allthatjaz -> RE: 'Pin Cushion' Needle play (4/28/2009 7:33:32 AM)
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ORIGINAL: masterlink65 i used to spend money on those sterile surgical pens. but after you use them on someone, they are not sterile anymore. when i draw on someone for a tattoo or a piercing i just use sharpies now. i start with yellow to get a basic image then move on to a darker color to refine it. then even darker for the final image before i start my procedure. i then wipe the tips of the marker off with surgical wipes, and i rarely reuse them on people, i use them for other things around the hope and home. if have shaven the skin and risk breaking it even slightly( preparing for a tattoo by shaving the skin) i do not re use, as to avoid cross contamination. a piercing i will reuse marker as i clean surface of skin with alcohol and then a surgical scrub. each station has its own procedure. i am shocked to see how many are more concerned with the pain factor than they are concerned about the risk, and safety issues. its a good way to contact and transmit, staph, hep,HIV, and a few others i am sure I use an iodine pen or a small bottle of iodine with a qtip dipped in. I agree with you regarding the safety side of things. Nobody should really be doing this without some full on good information, including what to do if you get a needle stick. Maria
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