Piercing body jewelry was born as early as hundreds of years ago. Nowadays, body piercing jewelry is embracing its spring. They are worn by people all over the world. It has received great popularity among young generations. There is no doubt that this kind of jewelry can enhance your beauty of the body. But you should be aware that there are risks for piercing jewelry. Today I'll give a brief introduction to risks of it. It is necessary for you to know them before you decide to pierce your body.

The most common risks for piercing are infections, allergies, diseases transmission, function lost, bleeding, and nerve or dental damage. Let's take a look at them one by one.

Infections

Bacterial infection at the piercing site is one the most common risks. Redness and swelling can be easily found around the pierced places. Many harmful bacteria can be injected in your skin due to the puncture of piercing and unhygienic piercing technique and lack of good care. The negative effects may or may not appear immediately. Bacterial infections can occur in cysts that can further develop as toxic shock syndrome or septicemia, if not treated properly. They can be serious and fatal in some cases.

Allergies

Some people are sensitive to some materials, which may results in allergic reactions. A nickel allergy is the order of the day for some people at any age. You'd better choose the non-allergic materials. Implant grade stainless steel is least likely to lead to body reactions and allergies. At the same time, the price is no high. Silver, gold, and titanium come to the frequently used in piercing jewelry. But they have more requirements for the materials themselves. For instance, Gold jewelry should be 18 karat (75% gold) for new piercing and at least 14k gold for healed piercing and titanium jewelry be highly polished to reduce the "porosity" that can attach to your skin. Anyway, the risk of allergies can be decreased by wearing high quality jewelry.

Diseases transmission

Diseases transmission is one of the most serious risks. You can easily get infected with hepatitis B&C, HIV, and other terrible diseases if the hygienic condition is poor and you don't take good care of the pierced places. If you really get infected, this can influence your whole life.

Function lost

Nipple piercing can most easily lead to lost of breast feeding function. Infection of the nipple can travel to the milk ducts and into the lymph nodes under the arm. Babies definitely can not drink it for it may bring harm to babies.

Excessive bleeding

It's self-evident that piercing can definitely cause blood bleeding. But if the people pierced the parts of body wrongly, a lot of blood may be drained, which can a fatal blow to your health. Blood is the most common intermediary for diseases transmission. Generally speaking, there is no guarantee for hygienic condition, let alone the blood safety.

Nerve damage

It's quite seen that many people lose sense after piercing. If the pierced part is not carefully placed, then it can damage the nerve and make the surrounding tissues permanently dead. Therefore, it's necessary to put on some guard equipments. For instance, there are chances of wearing of tooth enamel, chipped teeth and damage to the gums.

The above-mentioned ones are the common risks. There are also other unexpected dangers like shock. Body piercing is a kind of action which may threaten your health; you need take thorough consideration before you make the decision. And once you decide to do so, you ought to take good care of the piercing so as to decrease the harm of piercing to the least.