Kit your self up with some info....

The best thing you can do to ensure you get a safe piercing is to be informed.

The biggest and best site on the net for finding out information about piercings and body modification is BME ..it's like an interactive magazine on the web. Here you will be able to read other peoples experiences with piercings, not only how they found their piercing experience, but how they are living with the piercing. This is very important when deciding whether or not to get a piercing. The actual piercing procedure is only a very small (but obviously very important) part of a healed piercing. Make sure that you choose your modification studio and artist carefully.

It wasn't so long ago that people with visible body modifications were virtual outcasts in mainstream society. If you had said "body piercing" 20 years ago in a crowded room, you would have had a very different person prick up their ears than today. Body Piercing has always been in the community......just underground and underclothes.

With our freedom of self expression, body piercing has slowly crept out and become part of modern western culture. With this increase in popularity has come the ability to exploit the market. It's a shame to say, but many of us don't think too much about what is happening with our own bodies and could be putting ourselves at risk.

Below are Images of piercings that are NOT LAUNDRY PIERCINGS.
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Some things you should check before getting any piercing.

Do they use a gun for an ear lobe piercing?
If the answer is yes, then this company does not have your best interests at heart. Find a new Studio

Do they have a problem showing that the instruments and jewellery are sterile?
This is the only way that you know you are safe. Check that the needle is in the manufacturer's unopened original package. If you pick jewellery out of a cabinet, it will take some time to sterilise. Check that it is in some sterile packaging or container, if the jewellery is not shown to you in sterile packaging of some sort at the time of the piercing, do not have it implanted into your body. Walk out and find a reputable piercer.

What healing do they suggest?
Nothing in this world comes easy and piercing your body and growing some skin where it had never existed before, can be one of the harder things to do depending on the piercing. There is nothing anyone can give you to make your body heal faster. All we can do is eat healthily and make sure that we give our piercing the cleanest environment possible and it will heal it's self. Alcohol and chemical based products are too harsh and not appropriate healing suggestions. If only it was as easy as a magic spray.

Do they back the piercing?
Check if they will help you heal your piercing if you have any problems , not just for a month. Most piercings aren't healed by 4 weeks.