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AFTERCARE
Congratulations!
Remember that your piercing
is a wound and also has to be treated like one. A wound needs time, rest and cleaning to heal. A wound can get
infected, so cleaning it is essential. Don`t touch if you`re not cleaning
it. And don`t play with. Following are some important points concerning
the cleaning of your piercing. facial- and bodypiercing: *Wash the piercing twice a
day with a non-perfumed soap, preferrably with Satin, antimicrobial skin
cleaner or with a bar of Sebamed soap. *First wash your hands with
the soap. *Make your piercing wet
until the dirt that`s dried up to the jewelry falls off or take this off
with a wet q-tip. Don`t use your nails to scratch it off. If you see some
dried up-dirt on your jewelry or skin, use a wet q-tip and gently remove
it, without moving the jewelry. *now put some foam of the
soap on the piercing and move the jewelry GENTLY back and forth, so the
soap also gets in the wound. Leave the soap in there for 20-30 seconds.
Meanwhile you can gently press the skin around your piercing with a q-tip.
If there`s any dirt inside, it will come out now. *Finally rinse all of the
soap away with warm water by gently moving the jewelry so the soap inside
will go out. *Then dry your skin and
leave the skin around your piercing dry as it is. DO NOT USE: sterilon, iodine, alcohol (= emergencysolutions for
when you are not able to clean with fresh water for a few days) or creams
;an antibacterial soap cleans more than enough and the other products are
usually too agressive for your skin and may take away good bacterias you
need for healing as well. upper- lower- side- lip, eskimo-piercing: *OUTSIDE: First see above
the instruction for facialpiercings *INSIDE:
Rinse your mouth about 5 times a day with yellow Listerine, you can
add a little water. Do this in the morning after brushing your teeth,
every time after you had something to eat. And rinse before you are
going to bed. If you don’ awnt to use Listerine, use boiled water with
half a teaspoon of seasalt. Or rinse with chlorhexidine. *After brushing your teeth,
also brush the inside of your lip. GENTLY brush around your piercing. This
way, you take away all possible dirt and your piercing will heal better.
Avoid chewing on gum, nails, pencils,sunglasses etc. tongue, lipfrenum *Rinse your mouth about 5
times a day with yellow Listerine, you can add a little water. Do this
when you get up out of bed and when you are going to bed en do this every
time you had something to eat. If
you don’t want to use Listerine, use boiled water with half a teaspoon
of seasalt. Or rinse with chlorhexidine. *After brushing your teeth,
also brush your tongue and the inside of your lip. When you got your
tongue pierced, brush the balls as well (on top and below), GENTLY brush
around your piercing. With the lipfrenum, lift up your lip and brush the
jewelry and skin around it carefully. Do this daily. This way, you take
away all possible dirt and your piercing will heal better. Avoid chewing
on gum, nails, pencils,sunglasses etc. Alternative cleaning of all piercings (instead of
cleaning with soap or at least 1x every week) and in case of an infection: *Make a solution of a
quarter of a liter of boiling water and a half a teaspoon SEASALT
or BAKING SODA. More of the
salt or soda works less. Put this solution in a cup and put the cup for
20-30 seconds against the piercing, so the piercing will soak in the
solution.Try to move the jewelry a little while you are doing this. Rinse
off with warm water. Do this 1x a day for a week (or 2) Salt water soaks
help to stimulate air and blood circulation which facilitates healing. *Too much cleaning is also
not good, follow the points above. When you face any problems with your
piercing then contact your piercer. Also don’t hesitate to come by the
piercingshop. *Never take out the jewelry
if you think your piercing is infected. Infected looks red, swollen and it`s
constantly covered with dried up waste. If you take out an infected
piercing, Then both open ends will close and the dirt of the
infection has nowhere to go but to stay there and infect the surrounded
area inside. personal hygiene: The person being pierced should not touch the
piercing nor the skin around it, or will have to wash his/her hands
immediately after. Check for yourself how clean you are.
Since a piercing usually takes a few weeks or longer to heal, you
will have to be extra conscious about your own cross-contamination; dont
touch your hair and then your piercing. Don`t touch or play with your
piercing anyway, except for cleaning it, with clean hands. Dirty nails,
especially long nails can easily cause an infection when touching it.. Sometimes a piercing is not
healing totally right and needs a larger size or a different shape of
jewelry. service:
You can always come to visit, not only to check
your piercing, but also for changing,
stretching and of course for
another piercing! Tip: -check daily with clean
hands to make sure the balls are screwed on tight on barbells. -make sure your bedding is
clean, especially if pets get into your bed! -a multi-vitamin mineral
supplement containing zinc and
vit.C help boost your healing. Take it in the morning with breakfast. The healing period is the same as the time you have to
spend on cleaning the piercing. earlobe/ septum/ tongue/
lipfrenum/hood/labia/pa/frenum
2-6 weeks nose/ eyebrow
6-8 weeks outer labia/ dydoe / guiche
2-4 months upper-lower-side- lip /
eskimo
2-6 months nipple (both takes longer to
heal)/cartilage/tragus
3-9 months navel
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