Posted on October 28, 2007 in Latest News
An industrial piercing, also known as scaffold piercing (UK) or construction piercing, is any two pierced holes connected with a single straight piece of jewelry . The ear cartilage in this case is pierced at two places.
How to Get A Self Industrial Piercing Done
Though self piercing is very risky and should be done only under proper guidance. These are some tips for those who are confident about pulling out a good job. However, make sure that you do not pierce yourself when you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- It is important that you sterlize your ear and all your piercing equipment.
- Take a pen mark out the angle you want on your ear. Make dots where the holes will go.
- Get someone else (with a steady hand and preferably some piercing experience) to do the actual piercing. Take a hollow needle, and pop it through the first hole. Do not shake whenyou are being pierced.
- Leave the needle in, clench your teeth, and pop it through the next hole. It is painful but itwas your choice afterall.
- Take two small studs and put them through either side of the piercing. (captive hoops arepreferred) This is only temporary.
- After the holes have healed nicely, stick the bar through.
- It is better if you do only one ear at a time. So make sure you make both the holes at onego. You don’t want to suffer twice isisnt it . Just finish it once and for all.
- Clean them with an anti-bacterial substance no more than twice a day, and no less than once every two days for about a month. Polysporin helps it heal amazingly. Just coat the bar, and stick it through the holes. Repeat daily.(The piercing community has decided that polysorin and similar actually can cause more damage then good, so use with extreme caution! You are better off with a simple salt water soak [1/8tsp of sea salt, not table salt, in 8oz of warm water])
Things You’ll Need
- A hollow needle
- 2 small studs
- A large bar (about the length of your ear)
- Anti-bacterial solution
- Gloves
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February 28th, 2008 at 7:06 am
I cannot believe you are actually giving people directions on how to pierce themselves!
I have an industrial, my nose, ears, and tongue, and all of my piercings were done by a licensed professional, with previously unused, sterile, equipment.
It is necessary to ensure that you get the desired results!
May 9th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Thanks this is what i thought you would do but i wasnt sure. I have done 4 self piercings and they have allturned out fine… I think I will get this one done professionally though…
May 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Hey Leah, you’ve never tried it, so don’t knock it.
He warned not to do it, but it’s better that stupid kids like me know the importance of how much it hurts, that it bleeds, and that it will have a good chance of getting infected.
I’ve had one pair of lobes done at Claire’s, another ear piercing on the lobe on the right (I’m GAY.), and I think I want an Industrial to celebrate the fact that I reported my grandfather for raping me. Self-Piercing is a way that women who were sexually abused reclaim their bodies.
IF I can’t find a piercing shop in Small Town, Texas, THEN I will have a friend who has pierced A LOT of people to follow each step to the greatest extent.
THANK YOU.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I have pierced my industrial my self and it has come out great