To care for a fresh piercing, wash with soap and water or saline solution—not rubbing alcohol—twice a day. “I find alcohol dries the piercing out,” Smith explains, “If it gets too dry, it cracks and bleeds, causing the wound to remain open. I prefer oil-based soaps for this reason.
Keeping this in consideration, can I clean my piercing once a day?
The soap cleaning should be done once per day and salt soaks one to two times per day. As important as it is to clean piercings, you don’t want to overdo it. Cleaning your piercing means touching your piercing, and too much touching will irritate it. … Ask your piercer for a recommendation.
Correspondingly, do you have to clean piercings after they heal? If your piercing is still healing you should never ever remove jewelry. But even once healed, you don’t need to remove your jewelry to clean the area. You can simple clean around and under the jewelry while it is still in. This is often the case with healing piercings, but especially healed piercings.
In this way, does drinking water help heal piercings?
Eating healthy, drinking plenty of water, and keeping a positive attitude will help the healing process. Get some rest and take it easy.
