How would piercings effect your lifestyle? This varies according to the piercing you get and how visible it is. This post includes everything you ever wanted to ask about private and public piercings. Do you wrestle? Then don’t get your nipple pierced. If you have a question that’s left unanswered, leave a comment and I’ll ask my lovely expert, Joel Bament of Wicked Ink.
- A vertical clitoral hood piercing can heal in two weeks. This is because your genitals have a constant flow of blood so it heals quicker. It’s very rare for you to waddle afterwards, so no; your in laws won’t be able to tell by the way you walk. Also, you won’t accidentally get off while you’re sitting at your work desk. It isn’t an inbuilt vibrator but it can help those that have desensitized clitorises.
- You can breast-feed with a nipple ring. The nipple has 15 milk ducts in its membrane. A ring would damage a maximum of three ducts. It is recommended that you take it out while breast-feeding so the baby doesn’t clamp down on it or swallow the bar. If you’re determined to keep it in, switch to a circular ring so it’s less likely to tear and the baby can’t remove anything. There have been some cases of milk coming from the site of the piercing during nursing, but if you have a sense of humour this shouldn’t be such a big deal.
- Belly button rings can be kept in during pregnancy. There are flexible rings available that shift with your body. Alternatively, the piercing can be stretched by a piercer to its former self post-birth.
- If it’s an oral piercing, you can kiss as soon as it stops hurting, so in a week or so. When eating, do it from your molars and avoid any hot or strong flavours for the first couple of days.
- If you think you’re workplace won’t tolerate piercings, don’t get it done. You can’t take the jewellery out for long or short periods of time. Even if you’ve had it for years and remove it for one minute, this can potentially screw it up.
- A lot of people can loose their jobs over piercings. Even piercers. Keep that in mind before you get anything extremely visible done.
Previously, on little flutters:
Piercings 101: Pick an expert piercer.
Cheers,
Tash