Consumer Ear Piercing Info

Choosing the right ear piercing system

You have decided to have your ears pierced. Whether it is your first ear piercing or your sixth ear piericng, It is important that the ear piercing procedure is done with sterile ear piercing studs, a sterile ear piercing instrument, and by a qualified technician. Make sure the ear piercing area is clean and that your ear piercing technician is wearing surgical gloves. Your ear lobe should be thourougly cleaned with an antiseptic wipe and the lobe should be marked it with a surgical marking pen. Make sure you agree with the location of the mark prior to the ear piercing

It is very important that you choose the proper ear piercing studs because use of studs containing nickel ears can trigger an allergy to metal that makes it suddenly impossible to wear any kind of jewelry or even metal buttons, snaps and zippers. At a seminar sponsored by the American Academy of Dermatology, Alexander Fisher of New York University said that metal allergies "often only become active after a trauma to the skin." Such allergies are most often caused by exposure to nickel, which is present in quality gold, silver and platinum jewelry as well as in cheaper costume jewelry. To avoid metal allergies, Fisher recommends that ears be pierced only with a stainless steel needle and only earrings with stainless steel posts be worn until the earlobes heal.

All Roman Research ear piercing products are designed for your safety and comfort and are nickel free or nickel safe surgical stainless steel. The use or the Roman Research System 3000 cartridge ear piercing system assures that only pre-sterilized instruments and ear piercing studs touch your ear.