RIGHT AFTER YOU GET PIERCED
Getting your piercing done professionally is great, some challenges ahead after the procedure, for example, the cartilage piercing requires extra care to heal for at least 6 months.
WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST
ALWAYS, CLEAN HANDS BEFORE TOUCHING YOUR PIERCING
Washing your hands thoroughly with antibacterial soap ensures protection from dirt and oils transferred from your fingers to your piercing (Healing skin) and potentially cause an infection.
CLEAN AT LEAST ONCE A DAY
CLEANING SURROUNDING SKIN IS A MUST
Dip a Q-Tip in antibacterial foam. Ensure that it has enough amount to be used for the whole area. Apply gently to disinfect with rotation movement.
MOVE WHILE CLEANING
TRY MOVING THE PIERCING MINIMALLY IN AND OUT
Doing the movement carefully on the mirror every week at least once assures that your piercing is germs-free. Many factors can cause germs to collect on the piercing like thair touching it, and your phone.
BUY NORMAL SALINE
NORMAL SALINE AT ANY PHARMACY
Using Normal-Saline is the most effective method to disinfect the piercing during the healing process. It is effective because your skin soaks the mixture and disinfects the hole from the inside, which is not possible with topical agents.
NORMAL SALINE COTTON SOAKS
YOU MUST DO THIS STEP TO AVOID INFECTION
Take a piece of cotton saturated in Normal-Saline and place it on the piercing directly to cover the back and front of both sides. Hold it for 10-15 minutes. This step is essentially going to be done:
- every day for the first week.
- 3 days a week for the second week.
- once a week for the third and fourth weeks.
DON'T CHANGE THE JEWELRY
FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS
Keep the initial medical piercing because you would want the healing process to be healthy during the first six months. We only use the best medical biocompatible jewelry, which is not cheap. That assures a safe, healthy piercing.
DON'T TOUCH IT
OUR HANDS ARE NEVER BACTERIA FREE
The worst habit is touching your piercing; it is there and not going anywhere. Touching will trap the bacteria inside the piercing, causing infections. Unfortunately, the symptoms will only show once it is too late. If you want to feel it, just wash your hands thoroughly before or wear clean, packed gloves.
DO NOT APPLY OINTMENT
IMPROVISING IS NOT THE RIGHT MOVE
Many people logically think that applying ointment will prevent the bacteria from forming or speed up the healing process. This thought is FALSE; the cortisone will speed up the recovery that builds excessive skin cells around the piercing; secondly, the ointment is oil based with ingredients that will lose activity. That will make the ointment act like a petroleum gel trapping the bacteria that cause infection.
BEWARE OF CLOTHES
MIGHT GET STUCK WITH FABRIC
Be very careful wearing clothes, and make sure that if you wear anything near the piercing, it must be clean. Hair and fabric strangled to the jewelry are tricky, as they carry dust and airborne bacteria that will collect on the piercing and cause infections.
AVOID CHEMICAL SHAMPOOS
CHEMICALS ARE HARMFUL TO THE SKIN
Alien chemicals touching the piercing will disrupt the healing process; try using mild antibacterial soaps that will be gentle on the skin.
DO NOT SLEEP ON IT
THE HEALING SKIN WILL BE DEFORMED
You can accidentally bump or touch the piercing while sleeping is common. However, sleeping continuously on it will shift the original placement; it's a must to watch out for your new piercing at the beginning of the healing phase. Firm contact may harm the inner tunnel of your piercing healing hole and cause irritation.
HOW TO KNOW??
REDNESS SWELLING PUSS OR KELOID BUMP
Signs of infection during healing, minor pain, irritation, or swelling, in the beginning are common. A small amount of crust formation or simple discharge is also typical. Only if you:
- Feel continuos pain
- Notice redness around it
- The piercing has shifted from its place
- Yellowish discharge
directly contact us for a check-up.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
GETTING CAUGHT IN CLOTHES
Accidents are inevitable; in the case of an accidental hit or tear and you feel discomfort or pain, apply a cold towel compress to ease the swelling and calm the pain. Contact us directly and meanwhile, use Normal-Saline Cotton soaks:
- every day for the first week
- 3 days a week for the second week
- once a week for the third and fourth weeks
HEALING THE INFECTION
ONLY AFTER YOU MAKE SURE IT IS INFECTED
After visiting us for a check-up, you must maintain a hygienic protocol for cleaning. Antibacterial foam and using Normal-Saline cotton soaks as if it is a new piercing again; in some rare infection cases, we will perscribe an ointment for your to use accordingly. Do not improvise. Do not use any healing agent before our consultation first.
WEAR ONLY BIOCOMPATIBLE MEDICAL
YOU MIGHT HAVE ALLERGY TO ACCESSORIES
Only use medical grade piercings; we only sell biocompatible material to be used for the after jewelry, this will guarantee the consistency of the products, and we ship worldwide.
NOT ALL DOCTORS ARE RIGHT
CERTIFIED PIERCERS KNOW MORE
We have made sure that we cover everything regarding the belly topic as some doctors improvise and try to do things which might be very harmful to the piercing causing more complication. we keep it as simple as possible just maintain hygienic protocol and if you feel any discomfort the sea salt soaks will do fix the issue.
As for keloid formers, it is risky to do a piercing and if this happened to remove the jewelry immediately.