In France, an estimated more than 100,000 the number of people who use piercing every year! The followers of this ancient and widespread practice around the world are becoming more numerous. The number of professional piercing grows accordingly, so much so that today there are even hairdressers ... As for hygiene, it concerns more or less: Some piercers are concerned about good practices of others believe and some do not care completely. In the end, 10 to 30% of piercings are complicated by an infection and put together several months to heal. The source of infection is diverse bacteria with streptococci, staphylococci, pseudomonas sometimes, it adds to the risk of contamination by hepatitis viruses B and C, but also with HIV, not to mention the virus herpes and HPV (the virus that causes various skin lesions).
An alarming
Alarmed, health professionals have developed a guide to good practice so that piercings and tattoos of all kinds do not associate consistently with infection.Distributed free to all professionals of the piercing, it establishes some standard rules of hygiene: sterilize the room, equipment (needles, catheter ...) and systematically eliminate waste by steam sterilization at 134 ° for 18 minutes is recommended, a reference method against the infectious risk associated with prions.
Some practical tips
After a tongue or genital piercings, do not for 2 to 3 weeks of oral-oral contact, oral-genital sex. Then, use condoms consistently until complete healing. But also, avoid:
- tight clothes and dirty;
- friction: wear a bra and panties;
- sea-bathing and swimming until complete healing;
- spicy and acidic foods, at least during the inflammatory phase.
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