Piercing Aftercare
New piercing care can be a challenge if you are getting a piercing for the first time. Even if this isn’t your first piercing, piercing aftercare is best done with the help of experts.
Our piercing artists will guide you on the best steps to take. We offer maximum support to ensure a smooth piercing healing process!
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General Aftercare
As a rule, it is important that you keep the area clean. Sometimes, you may need to wash and clean the area with special agents thrice daily. Additionally, the best new piercing care practices demand that you avoid touching the area with dirty hands.
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Oral Aftercare
New piercing care is doubly important if the piercing area is your mouth. Unlike other parts of the body, it is nearly impossible to avoid using the mouth. Therefore, take conscious efforts to care for your lip, tongue and mouth. This way, you will avoid infections.
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Aftercare Products
Clean, unscented soaps are the best cleaning agents for piercings. Additionally, there are specially made sterile saline solutions designed to cleanse piercing wounds. These cleaning agents can be combined with moisturizers to ensure the area doesn’t dry up.
/Piercing Aftercare – Common Questions
Here are a few common questions about piercing aftercare:
The following side effects during piercing aftercare are normal:
- Slight discomfort and pain in the area
- Moderate swelling
- Skin redness
- Bleeding and scabbing
- A yellowish fluid that dries into a crust around the hole and on the jewelry
- Itching and burning sensations during the healing process.
If the piercing area is abnormally red, hot and painful to the touch, then it may be infected. Also, if during your new piercing care you notice the secretion of green, foul-smelling pus, it may be an indicator of an infection.
Do not take out the jewelry if the piercing is infected. If the jewelry is removed, the infection may develop into an abscess.
Instead, visit a clinic near you to obtain the right antibiotic to treat the infection. Also, you can keep the piercing if the infection is treated promptly.
Even if you have had a piercing for years, the jewelry falling out may cause the hole to start healing. If you are still in the initial stages of the piercing healing process, the chances of losing the piercing are high.
We recommended that you contact an expert piercer as soon as possible. With the proper tools, it may be possible to save the piercing.
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