If you are getting a piercing or tattoo, look for the following:
- The shop should be clean and clearly set up for the purpose. No smoking should be allowed
- The staff should have clean outer clothing and be wearing surgical gloves. They should be using sterilised equipment for each customer (in the case of tattooing, dyes and needles should be sterilised). Sterilisation is critical to avoid transmission of HIV
- For body piercing, check that the person doing it is using surgical steel or gold. Ears can be pierced with silver but infection and oxidisation is easier to avoid anywhere when either surgical steel or gold is used
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