Eyebrow Piercing

Posted on October 11, 2007 in Uncategorized

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.

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2 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?

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