Traveling poses additional challenges to your aftercare simply because travel complicates any daily routine. Keep your piercing clean, say no to activities that might harm it, and you and your piercing should be just fine.
Similarly one may ask, how do you sleep with a new piercing?
To decrease this risk, ask your piercer to use flat studs, as opposed to those with jewels and other jagged edges. New piercings can also be difficult to sleep in, especially for side sleepers. While your piercing heals, you can help minimize discomfort by sleeping on your back instead of your side.
Don’t touch a new piercing or twist the jewelry unless you’re cleaning it. Keep clothing away from the piercing, too. Excessive rubbing or friction can irritate your skin and delay healing.
Also, can I take my new piercing out for a few hours?
“If you have a brand new piercing, your hole can close in a few hours,” Studs co-founder and CMO, Lisa Bubbers, told TODAY Style. … You also should avoid going any longer than 24 hours without wearing earrings for the first six months of a new piercing to prevent the hole from closing.
Do planes affect piercings?
If by fly you mean in an airplane, there are no risks associated with flying with new piercings. The change in air pressure would have no effect. The inside of a plane can be a hotbed of diseases though, so give your piercings a good, careful clean afterwards when you can.
Do piercings go off in airport security?
Yes, piercings can set off airport scanners and metal detectors, but it’s not a given. The more metal you have on your body, the greater the chance you’ll set off the alarms. To prevent this from happening, remove the piercings before going through security, if possible.
How long will ears be sore after piercing?
It’s normal to have some redness, swelling or pain for a couple of days after getting your ears pierced. But your ears should look and feel better each day. If you find that your ears do great and then suddenly start to become red, inflamed or crusty a week or two later, that’s usually a sign of infection.
How can I avoid sleeping with a piercing?
If you have a new ear piercing, a thinner travel pillow works great to keep pressure off while you’re sleeping. If you don’t have a travel pillow you can roll a clean cotton T-shirt or sheet up and place it around the ear so that when you lay on your side, there’s no direct pressure on your ear.
Can you shower with a new piercing?
When taking a shower with a new cartilage piercing, you will do it as you always have done. Only this time you will remove any potential pain hazards around your piercing first before jumping into the shower. These hazards are such like your hair and any chemical products like a harsh anti-bacterial soap.
