PIERCING AFTERCARE IS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE AND YOUR NUMBER 1 RULE IS DO NOT TOUCH/PLAY WITH YOUR PIERCING! GREAT NOW THAT WE’VE GOTTEN THAT OUT OF THE WAY LETS TALKING CLEANING IT. WHEN IT COMES TO CLEANING YOUR PIERCING LESS IS MORE. WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO USE ANTIBACTERIAL SOAPS, DIAL, OR OTHER HARSH SOAPS. ALL YOU’LL NEED IS STERILE SALINE! WHEN YOU GET PIERCED HERE AT HPC WE PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR OWN STERILE SALINE THAT’S EITHER TRAVEL SIZE  OR OUR LARGER VERSION. IF YOU RUN OUT OR ARE UNABLE TO COME IN FOR MORE AFTERCARE YOU CAN USUALLY FIND STERILE SALINE AT YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY, LOCATED IN THE FIRST AID ASILE. BE SURE TO GET A STERILE SALINE WOULD WASH AND DO NOT GET EYE CONTACT SOLUTION SALINE, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!

WHEN CLEANING ITS USUALLY EASIET TO TAKE YOUR SALINE SPRAY IN THE SHOWER WITH YOU. TOWARDS THE END OF YOUR SHOWER YOU WILL WANT TO SPRAY EACH SIDE OF YOUR PIERCING(S) AND LET THE WATER WASH OFF ALL THE SALINE AND DEBRIS. IF YOU EVER CLEAN YOUR PIERCING OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWER PLEASE BE SURE TO WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST. THOSE “CRUSTIES” ARE TOTALLY NORMAL AND USUALLY AFTER A NICE HOT SHOWER THEY SOFTEN UP AND CAN USUALLY BE SPRAYED AWAY. IF AFTER YOUR SHOWER YOU NOTICE THE CRUSTIES ARE STUBBORN & STILL ON THERE TAKE A CLEAN SINGLE USE Q-TIP SPRAY IT WITH THE SALINE AND VERY GENTLY WIPE THEM OFF. DO NOT SCRUB AT YOUR PIERCING AND MAKE SURE NO FIBERS FROM THE Q-TIP ARE LEFT BEHIND.

NEVER TWIST, PULL ON, OR REMOVE YOUR JEWELRY TO CLEAN BY DOING THIS YOU ARE JUST CAUSING IRRITATION AND PROLONGING HEALING. BACK IN THE DAY YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BEING TOLD TO TWIST YOUR JEWELRY BUT THROUGH THE YEARS OF IMPROVING BODY JEWELRY AND EDUCATION WE KNOW THIS ONLY HINDERS HEALING IT DOES NOT HELP. NEVER PUT THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR PIERCING, ALCOHOL, PEROXIDE, A&D, BACITRACIN, CHAMOMILE TEA, TEA TRE OIL, SALT, ETC… THESE WILL ONLY IRRITATE YOUR PIERCING!

ORAL PIERCINGS LIKE TONGUE AND WEB PIERCINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE A LOT EASIER AND QUICKER OF A HEAL BUT THESE STILL REQUIRE AFTERCARE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PIERCING. IN THE CASE OF PIERCINGS THAT START EXTERNAL TO INTERNALLY INTO THE MOUTH (LIKE PHILTRUM, LABRET, LIP PIERCINGS) YOU MUST PRACTICE BOTH BODY PIERCING AND ORAL PIERCING AFTERCARE. WHEN CARING FOR AN ORAL PIERCING YOU DON’T NEED TO OVER RINSE YOUR MOUTH, 2-3 TIMES A DAY WITH AN ALCOHOL FREE MOUTHWASH IS JUST FINE. IF YOU SMOKE AND FIND THE NEED TO RINSE YOUR MOUTH AFTER SMOKING RINSING WITH BOTTLED WATER WILL WORK. KEEP IN MIND CUTTING DOWN YOUR SMOKING IS SUGGESTED WHILE TRYING TO HEAL AN ORAL PIERCING. WHEN EATING BE MINDFUL OF GREASY AND SPICY FOODS THESE CAN REALLY AGITATE YOUR HEALING PIERCING. 

WHEN CARING FOR GENITAL PIERCINGS RATHER PENIAL OR VUVLA PIERCINGS WHAT WE MOST WANT TO REMEMBER IS GOOD HYGIENE GOES A LONG WAY & TO REFRAIN FROM HAVING ANOTHER PERSONS BODY FLUIDS MAKE CONTACT WITH HEALING GENITAL PIERCINGS. CARING FOR A PENIAL PIERCING REQUIRES THAT SAME AFTERCARE AS YOU WOULD WITH ANY BODY PIERCING. WHEN IT COMES TO VUVLA PIERCINGS PRACTICING GOOD HYGIENE IS BEST WE WANT TO BE SURE TO NOT UPSET YOUR PH BALANCE. DISRUPTING YOUR NORMAL PH BALANCE CAN CAUSE BACTERIA GROWTH & FOR THAT REASON WE DON’T WANT YOU TO USE SALINE OR ANY SOAKS. DURING HEALING YOU MUST REFRAIN FROM SEXUAL ACTIVITY, BOTH PHYSICAL AND ORAL. THIS APPLIES EVEN IF YOU ARE IN A MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP. OTHER PEOPLES FLUIDS & BACTERIA DO NOT PLAY WELL WITH HEALING PIERCINGS.  

BE SURE YOUR CLOTHES ARE CLEAN! YOUR CLOTHES CAN ACCUMULATE BACTERIA AND WE WANT TO BE SURE WE’RE WEARING CLEAN CLOTHES OVER OUR PIERCING. 

KEEP YOUR BEDDING CLEAN! JUST LIKE CLOTHES YOUR BEDDING CAN ACCUMULATE BACTERIA AS WELL SO BE SURE WASH WEEKLY. IF YOU HAVE AND ANIMALS KEEP THEM OFF THE BED WHILE YOU’RE HEALING. THEIR HAIR AND DANDER CAN CAUSE A LOT OF IRRITATION TO YOUR PIERCING.

STAY HEALTHY! TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF GOES A LONG WAY! EATING RIGHT, WORKING OUT, AND TAKING VITAMINS CAN HELP YOUR HEALING STAY ON TRACK!

IF PREFERRED YOU CAN ALSO MAKE YOUR OWN SEA SALT SOAK SOLUTION USING NON-IODIZED SEA SALT SOAK AND DISTILLED WATER. TAKING A 1/4 TEASPOON OF SEA SALT AND DISSOLVING IT INTO 8 OZ OF WARM DISTILLED WATER, FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE YOU CAN ALSO MIX LARGE QUANTITIES USING 4 TEASPOONS OF SEA SALT TO EVERY SINGLE GALLON OF DISTILLED WATER. IF LARGE QUANTITIES ARE USED PLEASE REFRIGERATE THE UNUSED SOLUTION. THE IMPORTANCE OF DISTILLED WATER IS DUE TO PURITY OF CHEMICALS INTRODUCED INTO COMMON DRINKING WATER. WATER USED FOR SOAKING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISTILLED WILL DISRUPT YOUR HEALING PERIOD. YOU MUST ALSO MEASURE THE PROPORTION OF SALT TO WATER IN EXACT MEASUREMENTS, DO NOT GUESS!

EAR PIERCINGS:

EAR LOBES: 8 – 12 WEEKS

HELIX/UPPER CARTILAGE: 6 – 12 MONTHS

CONCH: 6 – 12 MONTHS

TRAGUS/ANTI TRAGUS: 6 – 12 MONTHS

DAITH/ROOK/SNUG/INDUSTRIAL: 8 – 12 MONTHS

FACIAL PIERCINGS:

SEPTUM: 6 – 10 WEEKS

EYEBROW: 8 – 12 WEEKS

BRIDGE: 6 – 12 MONTHS

NOSTRIL: 6 – 12 MONTHS

ORAL PIERCINGS:

SMILEY (LIP FRENULUM): 4 WEEKS

TONGUE/WEB: 4 – 8 WEEKS

LIP/LABRET: 6 – 10 WEEKS

PHILTRUM/UPPER LIP (MONROE): 8 – 10 WEEKS

CHEEKS: 6 – 12 MONTHS

TORSO PIERCINGS:

NAVEL: 6 – 12 MONTHS

NIPPLE: 6 – 12 MONTHSS

SURFACE PIERCINGS:

SURFACE BAR: 4 – 8 MONTHS

SURFACE ANCHOR : 2 – 4 MONTHS

GENITAL PIERCINGS:

PRINCE ALBRET: 6 – 8 WEEKS

FRENUM: 8 – 12 WEEKS

SCROTUM: 10 – 12 WEEKS

GUICHE: 10 – 12 WEEKS

REVERSE P.A.: 6 – 8 MONTHS

AMPALLANG: 8 – 10 MONTHS

APADRAVYA: 8 – 10 MONTHS

CHRISTINA: 6 – 8 MONTHS

OUTER LABIA: 3 – 6 MONTHS

TRIANGLE: 8 – 10 WEEKS

CLITORAL HOOD: 4 WEEKS

INNER LABIA: 4 WEEKS