but you can prick the nose with a sewing needle or pin.
2. Treat the area of ​​the future puncture with alcohol, both inside and out.
3. Make a note.
4. Give pain relief if necessary.
5. Use a clamp to grab an area of ​​skin and pull or lift slightly.
6. Take a deep breath and insert the needle into the mark.
7. Do not pull out the tool; insert the decoration into the hollow part and pass it into the channel. Lock it in.

Nose piercings must be done strictly according to the instructions and in those places where there are no partitions.

What is the safest way to get a lip piercing?

1. Prepare sterile instruments. Place in close proximity to the mirror on clean, sterile gauze.
2. Wash your hands, put on sterile gloves.
3. Wipe the puncture site with alcohol, inside and out.
4. Make the markings. Place two points where the needle enters and exits.
5. Press the marked area with forceps to reduce pain and make the puncture smooth. The lip pulls back.
6. Insert the needle from the inside out.
7. Insert the earring through the catheter or cavity in the instrument and secure it.

For the procedure at home, the upper frenulum - smile and the lower frenulum - anti-smile, Monroe, Madonna and other options are suitable, where blood vessels and nerves are not affected.

Rules for processing and caring for a puncture

Care is an important component of a successful outcome. Follow the recommendations of experts:

• Treat twice a day and every time dirt is introduced with antiseptic solutions.
• Do not wet the first few days, do not visit the bathhouse or sauna. open reservoirs until healing.
• Do not remove the earring until the channel is completely tightened.

Common consequences are inflammation and suppuration. If frequent treatments do not help, consult a doctor.

How piercing is contraindicated for doing at home

There are dangerous piercings that you should not do yourself.

• Intimate puncture is the most difficult, popular Prince Albert, Christina, can lead to deterioration in the health of the genitourinary system.
• Piercing your tongue yourself means risking the loss of taste buds and the ability to speak correctly.
• An incorrectly pierced nipple can cause problems with lactation and a woman will not be able to breastfeed.
• Eyebrow. There may be rejection due to insufficient depth or a problem with the facial nerve.
• Ear cartilage. Ear piercing at home can only be done in the lobe; industrial, deys, tragus and other options should be performed by a professional.
• Neck, collarbone in front, chest. In this area, a planar piercing is performed and a microdermal is installed. It is impossible to carry out the procedure on your own; it requires certain knowledge and tools, otherwise rejection will begin.

It is difficult to do a piercing correctly and choose jewelry for it yourself based on a photo with instructions, so it is better to go to a salon. If it is not possible to perform a puncture for a fee, a fake earring will come to the rescue. Piercing snags at home are attached to glue, a suction cup or a magnet.

What rules should you follow if you decide to get a piercing? Advises cosmetologist at the Intermedservice clinic Olga Vladimirovna Posvyanskaya.

Ear piercing is the most common - earrings have long become an almost indispensable attribute of women's fashion at all times. Second place goes to nose and eyebrow piercings. In honorable third place are lip and tongue piercings. Navel decorations are also approaching them, but rings and chains on the chest, near the nipple, in the cheek area and genital piercings remain extravagantly exotic.

While young people most often opt for facial, tongue or navel piercings, people over 30 years of age choose intimate piercings. No matter how we feel about it, the fact remains: all over the world, more and more adult women, already in their fourth decade, praise the erotic effect of this type of piercing.

A lady who decides to decorate her body often thinks that the piercing procedure is quick and simple. It really only takes a few minutes for a specialist to reward your body with the desired puncture. But we shouldn’t rush to conclusions about simplicity. Unfortunately, piercings come with some risks and require caution during the postoperative period.

Where and what to inject?
Piercing is an operation. Moreover, the appearance of the hole itself is only a prelude, and a fairly painless one at that. If the piercing is done in compliance with all the rules of medical sterility, then in most people there is almost no bleeding. Proper piercing does not affect nerve endings, arteries and veins.

After the puncture, a healing pin or a special ring is inserted into the resulting channel, which must remain in the wound until the tissue is completely and completely healed. In order to avoid complications, the puncture must be carried out with sterile medical instruments in a medical institution or salon that has a medical license.

There are nuances that are unknown to self-taught fakirs. For example, a lot depends on the thickness of the needle. When piercing the area between the nostrils or the top of the ear, use a needle thicker than the diameter of the “loop” of the jewelry that will be inserted into the hole. If medical rules are violated, uneven edges may form, which take a long time and do not heal easily. In such cases, women often face sad consequences - aesthetic disturbances in the form of “falling” scars, similar to bunches of grapes. But the doctor or master should know about these subtleties and warn the patient.

The latter should be borne in mind that:
you should refrain from piercing before and during menstruation;
The procedure is undesirable in the hot season - the wound will constantly sweat and the healing process will be significantly lengthened;
You should not get piercings during periods of general ailments.

Health risk?
Complications do occur. And most often they are associated with unprofessional conduct of the procedure. taken on the way to the beach during, for example, an Egyptian tour?
1 Illiterate nipple piercing can damage the milk ducts and then your unborn baby may not recognize the taste of mother's milk.
2 Eyebrow piercing is dangerous because it can “touch” the nerve plexus and partially paralyze the facial muscles.
3 Homemade tongue piercings can disrupt your sense of taste.
4 Due to uncontrolled ear piercing, hearing, smell and even vision can deteriorate.
5 Needless to say that when piercing a wound with unsterile needles, it is easy to introduce any infection? Infection inevitably leads to the formation of ulcers or rough scars.
6 Adherents of the mystical sciences argue that by making punctures on the chest and abdomen, we allow a gap in our own energy protection.

After piercing
Wounds heal differently. Depending on the puncture site and health condition. Holes in cartilaginous tissues - the ears and nostrils - are much easier to scar. Mucous tissues heal well: lips, tongue, genitals. The hardest places to “get used” to new openings are the places where there are a lot of sweat glands: the navel, eyebrows and bridge of the nose.

Don't forget to take good care of the wound:
1 The wound from the piercing heals after 1-1.5 months, and complete healing occurs after six months. For two months, it is necessary to treat the wound itself and the jewelry ring with antiseptic agents.
2 During the first week, a yellowish liquid is usually released from the puncture - lymph, which many people mistake for pus. Lymph must be removed. To do this, clean both the wound and the jewelry twice a day using a cotton swab dipped in an aqueous or alcohol solution of chlorhexidine. It can be replaced with any sterilizing alcohol solution or even cologne.
3 In the first weeks during disinfection, it is better not to remove the jewelry, but to wipe it, carefully turning the ring in different areas.
4 The decoration should be slightly moved several times a day.
5 Throughout the day, the wound should be open and dry, except for those moments when it is washed.
6 At night, apply a sterile napkin to the puncture site, the edges of which are secured with a band-aid.
7 After having your nipple or navel pierced, wear only cotton underwear.
8 Never remove the crust from a wound.
9 All psychotropic substances, alcohol, lack of sleep, stress, and smoking “slow down” the healing process.
10 Try not to injure the piercing areas with active movements - otherwise you risk leaving a scar on your body.

What are we inserting?
From the list of materials suitable for body jewelry, you should forever forget about nickel and metals containing cobalt. Silver should not be inserted immediately after the piercing. It is prone to oxidation and can cause inflammation in an unhealed wound. During the healing period, only healing steel or gold rings should be used.

Gold, silver and platinum. All other parts of the body better tolerate jewelry made from stainless surgical alloys, the so-called medical steel. A huge number of them are produced. Filigree rings for navels and nostrils, elegant sticks for eyebrows and the bridge of the nose, funny pendants for the young, noble cones with funny miniature toys, funny horseshoes with locks and much more.

When the wound heals, it coexists quite peacefully with stainless metals such as palladium and titanium. Synthetic materials, such as plastics, should only be worn briefly and used no more than once or twice a week.

Inna CHESNOKOVA

Of all the areas of the face, piercings in the area of ​​the upper and lower frenulum are considered the most painful. Lip piercing gives the appearance of elegance and seductiveness, but in addition it can pose a health threat.

Types of lip piercings

The art of body holes came to European countries during the Middle Ages. For the first time, researchers encountered such an unusual approach to decorating themselves while studying African countries.

There are the following types of lip piercings:

• Monroe– perhaps one of the most beautiful and stylish lip piercing options. Performed on the right side of the face, similar to Marilyn's birthmark. This is a kind of imitation of the mole of a 50s diva. In rarer versions, it is done on both sides, while maintaining complete symmetry;
  
  
• Madonna. This piercing is similar to the Monroe, but it is usually done on the other side. In some sources it is also called Crawford. In theory, it can also be performed on both sides of the mouth, but this is rarely resorted to;
  
  
• Smile, aka puncture of the upper frenulum. Virtually painless procedure to perform. But that's where its advantages end. The main disadvantages of this piercing are the inconvenience of operation and mechanical damage to the teeth. Despite this, tissue is most often pierced at home in this place;
  
  
• When piercing jellyfish The center of the nasolabial cavity is pierced. For a classic style, special earrings with a flat clip are used. In the early 2000s, vertical and horizontal jellyfish became widespread. In them, the puncture is made in a straight line in the chosen direction and a barbell or banana earring is used as an earring;
  
  
  
• Lowbrett– piercing under the lip. It can be horizontal or vertical and belongs to the flat style. Unlike a regular labrette, the earring is located almost not on the chin;
  
  
• Ashley- a beautiful, but very painful and difficult to heal type of body art. It is done exactly in the middle of the lower lip. One of the rare types of piercings that can be performed on both the external and internal sides. Another feature is that after removing the jewelry, unsightly large scars remain;
  
  
  
• Estrum characterized by a horizontal arrangement of the earring. Doing it is not only painful, but also dangerous. If the depth of the puncture is chosen incorrectly, the jewelry is rejected by the body, or, conversely, it takes too long to heal and is removed on its own;
  
• Labrette– piercing of the lower lip. For the safety of the oral cavity, it is done below the gum level, which minimizes damage to the teeth. It is recommended to use bananas as decoration, although rings, half rings and eyebrow spikes are also suitable.
  
  

But the names of female types of lip piercings do not end there. Body art masters often create compositions from individual punctures, creating so-called bites. For example, spider, dog, cyber, snake and shark bites are made. Micro bananas, rings and half rings are used as decoration.

One of the most interesting body arts in the world is considered to be the dahlia bite - here the earrings are located in the corners of the mouth. Particular importance is attached to the shape of bananas. They can be spherical, spiky and others

How to do a lip piercing step by step

You can do lip piercing in two ways – with a gun or a needle. All masters recommend using a needle. This is due to the fact that when working with a gun, skin particles fall under the working plates, thereby contributing to blood poisoning during further procedures. Reviews claim that even a professional needle can be replaced by a simple pharmaceutical catheter. What you want to work with – decide for yourself.

How to pierce the frenulum of the upper lip or smiley:

1. When piercing the navel, ear, nose or other parts of the body, these manipulations are not necessary. But when piercing this area, the most important thing is to reduce salivation. To do this, before starting the procedure, large glands (they are located under the tongue and near the jaws) need to be covered with cotton wool. In dental offices, special tampons are used for this purpose - they can be bought at the pharmacy;
2. The future puncture site should be washed with hydrogen peroxide or Chlorhexidine. After this, the upper lip is pulled upward so that thin places can be reached;
3. This piercing is very easy to perform at home due to its painlessness. To pierce a smiley, you need to find a white area on the bridle and point the needle there. If the bridle is large enough, then you can experiment with the height of the earring. With a lower setting it will be noticeable during a conversation, with a higher setting it will be practically invisible;
4. Afterwards, the tampons are simply removed from the glands and the mouth is rinsed with Miramistin. There is no blood, so further use of cotton balls is not advisable.

To pierce any other area of ​​the lip or perioral space, you will need special clips. They are needed not only for fixation, but also to prevent a beautiful piercing from moving to the side, breaking the symmetry. You can buy these in any specialized stores.

If doing a real lip piercing is scary, then you can temporarily get a fake piercing. This is a deception or a fake “puncture”. Such artificial decor will decorate the image for a while and will be able to show the hidden “informal” side of the personality without external damage.

Earrings and piercing jewelry

Various types of jewelry are used to decorate lip piercings:

Caring for your lip piercing site

Depending on the chosen puncture site, special care is required. Any piercing can fester if you wash only the outer side. Particular attention should be paid to rinsing the mouth with various antiseptic and regenerating solutions.

How to treat a lip piercing:

Contraindications

Any body art carries a certain health risk. There are some contraindications for piercing. First of all, these are herpes and other skin diseases. It is not recommended to pierce the skin during colds.

Other contraindications for piercing:

• Pregnancy. This is not a categorical requirement, but during lactation and during an “interesting” position, interventions in the body are not recommended;
• Blood diseases. If the piercing should heal, the reason lies in the composition of the blood. If platelet formation time is short or other diseases occur, it is recommended to remove the jewelry;
• It should not be done with any reduced immunity.

The main consequences that lip piercing owners face are swelling, suppuration or infection. If a girl’s piercing has festered, she needs to remove the jewelry, apply an antiseptic compress to the wound and take more careful care of the hole.

But sometimes, inflammatory processes begin not because of improper care, but because of the wrong material of the piercing jewelry or the weight of the earring. For example, if the labrette is too heavy, it can pull on the skin and interfere with normal healing. In this case, you need to change the decor to gold or silver, but thinner and lighter.

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Nose piercing has several varieties. But the most fashionable are piercings of the left or right nostril (whichever you prefer), or the septum between them. In African countries, nose piercings are also often done in the area of ​​the bridge of the nose, but this type of piercing has not yet gained popularity in our latitudes.

How to do a nose piercing at home?

Nose piercing is a procedure that is much more complex and meticulous than. First of all, determine which part you want to pierce. To do this, you need to imagine yourself with a piercing. But, if the choice is made, it’s time to buy jewelry. Fortunately, there is no shortage of this product in the country. Various products used for nose piercing are available in abundance in every jewelry store, tattoo parlor, and also on the Internet.

Types of nose piercing jewelry

However, there are three main types of these jewelry: barbell, ring and stud. To choose the right product size, it is better to consult a specialist. Go to a piercing salon and get a consultation.

Usually, employees of such establishments, regardless of whether you are going to have your nose pierced or somewhere else, kindly share their knowledge and this is almost always a free consultation. But, in any case, the first decoration should not be heavy and bulky. Buy a small product for now, and when the wound heals and a canal forms, replace it with something more presentable (but not earlier than six months later).

It is worth paying attention that there are allergies to some metals. Most often it is nickel and chromium. Jewelry made of steel and titanium has proven itself well because it hardly oxidizes and does not rust. Traditional metals such as silver, platinum, gold and copper are also suitable.

An allergy to metals mainly manifests itself in the form of a rash, reddened and cracked skin around the puncture site, and the formation of small blisters. If you detect at least one of these symptoms, you should immediately remove the jewelry and rush to the clinic for an appointment with an allergist.

It is certainly better if the first piercing is done by a professional: quickly, carefully, under anesthesia and under sterile conditions. But if you are not afraid of pain, then piercing your nose at home is generally a matter of minutes.

The main thing is not to panic and act focused. It will be more convenient to pierce one of the nostrils yourself. Please note that piercing is best done in the spring or fall when there is less dust in the air. And the summer heat, which causes excessive sweating, will interfere with the healing of the wound.

It is also worth keeping in mind that the skin of the nose should be healthy and clean. It is not recommended to perform a puncture on inflamed, acne-covered skin, since there is a high probability of infection from the source of inflammation entering the wound.

Sterility

If you still decide to do a nose piercing yourself, then the key to success is sterility. Therefore, stock up on sterile gloves, and sterile cotton wool, an IV system or a sharp needle. In principle, you can pierce your nose with any needle or even a pin (if you first rinse it with alcohol and boil it), but the needle from the dropper is quite sharp and has a plastic tube.

Therefore, at the pharmacy you need to buy alcohol (for disinfection), Miramistin solution (the most suitable antiseptic for treating piercings). You will also need boric alcohol, calendula tincture will also work, and to be on the safe side, antibiotic ointment. It is also advisable to buy a nose clip.

How to pierce your nose at home

In salons, nose piercing is usually done with anesthesia, but at home it is better not to take risks by injecting yourself in the nose. You can use an anesthetic aerosol, but the safest thing in this case is to use the proven old-fashioned method and apply an ice cube to the future puncture site.

From the cold, the skin will become numb and partially lose sensitivity, but at the same time it will become denser. This means it will be more difficult to pierce. Be prepared for the fact that ice will only partially dull the pain. However, the puncture procedure will take no more than one moment. You can be patient.

Procedure

To ensure that the puncture is made in the right place and the nose does not have to be perforated several times, turning it into a sieve, you should put a mark with a marker at the point of future piercing. This small detail will help you quickly and efficiently finish the job you started. In front of the mirror, place a dot on the skin of your nose and make sure that this is where you want to wear the jewelry.

If the mark turns out to be a little lower or a little higher than the desired place, don’t be nervous, just wipe it off with a cotton swab and repeat the procedure again. There is no need to rush in this matter, because the piercing will remain with you for many years. In addition, the nose is in the center of the face. If an unsuccessfully pierced ear can be disguised under a hairstyle, then such manipulation will not work with the nose. The proverb “measure seven times...” will work perfectly here. But the result will be perfect.

Before piercing your nose, you need to calm down so that your hands don’t tremble. Then, in front of the mirror, place the needle at the point drawn on the skin and pierce the nostril in one sharp movement. But be careful not to overdo it. If the needle goes in too deep, it will injure the nasal septum.

Remove the needle from the wound, insert jewelry instead and fill it with antiseptic. That's all. Operation was successfully completed. Treat the puncture site with miramistin 2-3 times a day until complete healing. There is another type of piercing that is very popular among young people called a smile. But we talk about this in our other article “”

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All this means that some people did not complete this procedure very well at home. That is why, such an “event” with one’s own person can lead to unsafe consequences if one is careless and not serious about this matter.

1. Purchase a tool that can be used to perform a piercing. It is sold in specialized stores. Under no circumstances use a homemade needle or knitting needle to avoid introducing infection into the blood.
2. Before the process, wash your hands well with soap, or even better, do this several times with a special antibacterial substance. The towel used to dry your hands should be as sterile and clean as possible.
3. Carefully open the packaging of the piercing, thoroughly disinfect the accessory and equipment with which you are going to insert the piercing into the lip. Be sure to thoroughly clean the area where the piercing will be pierced and inserted.
4. The procedure starts from the inside of the lips. To begin with, the puncture is made in the muscles, then with slight pressure on the needle a little deeper to pierce through the desired place. It will be good if you worry about this in advance and mark where the final puncture site will be. As soon as the needle goes through, quickly take a sterile piercing and insert it into your lip, tighten the washers, and show off in front of the mirror.

Proper piercing care

The process does not stop at the puncture procedure, because you need to protect your beauty and properly care for healing. The puncture will only hurt, itch and turn red for about two weeks. It may take you a month, or maybe more, for complete healing.

Do not complain that it will be inconvenient for you to eat, talk, or drink water. If you have bad habits, then you should forget for a few hours that you have cigarettes and it’s time to smoke. And the most patient ones, who held out from food and water after the puncture for about 5 hours, are allowed to eat a huge ice cream!

• about two weeks you will have to refrain from salty, hard, too sweet, very hot and sour foods;
• immediately upon completion of the puncture process go to the pharmacy for vitamins To make healing go faster, you will need vitamin B;
• Chew it while eating several times carefully and not quickly, slowness and proper care are important here, your task is to follow the instructions, because this is your beauty;
• Until your hands are washed or treated with alcohol, touching the piercing is strictly prohibited, and in general you should not touch the accessory too often, otherwise the healing will not be so fast;
• the enamel of the teeth suffers greatly from punctures and piercings, so that this does not happen - make less sudden movements with your face and mouth, watch your conversation.

If you notice that the piercing does not heal for quite a long time, then be sure to contact the master who performed the piercing for you. Moreover, if you notice a yellow spot at the puncture site, you should immediately consult a doctor. This is not a joke - probably an infection was introduced during the procedure, which cannot be delayed; it must be treated urgently.

Piercing is a very delicate matter, as all people passing by will look at it. Although punctures are harmless on the one hand, on the other hand, self-care requires sacrifice. Do not neglect all the ointments, creams and other methods that the specialists will advise you - this is for your own good and speedy healing. Remember that later you will probably want to take the piercing out forever, but while you are young, pierce your lips and don’t feel bad about it. It looks beautiful!