Body Piercing Aftercare

 

 

 

Piercing Aftercare

 

• The most important part of taking care of any piercing is to refrain from touching it. Hands carry bacteria on them, every time you touch a piercing before washing them you will run the risk of giving yourself an infection.
• piercing should be cleaned twice a day, and after any strenuous activities such as manual labor or exercise. 

 

The cleaning process 

 

• run the end of a Q-tip under warm water. Wipe around the area of the piercing to soften and remove crust build up. 
• apply cleaning solution to the end of Q-tip, then thoroughly clean around the area of the piercing. 
•with a new q-tips, rinse the solution off with warm water. 
• then thoroughly dry the area of the piercing with a Q-tip. 

Suggested cleaning solutions are, anti microbial soap & sterile saline.

 

Oral aftercare.
• rinse mouth after eating large meals with non-alcoholic mouthwash mixed half-and-half with water. (no more than three times a day)
• rinse mouth with warm water after snacking.