Background Info:
- To Obtain a piercing license one must be at least 21 years of age, depending on the state you live in.
- Classes are required in human anatomy, piercing aftercare, and safety procedures.
- Accompanied by 2 years of apprenticeship at a reputable tattoo shop.
- legalization at a department of health bureau in the state you are piercing in.
- Piercing is legal if done on oneself and on others FREE of charge. (Look at the picture).
Facts
- Claire's charges for the jewelry. NOT the piercing itself.
- Claire's employee's practice "piercing procedures" for a couple of weeks.
- Claire's employee's are not licensed professionals.
- Claire's employee's do not wear gloves, which are used to ensure that bacteria formed on the hands do not transfer into a new piercing.
- Unlike piercing professionals (licensed) claire's employee's are not required to get tested for Hep C, HIV or AIDS.
- Claire's employee's are told by their manager's to "rush" through piercings.
- They use piercing guns which cause significant trauma to tissue where the piercing is placed.
So why would anyone get their piercing's at claire's?
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