Piercing Aftercare

Body Piercing Healing Instructions:

Always wash your hands thoroughly using anti-bacterial, anti-microbial soap (such as Provon or Unscented Gold Dial) prior to cleaning or touching your piercing.
Using a fresh lather of your anti-bacterial soap, clean jewelry and piercing thoroughly no less than Twice a day. If there are “crusties” around the entrance or exit holes of your piercing, use a warm compress to loosen them (do not pick them off dry, as this can irritate healing tissue)
Rinse completely to remove all traces of soap from the piercing.
Dry by gently patting with a clean paper towel (cloth towels can harbor bacteria and snag on jewelry)

For the exterior of the mouth follow the body piercing instructions
Rinse mouth Four to Five times daily with anti-septic mouthwash for Thirty to Sixty seconds. rinse after meals, after smoking, before and after bedtime.

For the first Three to Five days: significant swelling, light bleeding, bruising, and/or tenderness, light secretion of a whitish/yellow fluid (not puss).
A piercing may seem healed before healing is complete. This is because piercings heal from the outside in, and although it feels healed the tissue remains fragile on the inside.
Be patient and keep cleaning throughout the entire healing period.

Do not play with the jewelry during healing process.
Avoid using any cleaning products other than anti-bacterial/ anti-microbial soaps or a saline solution (A quarter teaspoon of sea salt per Eight ounces of distilled warm water).
Avoid applying any ointments or beauty/ personal care products around the piercing. Avoid submerging the piercing in unhygienic bodies of water (pools, hot tubs, lakes, etc).