Quote Originally Posted by Echoes View Post


Thank you for your caution and concerns also drusilla, that this will help each one of us


No problem. After going through it myself, I don't want to see anyone get hurt from it. If/When you do decide to "take the plunge" please please PLEASE be wary of sanitary conditions of the place you do your peircings and don't let some asshat who says something like "I boiled my stuff" or doesn't open new, sterile packages in front of you. Those are HUGE red flags!!! Another one (and i only mention this because an old friend of mine got in trouble with this) is that there should not be ANY type of animal in the building where you get any type of piercing or tattoo done. My moronic friend got a labret (lip piercing) done at a place and there was a mother dog and her litter in the next room. His piercing got MAJORLY infected and it wasn't pretty. You should be able to request to view any professional facility that you're thinking about getting work done at. You should see things like spray bottles of body safe cleaner, plastic wrap (this is usually laid over any counter surface that the artist will be putting tools on), new packages of UNUSED disposable razors, movable, comfortable chairs (especially for tattooing as you'll need to sit for a while). When I got my right ankle tattooed, the first place i went to told me that i could just put me leg up on the artists leg, well that's monumentally stupid as anything that's on his clothes is now going to be very close to the skin that's getting opened up by the tattoo needle, never went back to that place again, nor did i get my tattoo there. There's a variety of other things that i'm just too scatterbrained to think about right now but will make an effort to add in the comming days. Additionally, every 'good' shop i've ever been in has a slight dentist's office smell, that nice sterile smell. This is a GOOD thing. BTW, i'll also be posting this in the BDSM General Life section as i don't want to take over this thread.