Do not over-clean your piercing. … Salt water and/or saline solutions should be used to irrigate your piercing, but it is the action of flushing out the wound that helps healing, not the saline itself. Likewise, soap should just be treated like soap; lather around your piercing and then rinse thoroughly.
Thereof, is salt water bad for new piercings?
Unfortunately, no. The truth of the matter is, while the ocean can have certain therapeutic, healing effects, it’s not technically an advisable outing for new piercings. They are, after all, technically open wounds, and beaches often host more bacteria than we like to think.
Keeping this in consideration, can I clean my piercing with just water?
To make sure the healing process goes as smoothly as possible, wash your hands before you touch your piercing or jewelry. Don’t soak your piercing in any water (other than saline solution) until it’s fully healed.
Can I use contact saline solution to clean my piercing?
Contact lens saline solution doesn’t suit your piercing as it has many other ingredients for cleaning and keeping the lens safe from any damage. It’s not for clean piercing, use saline or saltwater for cleaning your piercing.
Should I clean my piercing the day I get it?
A common misconception is that “spinning” or “rotating” your jewelry in your piercing will help it heal. … This will ultimately delay the process of healing. You should only be concerned with gently cleaning the “crust” away from the outside of a piercing. A gentle cleaning once (no more than twice) a day will suffice.
Can I make my own sea salt spray for piercings?
Stir 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt into 1 cup of warm, sterile water until it’s fully dissolved. … You can apply your homemade sea salt solution the same way you would when using store-bought piercing aftercare spray to do full soaks.
How do you make homemade saline solution for piercings?
Here’s how to prepare a sea salt solution for cleaning or soaking your piercing:
- Pour 1 cup of warm water into a cup or bowl. …
- Add 1/8 to 1/4 of a teaspoon of the sea salt, and allow it to dissolve. …
- Dip squares of clean gauze or dressing into the sea salt solution and allow them to saturate.
- Apply them to your piercing.
What to use to clean new piercings?
First, use the saline solution your piercer gave you, every day, twice a day. Apply it to the front and back of the piercing with a clean cotton ball, and then twist the earring a couple times while it is wet. If that doesn’t seem to do the trick, jewelers suggest trying bactine or rubbing alcohol.
