Getting your ears pierced at the mall can be extremely risky: Here's why experts advice against it

Piercings have become very commonplace. While for many, getting ears pierced might be seem extremely unremarkable, there are people who choose to opt for more boundary-pushing choices like getting nipple piercing or even pierced tongue.

However, as in the case of many things related to our body and health, even though it might seem like a fun thing to do, piercings could have serious health implications. It could even be deadly as in the case of a teenager who died from injection after piercing her eyebrow.

Body piercings are so routine now that one can easily get it done while on a regular trip to the mall. However, getting your ears pierced at the mall might come with a hefty price tag way beyond what you could fathom of. Here's the reason why.

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Why not to get your ears pierced at the mall

As reported by Yahoo, the prime reason you should avoid getting your ears pierced at the mall, is due to the dangers posed by the commonly used piercing guns used at mall piercing kiosks.

Most of these piercing guns are made of plastic, which cannot usually be sterilised properly. This means that your odds of contracting a disease from these guns is multiplied according to how popular the place might be. Most places would wipe these guns with anti-bacterial wipes, and though its a good sanitation practice, it does not protect against all spreadable diseases.

Instead of the mall, experts advice people to visit a proper piercing parlour, and to get your body piercings done by a professionals.

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Why avoid the mall, and choose piercing by trained professionals

As per a a video by a UrbanBodyJewelry, which is a Youtube channel run by a piercing parlour, here are the reasons why you should avoid getting your body piercings at the mall, and opt for professionals instead,

• Professionals ensure their needles are properly sterilised as opposed to kiosks at the mall where piercing guns could be used on multiple people without being properly sterilised. Mall piercing guns would actually melt if they had to be properly sterilised due to its plastic parts.
• You are guaranteed to get good results, and a good experience by getting your ears pierced by a professional, who have the expertise to nail any piercing every single time. With piercings at the mall, the results can really be a hit or miss, depending on who operates the gun.
• Professionals use surgical-grade needles to pierce your ears which translates to minimal damage and minimal pain, so these piercings heal easily with minimal discomfort. This is definitely not true in case of mall piercing, which can even cause lasting trauma to your ear lobes on top of causing a lot of pain and being more difficult to heal.

Hence, do think long and hard about the health implications before getting your ears pierced just about anywhere.

Sources used:

Yahoo: ' Why you should never get your ears pierced at the mall'

Youtube: '5 Reasons You Shouldn't Get Your Ears Pierced at the Mall'