The single best thing you can do for your piercing is to keep up a regular regimen of salt water soaks. … Use pure sea salt (non-iodized) and not table salt, which contains extra chemicals that can irritate your piercing and dextrose (sugar) that can cause yeast infections.
In this regard, can I use coarse sea salt to clean my piercing?
You can dissolve coarse sea salt in sterile or distilled water and use that to clean your belly piercing, you can just buy saline, or you can use regular gentle soap (ivory, dial, dove, baby soap)and water and just clean it with a q-tip type swab thoroughly.
In this way, how do you clean a saline piercing?
On saline soaks
Fill a small cup with saline solution. The cup should be big enough to accommodate your piercing, and it should be filled with enough solution to completely submerge the jewelry. Let the piercing soak for 2 – 3 minutes. Remove the cup and gently pat the piercing dry with a clean paper towel.
What can I use to clean my piercing if I don’t have sea salt?
You
- Add 1 cup (240 mL) distilled water to a clean container. …
- Add 0.5 tsp (2.5 g) salt to the water.
