Piercing Aftercare

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This is the aftercare that our customers are provided. If anything is unclear, or you think you might be having an issue with your piercing, please stop by, in person, as it is the easiest way for us to figure out what might be going on with your piercing.

Body and Ear Piercings

Do the following:

• Always wash hands before touching or cleaning piercing.
• Keep clothing and bedding clean.
• Take showers instead of baths (or wash the tub before each bath).
• Wash piercing after using make-up, hair products, lotions, perfumes, and face cleaners.
• Rinse piercing after showers.

Avoid the following:

• Alcohol, peroxide, anti-biotic ointments, iodine, antibacterial soaps, etc.
• Pools, rivers, oceans, lakes, and hot tubs.
• Getting make-up, lotions, and perfumes on the piercing.

Sea salt spray
H2Ocean Piercing Aftercare Spray, Blairex Sterile Wound Wash Saline

Wash 4 to 6 times daily (every 3 or 4 hours). For genital piercings, only use 2 or 3 times daily.

• Wash hands for 30 seconds.
• Spray piercing with small amount of sea salt spray to moisten skin.
• Spray cotton swab with sea salt spray. Clean away crusties with cotton swab or clean fingers.
• Spray piercing with small amount of sea salt spray and allow to soak into piercing.

Sea salt soak

4 teaspoons NON-iodized sea salt to

1 gallon distilled water (¼ teaspoon salt / 1 cup water)

Wash 2 or 3 times daily.

• Wash hands for  30 seconds.
• Fill clean cup, bowl, or shot glass with WARM salt water.
• Invert cup over piercing to soak or submerge piercing for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Hard to reach area can be soaked by using clean cotton balls, gauze, or paper towels soaked in sea salt soak.
• Clean away “crusties” with clean cotton swab or fingers.
• Rinse Piercing with clean water.

Oral Piercings

Do the following:

• Take small bites and chew slowly.
• Purchase a new toothbrush.
• Hold cold water in your mouth for a minute to help with swelling or tenderness. Repeat as often as needed.
• Use ibuprofen or naproxen sodium for swelling and tenderness if needed and as directed.
• Switch to shorter jewelry when possible.

Avoid the following:

• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Open mouth kissing and oral sex.
• Chewing gum.
• Chewing tobacco.
• Using drinking straws.

Biotene Mouthwash, Tech 2000, Sea salt soak (see previous page)

• Rinse mouth with mouthwash for 30 to 60 seconds after waking up.
• Rinse mouth with mouthwash for 30 to 60 seconds after consuming food.
• Rinse mouth with mouthwash for 30 to 60 seconds after smoking.
• Rinse mouth with mouthwash for 30 to 60 seconds every ½ hour when drinking alcohol.
• Rinse mouth with mouthwash for 30 to 60 seconds before bed.

Things to remember:

• Never force jewelry through a piercing.
• Check threaded parts every day or two (righty – tighty / lefty – loosy).
• Never touch piercing with dirty hands.
• Stay out of bodies of water (showers and clean tubs are fine).
• Piercings will typically benefit from being left in longer prior to changing for the first time.
• Purchase only quality jewelry (ask your piercer what to look for).
• Pleas follow the advice of a piercer, and not your friends.
• All advice is based on experience and research, but should not be substituted for that of a doctor.
• If you have question or concerns, check with a trusted and qualified piercer.

What might happen with your healing piercing:

• “Crusties” are normal and are usually white to dark yellow in color.
• There may be some blood in the “crusties” the first couple of days.
• Some swelling
• Some discoloration.
• Some tenderness.
• Some bruising.

Buying jewelry:

In addition to the large inventory we already stock, we custom order jewelry at least once a month. Stop by the shop to check out our catalogs. We have access to thousands of pieces of jewelry. Materials including Surgical Steel, Titanium, Niobium, Gold, Platinum, Glass, Stone, Wood, Horn, Bone, and Shell are available. We also work with some companies to create one of a kind pieces to fit your needs.

Please call with any questions: 402-474-5151