Safety always comes first in sports and jewelry must always be removed to reduce injury risks. A tattoo poses no such risks to athletes since it lies beneath their skin – just avoid direct tanning light exposure for optimal performance! However, any piercings should always be taken out prior to participating in athletic activities in order to minimize injury risks and stay safe!
Piercings & Sports
Like earrings, any type of body piercing may get caught up in fitness apparel, hair products and sports equipment if it gets in your way – like pinching earrings. Depending on its position on your body part it may even chafe against it and pinch or squeeze you when twisting and turning; not only can this be uncomfortable but there may even be risk for injury as the channel could slightly tear, leading to infection even with longstanding piercings!
Good to Know: In order to prevent injury when participating in physical activities such as sports, remove all body piercings (even those not directly tied into movement). This should protect both yourself and others involved with you during any movement you might perform.
Taping Piercings Safe? Piercing tape may provide an effective means of protecting piercings like earrings from becoming caught anywhere on your body; but that depends on which body part needs protection; in general piercings on ears will likely do fine when secured using tape; but other body piercings might need additional measures; tape may only work effectively in protecting ear studs but this might not suffice in certain instances.
Piercing tape simply provides a surface so piercings don’t become tangled up; however, it does not protect or safeguard against being stretched during certain movements or twisting and turning of movements.
To be on the safe side, it’s always a good idea to remove all jewelry before cleaning your piercing as well as its channel.
If you are participating in sports like football, piercings may not be allowed during competition. Please consult the rules of your sport to ascertain whether removing it would allow for optimal competition performance.
- Bandaids Can Work As Piercing Tape for Sports These waterproof bandaids should stay put even during sweaty activities! Ultimately, if necessary to tape earrings or other piercings on, use flexible waterproof bandages instead of conventional tape to cover any sensitive parts on your body such as ears.
- Cut Bandaid to Size
Hold up the bandaid against your piercing, and decide if scissors will be required to trim it to fit. Usually bandaids are too large to easily tape over earrings – trim so the sticky part touches your skin by several millimeters for best results. - Fold the bandaid over your piercing so it touches some part of the surrounding skin by several millimeters.
Make sure that when folding the bandaid over your piercing, there is no sticky part adhering directly to it – as this could make removal harder, painful or potentially harmful later. Instead, adhere it directly onto surrounding skin instead. - Remove and Clean Piercing
After sports activities and cleaning the pierced area, be sure to carefully unwrap and take off the bandaid with care as sweat may make this step simpler. Be mindful not to pull too hard or fast or risk damaging the area around it! - Clean The Piercing And the Pierced Area
Always wash your hands prior to handling or touching any part of a piercing, as well as touching its site or its surroundings, using a cleaning solution specially formulated for that use. Thoroughly dry the area afterward. Watch out for any redness or swelling which might indicate infection or an injury not noticed yet.
Are your piercings giving you discomfort? Try following our advice on how to eliminate chafing!
What Should Be Considered After Receiving Piercings and Sports? Piercings require some type of break from sports & fitness activity for several weeks after getting inked – for instance new belly button piercings pose risks in almost any sporting or fitness activity due to their central positioning on the body.
Therefore, only get pierced when your fitness program permits an extended break as taking out brand-new piercings can be painful and should only be done under medical advice. Many students opt to get theirs right before summer break begins as this time allows it to heal sufficiently to allow removal without complications after returning back from vacation.
Piercings can be seen as open wounds that pose risks of viral and bacterial infection during healing; even worse, infections from dirty hands or sweat may lead to blood poisoning.
Newly pierced bodies should also refrain from engaging in swim training for at least six weeks after receiving their piercing, due to chlorine water’s potential effect. Swimming could further irritate their bodies.
Since piercings can lead to frostbite, one should take extra caution while skiing tours. In order to protect piercing channels and reduce frostbite risks while on the slopes, wait several weeks after receiving their new piercing before leaving it at home during ski tours.
Sports & Tattoos
Tattoos typically don’t pose any significant risks during sport; they won’t get tangled up anywhere and needn’t receive direct light on tanning beds either. Just give your tattoo some time to heal before stretching so as not to overstrain newly tattooed skin parts – as a general guideline don’t stretch until after taking off its protective foil covering!
Only for highly strenuous sports such as boxing or spinning is it advised to take an even longer break, however; otherwise a tattoo won’t hinder performance or compromise immune system strength.
Therefore, what’s the takeaway here? Piercings and tattoos present certain risks which should never be taken lightly. A grace period without participating in sports or fitness activities for at least a week following surgery should also be provided in order to facilitate quick healing without complications or problems. Afterward, aftercare is vital in order to promote effective recovery from these processes.
If you’re still not 100% convinced about getting pierced, why not give a fake piercing a try? No risk involved and same result!
