Body Modification

After getting a body modification, you need to take care of it properly in order to prevent infection. With many mods, something foreign is placed in the skin or through it, such as with tattooing and piercings. This can readily be rejected by the body.

With piercings you need to clean the piercing daily, once or twice. The best cleaning solution for piercings or any kind (ears, facial, genital, etc) is saline solution. You can purchase a saline solution at many stores to include grocery stores, pharmacies, and other stores like Target and Wal-mart.

You need to soak the jewelry and the piercing for 10-15 minutes. If you have a belly piercing, you can put the saline in a cup and lay down with the cup over the piercing, and for ear piercings you can use cotton balls.

You want to stay away from anything that contains the slightest bit of alcohol in it. It is too harsh for any type of piercing. Peroxide, as well, should be kept far from piercings. These items can over dry a piercing.

Ointments should not be used as they tend to clogg the piercing, preventing it from getting oxygen.

Too much cleaning can be detrimental, so stick with once or twice a day.

As with tattoos, you can use a non-scented lotion. A&D, or corn huskers. Gently rub the lotion on the tattoo two or three times a day. You, also, need to clean the tattoo with a gental hand soap.

Keep all tattoos away from sunlight, as it will greatly damage it.

If you have any questions about healing and taking care of fresh mods, you need to consult the artist that did the mod.

Tattoos were thought to be permanent, but with this day and age, one can have them removed via laser surgery, dermabrasion, and various fade away techniques.

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Tattoo Removal

Just remember that tattoo removal will more than likely cost you more monetarily than the actual tattoo did. But, you must weigh your costs and benefits. If you think that paying the money will benefit you more having the tattoo removed versus leaving it there, then by all means do what will make you truly happy.

Tattoo removal can be painful- many recall that it feels like being hit with rubberbands.

Modify, the movie, is a great documentary about any and all types of body modification. Throughout the movie, simple body mods such as piercings and tattoos are talked about as well as more complicated mods of branding and scarification. Even common mods that you don't think about such as plastic surgery. It's just a great overall movie.

They speak with tons of people all with one thing in common... Body Modifications...

You may not think about it, but most people are into body modifications to some degree. Like to tan, but think tattoos are disguting? Tanning's a body modification, you're changing your body, aren't you?

Plastic surgeries, trans-gender surgeries, tanning, and hair dying, are all forms of body modifications.

Modify, the movie, talks to people in all wakes about every modification you can think of. From simple procedures to genital implants.