PTFE LABRET

PTFE (POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE) IS A FLUOROCARBON THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR DECADES, FOR EXAMPLE IN ARTIFICIAL JOINTS IMPLANTED IN THE BODY. FURTHERMORE, ALONGSIDE SPECIAL SILICONES, PTFE IS THE ONLY PHYSIOLOGICALLY SAFE (BIOCOMPATIBLE) PLASTIC SUITABLE FOR USE WITHIN THE BODY.

KEY PROPERTY:
THANKS TO ITS HOMOGENEOUS SURFACE, PTFE EXHIBITS EXTREMELY ANTI-ADHESIVE BEHAVIOUR, I.E. WOUND SECRETIONS DO NOT STICK TO IT. WITH METAL JEWELLERY (SURGICAL STEEL, TITANIUM, ETC.), WOUND SECRETIONS OFTEN STICK SO STRONGLY TO THE JEWELLERY THAT CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS MOVEMENT OF THE JEWELLERY CAUSES THE WOUND EDGES TO TEAR, THEREBY DELAYING THE HEALING PROCESS.
BY PREVENTING THESE MICRO-INJURIES TO THE PIERCING CHANNEL, THE RISK OF INFECTION AT THE PIERCING SITE IS, LOGICALLY, ALSO MINIMISED.