Piercing: What are the rules?

Verified 10 October 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Piercing consists of puncturing a specific point of the skin to place a piece of jewelry that is usually screwed or clipped. This practice is regulated to avoid health risks. It is advisable to discuss this with the professional and your treating doctor beforehand. If you are a minor, the consent of the parent or guardian is required. The body piercing professional must be trained, report his activity to the regional health agency (ARS) and inform his client of the risks.

Please note

The piercing of the pinna of the ear and the wing of the nose carried out by the technique of the ear-piercing gun may be subject to particular rules. Thus, hygiene and hygiene obey a specific text summary by the ministry of health. This professional has to register with the LRA and if you are a minor, you need the consent of the parent or guardian.

It is possible to have a piercing placed whatever your age.

However, if you are a minor, you mustwritten agreement of your parent or guardian.

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The trader must be able to present proof of such consent to the supervisory authorities for three years.

The professional who performs the piercing must comply with the following rules:

  • Have completed initial training with practical training
  • Report to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency (RHA)
  • Inform you before the piercing is performed the risks and precautions to be taken after completion of the procedure. This information is displayed prominently in the premises where these techniques are practiced and is given to you in writing.

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If you are a minor, this information is also communicated to your parent or guardian front let him not give his consent.

The content of the information to be provided orally by the trader shall include:

  • Whether the acts are painful
  • The risk of infections
  • Allergic risks in particular related to piercing jewelry
  • Research for contraindications to the movement related to the field or ongoing treatments
  • The healing time adapted to the technique that has been implemented and the cicatricial risks
  • The precautions to be observed after the techniques have been carried out, in particular to allow rapid healing.

Please note

These risks and precautionsTattoos and piercing: what risks, what precautions? are detailed by the Ministry of Health.

The professional must perform the piercing in a dedicated room exclusively to this operation.

This room must be cleaned by decontamination every day. Between each customer, all surfaces used are cleaned and disinfected.

The professional removes his jewelry before disinfecting the hands. He wears sterile gloves. They are exchanged between 2 customers.

The same is true for the same client, after any septic gesture during the act and in the case of successive piercings on different body zones.

They should prepare the area to be pierced using an antiseptic.

At each session, for each client, the devices, particularly sharp and sharp, penetrating the mucocutaneous barrier are sterile and for single use. The other materials (scissors, pliers...) are sterilizable.

The work table must be disinfected, equipped with a sterile drape.

A procedure for sterilization of equipment must be followed.

Most often, a piercing break is safe.

After a piercing breakHowever, it is recommended to follow the recommendations given by the piercing professional and to adopt a good lifestyle (for example: washing hands with soap before each treatment).

Complications that are infectious (e.g. bacteria) or not (e.g. pain) depending on the drilled area may, however, occur. The consultation with a doctor is recommended (for example, if the infection persists, spreads around the piercing, or a fever develops).