PiercingAftercare

Cleaning

It's important to keep your new piercing clean.
🩷You can make up a mixture of salt water - approx 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt to 1/2 pint of hot water. This works best with hot water - not boiling water.
🩷Soak a cotton pad with the solution and gently place it over the piercing for 5 minutes to allow the pores to open.
🩷Pour the remaining solution into a clean container that is a suitable size for your piercing site - such as a mug for navel piercings, or an egg cup for eyebrows or ear lobes etc.
🩷Soak the piercing in the liquid for 10 minutes making sure the water is still warm. This draws any of the impurities or trapped fluid out of the piercing.
🩷This can be repeated a few times a week to heal a piercing, or twice a day for treating problematic piercings.

EXTRA STEPS

Even though you have kept your piercing clean, there are other factors that can cause healing issues.
🩷Clothing aggravation - items of clothing rubbing against the new piercing
🩷Not using the suggested aftercare products
🩷Any contact with unwashed hands or bodily fluids
🩷Trauma to the piercing site
🩷Your diet, lifestyle and immune system can all have an effect on your healing process
🩷In a small amount of people there is the potential that your body may reject or grow out a piercing naturally
🩷 Swimming pools, jacuzzies and saunas may cause irritation - try using a Tegaderm or Mepore Patch which is designed to keep the area dry and clean
🩷Avoid sprays, lotions and shampoos coming into contact with your piercing
🩷Keep your piercing dry at all times other than the cleaning process
🩷Complete your aftercare for 6 weeks continuously
🩷Titanium jewellery is the most body-friendly as it's hypoallergenic, check out our range HERE

Navels, Nipples and Christina Piercings

These piercing sites can be amongst the hardest to heal due to irritation from clothing and lack of air.
🩷If crust forms on the jewellery it should first be soaked off with clean warm water.
🩷 A small amount of antibacterial soap should then be lathered over the piercing and left on for a few minutes.
🩷Rinse of thoroughly with clean water - preferably in the shower.
🩷For best results this should be repeated for no more than twice daily.
🩷The most common irritation for navels in clothing irritation - particularly waistbands should be kept off your piercing at all times.
🩷Try to avoid aggressive exercise and sleeping on your stomach.

Ears, Nose, Eyebrow, Outiside Lip and Cheek

Facial and ear piercings can be harder to soak. Cleaning them after a bath or shower will make the process easier.
🩷Wet a cotton bud with the salt and water solution and soak around the piercing and jewellery, making sure to remove any crust formations.
🩷When totally clean, dry the area with a fresh cotton bud.
🩷Repeat this process 1-2 times daily.

Tongue, inside lip and cheek

Oral piercings need different methods of care as they are located inside the mouth.
🩷Use an antibacterial mouthwash which is alcohol free and can be used undiluted
🩷It should be used after everything you eat, drink or smoke/vaping until the piercing has fully healed
🩷Expect some swelling - this is totally normal, and the piercing will be large enough to accommodate this
🩷Sucking on ice can help reduce swelling
🩷If you are worried about the amount of swelling or the jewellery starts embedding please call in to store to chat to your piercer
🩷For the first few days, eating might feel like a bit of a challenge. Try soft foods such a soups and yogurts before moving up to tougher foods. Try to avoid hot and spicy foods at this stage
🩷It's helpful to change out to a new toothbrush with your piercing as your old one might be harbouring bacteria.