Beauty and Body Art - Protect Yourself
What to look for:
Choose a business that is inspected by KFL&A Public Health. Ask questions about the procedure and make sure you are satisfied with the answers provided. If the service provider does not make infection prevention a priority, choose to go elsewhere.
For all services:
- The premises and work area should be clean and well organized.
- The service provider should wash their hands before starting a procedure.
- There should be no double dipping of dispensing sticks or applicators into products such as lotions or waxes. Products, including inks, should be dispensed into new, disposable containers which are discarded after each client.
- Equipment that touches skin without penetrating must be properly cleaned and disinfected between uses. Single use, disposable items such as razor/callous blades and foam files cannot be used on more than one client. They must be discarded after each use.
For piercing, tattooing and permanent makeup (micropigmentation) services:
- For invasive procedures, the service provider should record client information.
- Any items intended to pierce the skin (such as needles and lancets) must be new, and in sterile packaging. The service provider should open the sterile packaging in front of you.
- The service provider should clean the piercing/tattooing site with 70% isopropyl alcohol before starting the procedure.
- The jewelry provided should be high quality. It should be in sterile packaging that is opened in front of you.
- Ear piercing guns should not be used on any other part of body other than the fleshy part of the ear lobe.
- The service provider should give you written instructions for caring for your tattoo/piercing until it heals.
If you have a cut, rash, or skin infection in the area where the service is to be performed, wait until it has healed before receiving a beauty or body art service. Avoid shaving your legs for at least 24 hours before receiving a pedicure.
If you develop an infection see your doctor.
Revised: 2015-08-18