No, because they cause a tiny amount of bleeding. They should be regarded in the same way as other needles and injections.

Absolutely not! Piercing guns cannot be adequately sterilized and can transmit diseases and all other forms of infectious matter. Because most piercing guns are made out of plastic, they melt under the intense heat and pressure of an autoclave, the piece of equipment used to thoroughly sterilize implements. Any kind of chemical sterilization can leave traces of that chemical behind and can enter your bloodstream.

Trinket Trunk Designers are happy to replace the findings of a pair of earrings to meet your particular needs or taste. If you need clip-on earrings let us know. We will be happy to change them for you, and will let you know if the price changes. If the earrings you are interested in are from a Guest Designer, you may contact them directly to see if this option is available. We have tried to address some common questions above.

No, we don't have kits to convert pierced post earrings to clips. The only way to do it that we have seen is a "barrel converter." Candy bought a pair several years ago (before we started Cliptomania) and found them to be very unsatisfactory: The earring kept moving around in the converter and never really sat right. A number of our customers shared similar experiences.

Chose a search engine, for example Google, and search for body jewelry businesses. Visit each one that you find near you and select the location you feel is the cleanest and most reputable. If you do not wish to have your piercing done at a body piercing business, you may also consult with a plastic surgeon.

Studies of families of HIV-infected people have found that HIV is not spread through sharing utensils, towels, bedding, or toilet facilities. Behaviors that increase the likelihood of contact with blood from an HIV-infected person, such as sharing a razor or toothbrush, should be avoided.

Not at all. The real beauty of using Wasser Glass for earrings is how lightweight it is -- we do not exaggerate when we say it is a featherweight material. Unlike fused glass, our jewelry does not have the extra weight found in added layers of glass... even our larger earrings are amazingly comfortable to wear.

Anyone can be subject to frostbite if exposed to extreme cold, but those with piercings are even more at risk. Find out why and how you can prevent it.

For a number of reasons the answer is no. For one, only licensed medical professionals can legally administer injectable anesthetics. For another reason, when a skilled piercer performs the piercing, the actual piercing is less painful than the injection would be. The injection may also distort the area to be pierced, which may result in a crooked or misshapen piercing. Topical anesthetics cannot be used as they cannot penetrate deep enough into the skin to be effective.

This also varies person to person. Most people will report a dramatic increase in sensation at the site of the piercing. Some experience no change while a few, also depending somewhat on the experience of the piercer, experience a decrease in sensitivity.

Yes, you can supply your own, but it must be suitable for the type of piercing in question (we recommend surgical steel for the healing process) this will bring the price of the piercing down to $50.00 plus whatever it cost to buy the original piece. So it can end up costing you more.

Pierced nipples do not usually interfere with breastfeeding, but any jewelry should be removed before a breastfeeding session to prevent your child from choking. If your piercing became infected when it was pierced or later, inform your doctor. Infection or scarring may make breastfeeding more difficult. Some of your breastmilk may leak through the pierced hole while you are breastfeeding. This is usually not a problem.

NO! Skin is very resilient, holds a lot of weight and heals very quickly. Muscle on the other hand is a very fragile tissue that tears easily and does not always heal correctly. In addition, if hooks tear out, damage to skin is easy to heal and not particularly dangerous, whereas healing torn muscle is much more significant.

No. A crash test was conducted with two "child" dummies sitting side by side and buckled into one belt. The dummies' heads crashed together hard enough to cause severe injuries, and real children have died this way. Children have also died when sitting on someone's lap, with both of them buckled into one belt. In a crash, the lap-held child is crushed to death as the weight of the older child or adult presses him against the belt. Remember this rule: "One person, one safety belt.

Using such facilities does not put a person at risk for HIV infection. Only activities that cause intimate contact with blood, vaginal secretions, semen, pre-ejaculation fluid, or breast milk of an HIV-infected person can transmit HIV.

Yes, the information you provide to us is immediately encrypted and kept strictly confidential. It will not be given, sold or shared with any outside organization.

Your account registration and billing information, which you submit to iFriends through a Verisign-certified, digital-certificate-encrypted secure channel and which iFriends maintains behind an impenetrable, firewall-protected encrypted secure system, is never disclosed or otherwise provided to any outside party, including iFriends' video chathosts. Your account information is accessible only to a handful of trained iFriends' staff, all of which have passed detailed background checks.

We use state-of-the-art data encryption technology to protect against loss, misuse or alteration of your user information. Secure Socket Layers (SSL) encrypt the information sent between your computer and our database. To be sure you're browsing secure pages, check your Web browser's status bar (located at the bottom of the window) for the closed padlock icon. This icon appears in the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator to tell you that you are viewing a secure web page.

No, SAFE does not have the ability to securely share files with others. If you require an interface to share files with others, you may do so by accessing Xythos at http://xythos.uiowa.edu, which is a web-based utility intended to provide you with an easy-to-use interface to share files with users inside and outside of this institution.

A: The Sunphire earrings work just like the pendant. Though reduced in size, it is equally effective as the sized pendant with the complete holistic benefit.They must be worn as a pair to get the complete holistic

Sleepers and earrings are designed for ear lobes, they aren't even good to put in your ear until they are healed. Sleepers are very thin and can cause migration if they are used for body piercing, this acts just like an old fashioned cheese-cutter. The thin jewelry tears at the flesh like a wire and cuts through the flesh like cheese causing the piercing to migrate or grow out, this will cause inflammation and eventually infection.

Most of our earrings can be made into clip-ons. Please specify this in the shipping note with your order, or contact us via email to be sure that this is possible.

of the Jewelry (earrings, necklaces, barrettes, hair pins, hair quills etc.) Are hand made by S. Yeager (me) a*k*a "Lady Kee" hence the name of my business Kee's Traditions. I hand make every piece so each is unique and will be slightly different from others that look similar to it.

No problem! Please specify on the "Comment and Special Instructions" space during check out.

For clip-on earrings, the clips are not sterling silver. They are stamping brass, with a finish plating on them.