Industrial Piercing

[jessadarling14]

I'm going to a four year private college for nursing in the fall. I just got an industrial piercing (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Industrial_ohr.JPG) and was told that I would have to take it out for nursing school? Am I not allowed to have this piercing as a nurse when I get a job?

[Paws2people]

You could wear a clear retainer. Or since it is two holes you can put two earrings/retainers in, making them separate cartilage piercings.

Or just take it out. Small price to pay to be a nurse :)

[melizerd, ASN, RN]

If you have 6-8 weeks before school starts let it heal with the barbell in. Then you can swap for clinicals and put in you barbell right after. Since you need them to heal in line for the barbell to fit long term you need to put the barbell back right away otherwise they won't ever line up properly.

Industrial piercings are notoriously a pain to heal. Even years later I still have to baby mine a lot.

[OCNRN63, RN]

There are professional dress codes and they need to be followed. They can also be something a patient can get a hold of and rip out....or your stethoscope get caught on . Your school will probably have more objections than a work place but they would definitely be a No NO for an interview.

And to think I worried when I was a student over my "Candy Hearts" NurseMates that had little blue hearts on the laces; got the fish-eye from the director of the school of nursing, but she did let it slide.

[OCNRN63, RN]

Oh dear lord - is this a 'thing' now? Just when you think you've seen it all (like the earlobe portholes), something new comes along.

Those things are straight-up nasty.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

As a few others have pointed out, industrials have been a "thing" for over a decade.

But now I want to see your reaction to a corset piercing . . . like these.

That looks miserable!

[fetch, BSN, RN]

That looks miserable!

And most of the time, you have to pull it all out after a few days to a week, because it's too much metal in a part of the body that doesn't take piercings well. It's certainly something different.