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hOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PIERCING AS IT HEALS?

FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH HEALING PROCESS:

  • Maintain a healthy mind and body. 

  • Understanding how your body works is important in the successful healing of a new piercing. Eating healthy, drinking plenty of water, and keeping a positive attitude will help the healing process.

  • Get some rest and take it easy. 

  • Get plenty of sleep and try to maintain a low-stress lifestyle.

  • Keep it clean. Make sure your bedding, eyewear, and anything else that may contact your new piercing is clean. Clean your piercing consistently, but do not overdo it.

  • Get help if something goes wrong. 

  • If you feel your piercing is infected, contact us or a physician right away!

WHAT TO EXPECT?

YOUR NEW PIERCING MAY:

  • Bleed a bit or swollen for the first few days. A cold compress and/or ice will help reduce swelling and slow bleeding.

  • Be tender, itchy, or even bruised for a few weeks

  • Secrete a whiteish-yellow fluid that may dry on the piercing. This is normal and will stop when the piercing is healed. Do not pick this with your fingers!

WHAT TO AVOID DURING HEALING?

WHILE YOUR PIERCING IS HEALING, PLEASE AVOID THE FOLLOWING:

  • Avoid anti-bacterial soap on or around your piercing, only use it to wash your hands before/after touching your piercing.

  • Avoid using Povidone-Iodine, Isopropyl Alcohol, Hydrogen Peroxide, Witch Hazel, or Bactine ®; All these can damage cells.

  • Avoid any kind of ointments, they prevent necessary air circulation.

  • Avoid over-cleaning.

  • Touching your piercing, except when you are cleaning it with freshly washed hands.

  • Twisting, turning, or taking out your jewelry.

  • Oral contact or contact with another person’s bodily fluids.

  •  Using any aftercare products that we did not suggest.

  • Getting lotions, sprays, and makeup in your piercing.

  • Swimming in lakes, rivers, public pools, hot tubs, etc. If you must go in the water, using Tegaderm (a waterproof, breathable bandage) is an option.

  • Removing the jewelry. If you remove your jewelry the piercing may close.

hOW TO CLEAN YOUR PIERCING?

  • TO CLEAN YOUR NEW PIERCING, YOU WILL NEED:

  • Clean gauze or cotton pads

  • Anti-bacterial hand soap (for hands only).

  • STERILE SALINE SOLUTION/WOUND WASH in a can. DO NOT MAKE YOUR OWN.

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  • DURING THE INITIAL HEALING TIME, CLEAN YOUR PIERCING MORNING AND EVENING AS FOLLOWS:

  • Wash your hands with warm water and antibacterial soap and dry them with a disposable towel before touching or washing your piercing.

  • Always wash your hands before any kind of contact with the piercing or the area around it. Even the cleanest person will have dirty hands from touching door handles, money, phones, etc. Do not touch your piercing!

  • Spray your piercing two or three times daily with the sterile wound wash saline, no more than that is necessary to keep it clean, as over-cleaning can irritate the skin and delay healing. 

  • With the pierced area over a sink, spray front and back or top and bottom. Then, pat dry with clean gauze or cotton pads.

  • Be sure to rinse your piercing after showering.

SPECIAL ORAL PIERCING AFTERCARE NEEDS?

FOR ADDITIONAL ORAL PIERCING AFTERCARE, YOU WILL NEED:

  • An alcohol-free antimicrobial mouthwash or dental rinse

  • A Sterile saline solution

  • A new toothbrush (toss the old one today)

  • During the initial healing time, rinse with the antimicrobial mouthwash or dental rinse 3 to 4 times daily. Swish gently for 30 to 60 seconds. 

  • Do this after meals during the entire initial healing time. Do not use mouthwash more than 4 to 5 times daily and use it in intervals spaced out throughout the day.

  • In addition, swish gently with the saltwater solution for 30 to 60 seconds, 3 to 4 times daily.

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