There are a few materials approved by the Association of Professional Piercers (APP), but implant-grade titanium is the one most piercers recommend for initial piercings.
By implant-grade, we’re talking titanium that’s been certified for medical use and meets the standards for quality and safety set out by the American (now International) Society for Testing and Materials Standard (ASTM) or the International Standards Organization (ISO).
As long as you don’t have a known metal allergy or extremely sensitive skin, you have other safe options outside of titanium.
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Surgical steel is a popular choice for piercings because it’s affordable, durable, and safe for most. It does contain some nickel, but thanks to a low rate of transfer, your skin is unlikely to notice.
Just remember that not all steel jewelry is of the same quality. Only a few specific grades are biocompatible, meaning the jewelry won’t oxidize, tarnish or react with skin.
These similarities — and its lower cost — make it a popular option that’s been used by piercers for a few years now.
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For piercings in parts of the body with high movement, you’ll want extra flexibility and comfort. So, jewelry made from a biocompatible plastic may be the way to go.
The same goes for people seeking a substitute for metal jewelry because of sensitivity or budget concerns. Bioplast, Tygon Medica/Surgical Tubing, and PTFE (Teflon) are safe for new piercings.
If you can drop the cash, platinum piercings are a safe and more expensive alternative to titanium piercings — if you can find them.
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Body jewelry made from this precious metal can be hard to come by because platinum is expensive and not as easy to work with as other materials.
When it comes to initial piercings, there are some materials that should be avoided because they can increase the likelihood of having an allergic reaction, poor healing, and rejection.
Gold-plated jewelry isn’t recommended for new piercings. This goes for gold overlay or gold vermeil jewelry, which are just other terms for gold-plated.
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Even if the jewelry is coated in 14 karat gold or higher, the gold is simply a thin coating over a metal base made of different alloys, including nickel.
Sterling silver is made primarily of silver, but it does contain other metals (usually copper). Those other metals can tarnish and cause skin irritation and staining.
You’d think a higher karat gold would be better, right? Nope. The higher you go, the softer the gold. The softer the gold, the more prone it is to nicks and scratches that can irritate your skin and damage tissue.
Why Is It Better To Use Implant Grade (astm F136 Eli) Titanium?
Jewelry made from 10 karat gold may give you the bling you like for less, but it isn’t necessarily safe for your body.
That said, you’ll still need to be mindful of sensitive skin and allergies. Sticking with titanium jewelry, even after the initial piercing, will spare you an itchy, scaly red rash (aka contact dermatitis).
You can’t go wrong with titanium jewelry, especially for a new piercing. Titanium piercings may cost a bit more than jewelry made from other materials, but the payoff is a reduced risk of complications.
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Adrienne Santos-Longhurst is a Canada-based freelance writer and author who has written extensively on all things health and lifestyle for more than a decade. When she’s not holed-up in her writing shed researching an article or off interviewing health professionals, she can be found frolicking around her beach town with husband and dogs in tow or splashing about the lake trying to master the stand-up paddle board.
Has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical associations. We avoid using tertiary references. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy.Body piercing has been around for thousands of years, and not just ears – people pierced different body parts for reasons that changed with the times. In recent years, the popularity of piercings – and the number of piercings that people have – has increased by orders of magnitude. Because of this explosion in popularity, there are many different types of body jewelry available and they are made of various qualities of metals.While many people will do fine with stainless steel, or even lesser metals, some people find those types of jewelry problematic. Our implant grade titanium (Ti-6AL-4V-ELI ASTM F136 ) is ASTM F136 compliant and is a metal that is nearly 100% hypoallergenic.It can be worn by people who are sensitive to other metals without issue, almost all of the time – this is why many piercers favor titanium for fresh piercings.Titanium is stronger than steel, but approximately 45% lighter. Titanium can be sterilized in an autoclave. As stated, titanium is ideal for customers who are sensitive or even allergic to other metals. It will not oxidize, corrode, react to sunlight, or rust under normal use – which is great news for swimmers and beach people, as well as everyone else.
The reason we offer implant grade titanium (Ti-6AL-4V-ELI ASTM F136) is we want piercers to have quality, affordable titanium jewelry to pierce their clients with. In a business where healing is extremely important, we want to make sure the clients have every advantage after they are pierced and start that process. The jewelry is created with the safety of the customers in mind. Piercers can confidently pierce with implant grade titanium, knowing they are using a high quality material – and it gives them peace of mind to have this in their arsenal.
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Titanium can also be left in piercings long-term, which is a benefit for people who don’t like to, or want to, change out their piercing jewelry all that often. There is almost no odor associated with titanium, as opposed to lesser metals, which can tarnish or lose their top coating over time, exposing the piercing to cheaper metals, causing a slight odor, even in healed piercings. Titanium is also not prone to nicks and scratches because it is such a strong metal – and it definitely will not bend.
Another great thing about titanium is its versatility. You can find just about any style of top in titanium, both internally threaded and threadless. From cabochons to clickers, curves to captive bead rings, and even dermal tops, you will find it in implant grade titanium. This enables you to choose fancy jewelry when having the fresh piercing placed, without the wait time to change the jewelry (which is usually months to even a year.)
Those with a hypersensitivity to different metals, such as nickel, should use titanium instead of surgical steel. It is also an ideal choice for a piercer to use to change the jewelry to, if a body is having trouble healing a piercing done with surgical steel or another metal type. Implant grade titanium should help the piercing heal – and heal faster. If you have sensitivities to metals, you should ask specifically for titanium to be used in your fresh piercing to avoid potential difficulties when healing the piercing.
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Additionally, titanium can also be anodized, which enables the piercer to create a wide variety of surface colors such bright pink, bright purple and even a rainbow mix. Anodizing is a process where the jewelry is submerged in an electrolyte solution before voltage is applied, creating layers of colors. The thickness of the layer determines the color of the finished jewelry. Popular colors are gold and rose gold, as well as blurple (which is somewhere between blue and purple) and bright pink. Gold and rose gold colored titanium is popular because it is a less expensive option to 14k or 24k gold. Anodized titanium can be used in both healed and fresh piercings. It is a very popular choice, which many piercers offer, as it creates original pieces from tops and bars or posts that other people may already have.
If you are having trouble with any piercings, try titanium. It could be the answer you are looking for, and help stop irritation, bumps, or other discomfort you may be experiencing. If you are dealing with a problematic piercing, it is best to have a trained professional piercer change the jewelry to a titanium piece for you. Most will do so for a modest fee and give you cleaning and aftercare advice, as well.
Versatile, reliable, and safe for initial piercings as well as long-term wear, titanium is a piercer’s – and a client’s – dream come true. We offer both internally threaded and threadless titanium tops, and all our backings are made of this same implant grade titanium. This is the go-to metal for long-lasting, high quality piercing jewelry that one will be able to wear for years to come.Introduced into surgeries in the 1950s, titanium is the metal of choice for countless medical applications, including neurosurgery, prosthetics, and biomedical implants, due to its outstanding biocompatibility. This also includes - you guessed it - piercing jewellery! But what does biocompatibility mean? It means that titanium is fully resistant to corrosion caused by bodily fluids or other sources of moisture (i.e. showers), which prevents reactions between the metal and the surrounding tissue. It also has a very
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