These guides aim to help people understand more about their legal rights, how certain laws affect the body piercing industry and what they should watch out for when making the choice to get pierced.
The purpose of these guides is to keep people more informed about where they stand and what their rights are. The body piercing industry has no official governing body, no official certification and no official staple code to work from, making it a mine field for customers wanting to get pierced safely as pretty much anyone can set up shop.
Combined with the massive rise in popularity body piercing has had in the last 10 years this is leading us into difficult waters with only private organisations like the APP and BME giving piercers any agreed upon piercing standards for their work - and only if we piercers take the time to research them.
This is causing people to get exploited as they often don't think to check for dangers in studios, other than obvious hygiene ones, because they assume the piercing industry is as regulated as the medical one.
Hopefully these guides will help to keep people safe and inform them of their rights so they can take action if things go wrong!