John Lewis from Liquid Art, London visited Tattooica studios in 1997 and showed her how to
 perform  the art of piercing. She learned from the best but she only pierce from the bellybotton
 and up! She claims to be too shy to do private parts! (yeah right!!!) Enjoy the photos and please
 look  at  the  bottom  at  this  page  for  good  advice  on  how  to  keep  your piercing healthy...

1: Don´t you EVER  touch the piercing during the first 8 weeks UNLESS you are going to
clean it!!  That is  very important  because during the day you touch money, doorhandles
 etc, etc, and get other peoples bacterias on your hands and you DON´T want that on your
 piercing!

2: The first 8 weeks you´ll have to clean it 3-4 times a day. If yoy after 8 weeks feel that
the piercing has healed, then you can clean it every other day and slowly cut down on
 the cleaning. BUT never stop completely. Your piercing can look good for a year  and
 the  nuddenly  it  can  get  irritated again. Thats normal and all you have to do is start
cleaning it again for a while.

3: For  toungepiercing  you  will  have  to  use  a  mouthwash  after  everytime you eat
something, drink something. For 6 weeks you cannot perform oral sex (WARNING:
 VERY DANGEROUS!!)  and  do not  french  kiss!! Think  of  your  mouth as an open
wound and everytime it is in contact with something, wash your mouth!! Please suck
 on  ice-cubes  the  first  two  days  and avoid warm and hot food... that can be painful!!
 Remember: The  first  week  is the  hardest  one.  A  lot of people want  to take it out
 when they  feel how  painful  it can  be, but  hang in there, it passes!!  And beleive me
 when I say it´s worth it and you´ll make your boyfriend/girlfriend happy!! This goes for
lip-piercin   as  well, plus you´´have  to clean it on  the outside  with a Q-tip and some
 klorhexidin. Mouthpiercings heal really quick!

4: For  navel,  eyebrows,  ears,  nose  and  nipple  you  can  use  klorhexidin, rince for
contactlinces, tea-tree oil to clean it with (all of them). When you pierce your navel,
 please insist on starting off with a ring and NOT a barbel! The reason why is that it´s
 so  much  easier  to  keep  a  ring  clean  than  a  berbel! If you want a banana-barbel
 please insert that one after 8 weeks instead! For your own good!
 

5: Only  let  a  pro.  pierce  you  in a  studio  that  has the proper permission from the
 healthdepartment to perform piercing. You are in titled to see the equipment they
 have  got  for sterilization (see the pictures at the "my studio"page). Please follow
 the advise given to you and good luck!! =)