The new year is coming and many people would like to refresh their look. One of the ways you can make your new look sharper and edgier is by getting a piercing. It will also make you feel more confident once it heals up and you start wearing a wide range of jewelry that suits your taste and style.
Things to know before getting one
Piercings are permanent types of modifications made by creating a hole in certain areas of your body and inserting jewelry. Before you commit to getting one, there are some things you need to be aware of.
• Research: there are a lot of piercings you can choose from, you need to know which area of your body you would like to get it. Look around at tattoo studios that do piercings and look up customer reviews. Make sure that the piercer you settle on has a lot of experience and satisfied customers.
• Look at the pain level and healing time of the piercing you want. Because of the different tissues in our body and the nerve endings in certain areas. This affects the healing time and the amount of pain you may experience.
• Healing and looking after your piercing is important to reduce any chance of infection setting in so that it heals timeously.
Different kinds of piercings
There are so many types of piercings that you can get to spruce up your look. Facial piercings are exciting and can give you a new and edgier look.
• Ear piercings are the most common piercings to get and are widely acceptable. However, you don’t need to restrict yourself to just getting a lobe piercing. You can have fun with it by getting multiple. There are helix piercings, industrial piercings, daith, tragus, and conch, just to name a few.
• Nose piercings are the next most common facial piercings. This is limited to three piercings, but it can be done in a combination of ways. You can get a singular nostril piercing, a septum piercing, or all three at once if you feel like it.
• Mouth piercings can include tongue piercing, labret piercing, madonna piercing, and frenulum piercing.
• Other piercings you can get include eyebrow piercings, surface piercings, belly button piercings, and the stretching of ear piercings to fit in different kinds of ear gauges.
How piercings can change up your look
Once your piercing is healed up, you can use different jewelry to complete your new look. There are circular barbells, ball enclosure hoops, curved barbells, flat backs, studs, and a range of other kinds. They come in different colors and are made with various materials and designs, so you’ll find something that you love for your new style.
Conclusion
If you are thinking of changing up your look for the new year, consider getting a new piercing to give yourself a unique style that will help boost your confidence.
You can get one or several piercings on different parts of your body, just remember to look after it, so that once it is healed you can change up your jewelry and take on the new year with a brand-new style.
