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Hi I'm Tristan McCauly from Lucky Seven tattoo. I'm here to talk to you about safe belly button
piercing. First and foremost you want to make sure that everything being used is prepackaged,
pre-sterilized. You want to make sure the needles are one use, single use needles, tri-beveled.
You also want to make sure that all the company you go to is regulated by a local health department,
or something of that nature. This keeps them accountable for all the piercings they do,
anything that goes wrong, they are going to come back to them. You want to make sure that
you are going with a reputable artist. Take a look at their portfolio, make sure that
they've done what you are getting done a few times. They know what they are doing. Make
sure that they look right in the pictures. Feel free to ask questions. If your artist
is being a pain about asking questions or answering questions for you, you should probably
go to another place. They should be willing to show you any kind of documentation. Their
license for piercing practitioners, anything that you ask for. First thing they want to
do is you want to clean the area really well with a soap. This is a technicare, it's basically
what surgeons use before surgery. You want to clean the area really well. You make a
mark with a single use utensil. And I use genisian violet just to mark it. You want
to make sure that they are not putting too much pressure on the body with the clamps.
Putting too much pressure on the body with the clamps can cause extra trauma to the area
that's not necessary. Can cause bruising, swelling, things of that nature. You want
to make sure that your jewelry is pre-sterilized, prepackaged. Like I said before, this avoids
any kind of risk later on down the road. These are just a few of the things to make sure
that are present when you are trying to get a safe and clean belly button piercing.