clean your piercing Thoroughly:

Once daily, rinse your piercing with fresh, warm water in the shower. This should loosen any hard, crusty matter that forms on the jewelry. After your shower, do a saline cleaning by doing the following process

1 -wash your hands THOROUGHLY

2 – spray your piercing, front, and back with wound wash saline solution, available for purchase.

You can also use an anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen to help with swelling for the first few days.

2-3 times daily, wash your hands THOROUGHLY and spray your piercing, front, and back with wound wash saline solution, available for purchase.

Tips and Tricks

Clean bedding can help prevent complications from new piercings. Travel pillows can help you avoid sleeping directly on your ear while healing from an ear piercing.

The Importance of Downsizing

Most piercings are started with jewelry that is a little longer or larger in diameter to accommodate both cleaning and swelling. Once the initial swelling has subsided, please visit us for a follow-up consultation. We typically recommend that you visit 4 to 6 weeks after your piercing.

What to Avoid

Avoid touching your piercing. Contamination of the piercing site from touching with unwashed hands can result in infection! Do not remove your jewelry during the healing process, unless instructed to do so by a medical professional. Even healed piercings will shrink when jewelry is removed, potentially resulting in loss of the piercing. Prevent makeup, health and beauty products, suntan lotion, and other cosmetics from touching the piercing site or jewelry.

Harsh chemicals, and some “natural” aftercare products like tea tree oil, are not RECOMMENDED. We only recommend sterile Wound Wash Saline, containing two ingredients: water and 0.9% sodium chloride. It is important to avoid swimming while healing a new piercing. Swimming can result in infected or irritated piercings. Do not rotate, twist, or turn jewelry while healing. This damages your piercing channel.

Problems? Questions? Most problems are NOT an infection. Please do not hesitate to contact us for free consultations whenever you have any concerns about your piercing. Please don’t remove your jewelry during the healing process, unless advised by a medical professional.