What's wrong with gun piercings?

I'm planning on getting some piercings, so I figured I'd check out the Body Mod forum for an idea of what to expect. It seems that many of you are against piercings by gun and I was wondering why. I got my ears done that way and there wasn't a problem... Is it unhygenic or something?

 

the gun's can't really be cleaned properly

and often is more of a dull pressure that forces the piercing, rather than a sharp needle. It can cause problems in healing properly. Oftentimes ears can deal with it fine, but I wouldn't get any other body part pierced with a gun, and even the ears are iffy if your body doesn't heal fast/well on its own

 

They can't?

That makes sense I suppose. Although the gun they used on me got the job done fast and the earring they used had a sharpened tip.

 

in addition to what ihmurria said, they basically crush their way through tissue. and the jewelry guns use is very low grade and incredibly small. piercings are not a one size fits all. a "sharpened tip" will be no where close to the sharpness of a professional piercing needle. and its not just us or people in the piercing undustry that is against piercing. the medical community is strongly against them too.

see: http://health.msn.com/general/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100050960

"No piercing gun. Don't receive a piercing from a piercing gun. These devices typically can't be autoclaved, which may increase your risk of infection. And such guns may crush your skin during the piercing, causing more injury."

prozac bunny: oregon eh? if youre near eugene, definitely go to high priestess piercing. they are one of the best in the country. i've gotten pierced there before by gerog the owner, i will HIGHLY recommend them.

 

these may be some interesting reads on piercing guns:

http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20050131.html

http://risks.bmezine.com/?Ear+piercing+stud

http://www.bmeworld.com/heidi/guns.html

 

Wow... I can see why no one likes the guns now. Thank you for the helpful info!

I'll be sure to keep that in mind, even if Eugene is a few hours away.

 

yeah, there is one in corvallis too. they will give you everything for your after care too. salt, medical saline, and provon.

www.highpriestesspiercing.com

 

Yeah, guns tend to actually be more painful and much uglier than needles... Plus, maybe it's masochistic (but hell, we're all a little masochistic here) but I do like the feeling of the needle.

ha, that sounded wierd.