These are her comments:

When you fail to change out jewelry that is too short, it can become embedded.  It is much easier to prevent this from happening than to treat it after it does.  If your jewelry is starting to sink into your tissue, see your piercer for a longer pierce right away.  Tongue and lip jewelry normally nest  (sink a millimeter or two) into the soft oral tissues, but if more than half of the ball has disappeared into your piercing or the skin appears to be growing over your jewelry, visit you piercer as soon as possible.  Oral tissue regenerates extremely quickly, and jewlry can end up embedded over night.  If you cannot immediately get to your piercer for help, use elevation, rest, ice, and over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication to minimize the symptoms until yo0u are able to get your jewelry changed.

In the unfortunate event that the tissue completely grows over the jewelry and you or your piercer cannot push it back through the surface, you must seek medical care.  A small incision will be made (generally under local anesthesia) to allow for removal of your unintentional implant.  If you want to preserve the hole, obtain jewelry of the proper size beforehand, as it might be possible to insert it after the embedded pierce has been liberated.

As a piercer always allow for swelling with lip and tongue piercings.  I give my clients the option to come back after the lip or tongue returns to normal and  I replace the post at a highly reduced price.  I give them the original piercing post and tell them to keep in a safe place for reuse in the event they experience unexpected swelling in the future.  Excessive swelling can happen for not apparent reason at any time, so it is smart to be prepared with a post that will accommodate that swelling

You SUGGEST!  When talking about jewelry or anything about body piercing you suggest.  You suggest jewelry size, Your suggest aftercare procedures.  You suggest problem assessment solutions.  You suggest products for aftercare.

You can get into trouble by recommending aftercare products.  This can be a liability issue.  If you suggest it is unlikely you could be held liable.  If you recommend – you are inviting legal liability.

If you offer aftercare products for sale, always suggest their use and have that in your literature.  My suggestion is not to Give-Away any aftercare products as an inducement to the piercing.  That would suggest that are recommending the aftercare products.

In body piercing there are no generally accepted “published”  rules for aftercare or piercing.  Therefore, you have no defense by saying you do things the generally accepted method, so use caution when discussing aftercare and piercing with your clients.  Body Piercing Training Videos can be a big help in your body piercing development.

Train yourself to make positive statement to your piercing clients, instead of asking probing questions ( that means a question that requires an answer)!  This is totally different than our discussion earlier about not making statements that could incite arguments about jewelry selection or piercing specifics.  Making positive statements is completely appropriate and desirable when in the piercing room or tending to your pierced or about to be pierced client.

Try not to use the the word BLEEDING in the piercing room.  If your client ask if they are bleeding, and the are, just say:  “You are oozing just a little.  It’s going to stop”.  One problem you will have is a friend or relative in the piercing room blurting out,  “You are bleeding.”  In that case you say:  He (or She) is doing just fine.  Minimize to the best of your ability what others say in your piercing room.  Always offer comforting statements to you piercing client.  If you do you will be surprised how many time they tell you, “That didn’t hurt at all.”

On the other hand, do not over comfort your piercing client.  If you do, they will stay and stay, and you will never get rid of them.  The more you enable to act hurt, the more they will do it.  Don’t be an enabler, be a strong positive comforter, and encourage your client to get up and on their way.  Understanding you body piercing client and how they react in the piercing room is very important.  Body Piercing Training Videos will help you establish confidence in the piercing room where you can perform your piercing, while making you client feel confident too.

As you can see they are not certifying the “piercing knowledge or skill” of any individual piercer, just the sterilization techniques practiced in the piercing shop.  This is basically universal in most states – THEY DO NOT CERTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL’S BODY PIERCING KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OF BODY PIERCING.  This is why learning the art, skill and techniques of body piercing are so important.

Your conversation could go something like this.  Sure you could experience some discomfort.  Most people experience pressure.  That’s about all the sensation you will have.

Or you could say, if you experience any discomfort at all, it will be just a little pressure.  Although it is difficult to eliminate the word FEEL from your vocabulary, I try to substitute the word EXPERIENCE for FEEL  as often as I can.  Experience something is a lot more exciting than feel something.  Experiencing “a thing” has a fun connotation, while “a feeling”  had a dual meaning.  Could be good, but generally means bad feelings.

It is never a good idea to use the word OOPS during a piercing.  That tells your client something is wrong.  Not a good thing in the piercing room.  Train yourself not to react to what is going on with the piercing.  Your conversation during the piercing, if any, should be comforting and reassuring to your client.

I personally think you should NOT always be asking your client “How are you doing?”  It is a good idea to never ask your client “How do you feeling” either.  If you ask that question, you are asking your client to evaluate themselves and give you a thoughtful response.  You don’t want that.  You want your body piercing client to be thinking – that wasn’t so bad.

You suggest that attitude in your client by saying: “You did great!”  Looking at any observers in the room and saying: “He/She did very well!”  Make all of the positive statements you can think of.

If you are confident in your body piercing skills in the piercing room, it will be very easy for you to be thinking of your client’s comfort during the entire piercing process.  This is when your client experiences true confidence in you and no certificate hanging on your wall can replace real piercing room skills.  Check out the  body piercing training videos.

Those words are:

HURT

PAIN

OOPS

BLEEDING

RECOMMEND

When people walk into a piercing studio, they are very susceptible to suggestion, both from you and those accompanying them.  Consequently, the words you use are very important.

Your piercing client will ask:  Does it hurt?  Your answer is:  You will feel pressure, that’s about all.  If they persist:  You just say:  it is a pressure piercing, that’s about all you will feel.  It’s just like pinching yourself quickly and letting go.

If you do the piercing right, that is all they will feel.  Basically, all they are experiencing is the feel of the “drag of the needle” going through their tissue.  This is where the feeling of “pressure” comes from.  Train yourself to avoid these words at all costs.

In the body piercing business what you say and how you say it is just as important as the particular piercing skills you possess.

The words you use project security, safety, confidence, experience and skill to every one of your clients.  Your selection of words will either create fear in your clients  or comfort them making the piercing experience a happy one.

Your piercing client is frightened and apprehensive from the moment they walk into your door, if not then, at least by the time they make the walk back into your piercing room.

Everything you say and do should be comforting to your piercing client.  Good body piercing training will help you make a satisfying experience for your clients.

Body jewelry is a foreign object placed into the body.  The body must adjust and co-exist with the body jewelry.  The body does not have any responsibility when you slip a finger ring, bracelet or necklace on.  The body acts only as a structure that is adorned with jewelry hanging from it.  The body does not react to this type of jewelry, unless, for instance a ring is too tight on your finger.  You simply remove the tight ring and the problem is solved.

When body jewelry does not fit correctly, the body starts reacting and communicating with you immediately.  It communicates by becoming red, swollen, and festered – producing liquid discharge.  If the jewelry is not corrected it can migrate out of the body leaving a scar behind.

When selecting appropriate jewelry for a body piercing, always select gauge, diameter, or length  that will easily co-exist in the body.

In addition, high-traffic areas of the body such as navels need special consideration when selecting jewelry.  High-traffic areas get a lot of movement from the jewelry and thicker jewelry is necessary to reduce irritation.  Play areas such as nipples and genitals also require thicker jewelry to avoid severe discomfort from play.

Discuss with your client the concept of how their body must adjust to and co-exist with the jewelry you insert into their piercing.  If they understand that the body is conforming to the jewelry, they will understand that the jewelry you select is very important, and must be of a certain size and gauge.

Therefore, don’t let other piercers intimidate you.  Just because they put big, unattractive jewelry in their clients.  Don’t let that persuade you to do the same.  They are not doing their clients a good job by putting big gaudy jewelry in their piercings.

Generally we do this . . .
Generally we find this . . .

A lot of people do this . . .
Many of our clients find this  . . .

This jewelry would fit better if . . . wouldn’t you agree

Your piercing might heal quicker if . . . don’t you agree

It might be better to place the piercing here, don’t you think

If you did . . . you might get better results

If we use this jewelry, it would look better, wouldn’t you agree

Can you see how this would fit better

Doesn’t it make sense to . . .

Wouldn’t you like it better if . . .

Don’t you feel better about . . .

Don’t you think your jewelry would look better if . . .

There are many more questions/phrases you can use to avoid being “Fenced In” to a statement you cannot get out of.  Try using these terms, I think you will find your body piercing life will be much easier.  Body Piercing Training is so important to making your life much easier.

They think that the way they do a piercing is the “only” way.  They want to try dangerous piercings.  They mistakenly think the more radical piercings they perform, the more important they are.

Beware of this type of body piercer, and hopefully you will never become one.  This type of piercer is generally inexperienced and tries to make up for their lack of experience by talking about and doing bold, dangerous piercings with huge inappropriate jewelry.

Do what you know is right for your client.  Explain the concept of body adornment and what that means.  Your client will know you have their best interest at heart.

Body piercing is an adornment.  The body must -  adjust to and live with (co-exist) -  the jewelry you are inserting into it.  Think about those two previous statements.  If you fully understand them,  you will always do right by your clients.