Eyebrow Piercing

Posted on October 11, 2007 in Types of Body Piercing

An eyebrow piercing is a kind of body piercing that is performed through the eyebrow, generally in a vertical manner. Eyebrow piercings are fairly familiar facial piercings. These piercings are done at any point along the eyebrow from directly over the eye to the border of the eyebrow.

Eyebrow piercings are a kind of surface piercing and is vulnerable to migration and involves aftercare issues which are common in every surface piercing.

Barbells, curved barbells and captive bead rings are all general eye brow piercing jewelry that are very populsr for eyebrow piercings. These types of piercing jewelry exert different degrees of pressure on the eyebrow piercing that can lead to irritation or migration in due course of time, especially in piercings that are freshly done.

Techniques of eyebrow piercing

Below are the various commonly used eyebrow piercing techniques and procedures

• Eyebrow piercing is performed by creating an opening with the help of a hollow medical needle.
• The needle is put into the part of the body being pierced, but it does not penetrate all the way through.
• When it is in the eyebrow, the jewelry to be worn in the piercing initially is shoved through the opening, trailing the rear of the needle.

Risks of eybrow piercing

The following are common eyebrow piercing risks

• Infection: In the absence of adequate care, infection can result in scarring and even blood poisoning.

• Allergic Reaction: Some people are allergic to particular metals and only realize this during piercing and have a serious reaction to the jewellery. The inflammation, coupled with problems in breathing can result in hospitalization.
• Nerve Damage: If a piercing isn’t positioned cautiously, it can penetrate a nerve, detaching it and making the adjoining area devoid of any sensation.

Eyebrow piercing after care

Below are various eyebrow piercing treatments and methods to care for yourself. With these guidelines you can free yourself from eybrow piercing problems

• You must at all times make it a point to keep your hands clean prior to touching your eyebrow piercing.
• You need to do this to ensure that your hands are not the source of contamination for the area that has been pierced.

The use of sterile cotton, cotton gauze or other disinfected material should be used for cleaning from the second night onwards. You should exercise caution while removing any trickle from the skin in the vicinity of the pierced area. If the eyebrow piercing has become loose and can be twisted with relative ease, clean the different sections at a time, while rotating it through the pierced area. This has to be done to ensure that the entire surface of the piercing has been properly cleaned.

Healing after eyebrow piercing

• Generally eyebrow piercings take 6-8 weeks for healing, but can give rise to irritation, frequently by careless touches on the part of the bearer.
• This can lead to a much longer healing period or can cause migration.
• Makeup or other beauty products that are used on the face can also be a source of irritation for piercing or result in infection.

Comments

11 Responses to “Eyebrow Piercing”

1. beth merrill Says:
   November 15th, 2007 at 6:13 pm

   love th info but my eyebrow is getting effected what can i do to fix it

2. Hilary Says:
   February 24th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

   i’m about to get my eyebrow done; but i’m quiet afraid of it migrating. I’ve been looking around at websites and talking to my friend (whose got her eyebrow done) but their arn’t any statistics about it migrating, what is the rate of an eyebrow peircing migrating and also of getting “blood poising” from the peircing itself? I’ve also already got a scar through my eyebrow from about ten/eleven years ago, will that have any effect on the peircing? and will it matter if I get a barbell or hoop?

3. speak13270 Says:
   October 18th, 2008 at 1:22 am

   I got my eyebrow pierced about a month and a half ago and it’s still bleeding. any idea why?

4. joe ramz Says:
   November 16th, 2008 at 2:10 am

   what r the best products for the care of an eyebrow piercing

5. lindsay Says:
   April 21st, 2009 at 1:50 pm

   id love 2 get mine done but im afraid of the allergy and blood poioning thing soo ill keep looking around. thanx 4 the info

6. krystal Says:
   May 11th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

   bactine its a sterlizer and an antibiotic cleanser it can be purchased in your local drug stor in the first aid aisle for about 6.00 dollers

7. Cory Says:
   June 7th, 2009 at 7:45 am

   The best thing to clean a piercing with is saline. Go to your local store and go to the eye care or first aid area. Look for Blairex Wound Wash. Saline is PH balanced to work with your body (and has the perfect balance instead of mixing your own sea salt/warm water mixes).

   Source: Professional piercer

8. sophie Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 am

   I got my eyebrow pierced 7 months ago and it still has not healed, I have been cleaning it everyday with tea tree oil but it is still very red and tender but there is no puss. I called the place I got it pierced and they told me I just have to stop playing with it. I don’t touch it at all and I clean it eeryday. So why isn’t it healing? Could I be allergic to the stainless steal?

9. Jim Freund Says:
   July 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

   So, do you have to keep cleaning it forever, or just until it heals?

10. datsupabad Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 6:26 am

    STOP CLEANING WITH TEA TREE OIL. it is good for healing but kills tissue, and dead tissue will get infected quickly.

11. brodie Says:
    August 5th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    I got my eyebrow done twice now, my first one healed up fine in about 4 weeks second is still healing as I got it done last week, clean them with spray (I use earcare spray) it works the same and helps.
    Don’t be afraid of blood poisoning just brute it out and get it done, conquer those fears, it looks great when its healed. Peace (y)

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