Clean with a clean cotton pad or swab dipped in salt solution. You can make this solution by mixing 1 teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water. Use this around the pierced area a few times a day to remove any bacteria. Dab (don’t wipe) the piercing.
Subsequently, what can I put on a dry ear piercing?
Even if you’ve had your piercings for years and haven’t done a sea salt solution soak since the early days after getting pierced, you should start using sea salt solution again if the winter weather begins to dry out the skin around your piercings.
Hereof, should I pick the crust off my piercing?
After the first few days your body will excrete lymph as it begins to form the fistula inside your piercing. This lymph ‘crust‘ will likely collect on the jewelry or around the piercing. Do not pick at it. Piercings do tend to swell slightly — some more than others — during healing.
