Advanced Sterilization and Materials

Intensive workshop Unlock a more comprehensive knowledge of jewelry materials and Sterilization for piercing with Pablo Perelmuter & Brian Skellie. Elevate Your Craft: A One-Day Intensive workshop at Lemonade Limited spots are available. Reserve now! This seminar is designed for professional body piercers seeking to elevate their sterilization protocols and ensure the highest standards of … Read more

Brian W Skellie interview on jewelry materials

Brian W Skellie (photo credit John Balk 2022)

Piercing Wizard Podcast August 8 at 8:39 PM   215 – Brian Skellie on mill certificates and material verification. It was a privilege to speak at length about body jewelry materials safety with my colleague Ryan Ouellette of Precision Body Arts in Nashua NH. I welcome your questions and comments. Do you have a complete understanding of … Read more

The purpose of the Statim cassette chamber is to provide a sterile barrier system

Statim unwrapped sterilization is safely practiced worldwide by professional body piercers. Outside the practice of medicine, jewelers are using the Statim for steam sterilization for ear and body piercing. The new, cleaned jewelry and other items needed for the procedure are selected for the customer and sterilized unwrapped in the Statim along with a class … Read more

Brian Skellie interviewed by Ryan Ouellette

An opportunity to share ideas with my colleagues hosted by Ryan Ouellette from Precision Body Arts.

Check out his podcast for interesting discussions with piercers, including my former apprentice Christina Blossey of Piercing Experience.

My guest on the Piercing Wizard Podcast this week is Brian Skellie. We talk about sterilization, jewelry materials, and his journey from piercing fan to piercing authority.

Listen for free on itunes apple podcasts, google podcasts, or stream from the link below.

Ryan Ouellette: November 9 at 6:34pm · Nashua, NH, United States · 

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Avoid Long Delays in Instrument Decontamination, Reprocessing

Leaving instruments unprocessed for any period of time can lead to the development of biofilm. The recommendation is to begin the cleaning process as soon as possible. As a matter of fact, a number of manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFUs) are now specifying the time frame that cleaning should be implemented. This ranges from “immediately after use” to “within 10, 20 or 30 minutes;” it varies with the device/instrument manufacturer. The manufacturer’s IFUs should always be followed.

APP: The Point #73

As President of the Association of Professional Piercers, I have a regular editorial column in The Point magazine. Issue 73 editorial   Please enjoy my article on asepsis in the new issue of The Point by the Association of Professional Piercers  

General Statim questions and answers for Body Artists

Glad you could visit my site, and I’ll be pleased to talk with you and address your questions in detail. As an authorized SciCan dealer for our lovely Body Modification world, and I’ve written quite a bit about protocol for Statim use in our field, especially for piercing and tattoo. https://brnskll.com/shares/statim “Working with a STATIM autoclave” has plenty of detail … Read more

SALUS™ – Hygiene Sterility Maintenance Container | SciCan

COMING SOON The world’s first paperless, rack & sleeve, hygiene sterility maintenance container. The revolutionary SALUS – Hygiene Sterility Maintenance Container eliminates the costly and time consuming use of sterilization paper and pouches. Save hours spent wrapping, hundreds of dollars in sterilization paper and reduce waste. A reusable container, SALUS – Hygiene is intended to … Read more

Passing the buck on contaminated instruments, washer placement

Original article: December 2014 – CS Solutions. How this applies to body artists: Start the cleaning process for instruments right away in the procedure area at the point of use by wiping them off and wetting them with a foam enzyme cleaner product such as the all-in-ONE™ Surgical Instrument Cleaners and Conditioners. Transport the instruments to an … Read more