Piercing Aftercare

The suggestions that follow are intended as guidelines to help you care for your new piercing. Keep in mind that everyone is unique in body and lifestyle, and many factors contribute to how a piercing heals.

We offer free consultations at any time during the healing process, so we hope you will check in during this time.

How to care for your new piercing

Let's begin by keeping in mind two crucial points:

STAY AWAY FROM YOUR PIERCINGS: You won't touch your piercing other from to clean it, and even then, you'll wash your hands first.

NEVER TAKE OFF YOUR JEWELRY: Jewelry removal can cause new piercings to shrink, making it unpleasant or impossible to put it back in.

What happens normally while the body heals:

With a new piercing, bleeding, bruising, and/or edoema are pretty typical.
For a few days or longer, it's normal to experience some tenderness or discomfort in the location of a new piercing. Itching and discoloration (redness) throughout the healing phase are both very typical.

Clean your hands completely.

To thoroughly flush the piercing, either liberally spray the saline solution on it or soak a cotton ball in it.

Apply non-woven gauze soaked in saline to the piercing.

You might need to remove any dirt or "crusties" with a q-tip or non-woven gauze.

which could have accumulated on the jewellery near the piercing.

This product doesn't need to be rinsed off, but if you do, be sure you rinse with

flowing, clear water.

Check to see that your threaded jewellery, such as barbells, is still well fastened.

Wait for it to heal

Avoid touching your piercing, except when you are cleaning it.
Avoid oral contact or contact with other people’s body fluids.
Avoid using any aftercare products or ointments that were not suggested by your piercer.
Avoid getting lotions and/or makeup in or around your piercing.
Avoid pools, hot tubs, lakes, rivers, etc. Using a waterproof, breathable bandage (such as Tegaderm) is a viable option for some piercings.

Piercing aftercare products

Additional tips

Clean your hands completely.

Overcleaning can impede the healing process and do more harm than good, so avoid cleaning your piercing more frequently than is advised.

Your body's capacity for healing can be enhanced by taking a multivitamin that contains zinc and vitamin C.

Remember that prolonged recovery times or other challenges may result from stress, a poor diet, substance misuse, or disease.

Ensure that your bedding is tidy. If your pets sleep in your bed, this is very crucial.