Piercing Aftercare External

At Extreme Expressions your piercing is performed under aseptic
conditions with quality instruments. In order to insure infection free
results, please follow these instructions completely.

Thoroughly cleanse hands before touching jewelry or piercing.
Clean pierced area at least twice a day with an antibacterial soap.
Start by lathering up soap in your hand and applying to area around piercing and jewelry.
Rinse with clean warm water and lather soap up again, apply to jewelry and work the soap
through the piercing.
Rinse the piercing and jewelry again working the jewelry through the piercing to remove
any soap.
Do not remove the jewelry and do not handle unnecessarily or rotate the jewelry through
the piercing until cleaning.
It is essential that the jewelry be moved through the piercing when cleaning to throughly
clean the piercing.
On nostril Piercings the nostril screw should be pulled out enough to allow cleaning the
straight part of the jewelry, but leave the curved part in the piercing. On this as well as any
facial piercing it would be wise to use warm salt water or saline solution and saturating a
cotton ball let it set on the piercing for 5 or 10 minutes prior to pulling the jewelry out for
cleaning. This will soften any matter that has dried on the jewelry and cause a lot less
discomfort when cleaning.
Keep hair spray, suntan lotions, cosmetics and other preparations away from the piercing.
NEVER USE ALCOHOL, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OR PRODUCTS CONTAINING SUCH
TO CLEAN AND CARE FOR YOUR PIERCING.
Some swelling is normal for most Piercings, but should only be minimal and the same holds
true for any redness around the piercing. Any more should be brought to the attention of
your piercer and evaluated for other possible causes. Your piercer should be experienced
enough to tell if there is any other problem and what to do to correct it.
As a general rule Neosporin, Bacitracin and such should not be used on your piercing as
according to the manufacturers these ointments are not indicated for puncture type wounds
(piercing) and will cause more harm than good.
SOAKING your piercing in a warm sea salt solution at least once a day is the best thing
you can do for it, next to keeping it clean. Use water as warm as you can stand and let it
soak for 5-10 minutes. This can be accomplished by taking a small cup or shot glass and
leaning into the cup, press it against your skin tight, then lean back to submerge your
piercing.
If you have problems moving your jewelry when cleaning try applying a warm, moist
compress to the piercing before you clean it to loosen any dried matter that has formed on
the jewelry and to draw out any buildup of the discharge normally developed with a wound
or piercing.
Persistent redness or swelling could be an indication that your body is not tolerant of the
foreign object (jewelry) in it, or the material that it is made of. It could also indicate an
infection has started. For jewelry intolerance, niobium or titanium would be a good metal to
try and a new material, bioplast is promoted to actually help speed the healing of Piercings.
In any case, it would be wise to stop by for your piercer to take a look and recommend the
next step to take. If an infection develops, your piercer should recommend you leave the
jewelry in and see a physician as he is the only one legally able to prescribe antibiotics and
the antibiotics will work with the jewelry left in, as well as if you take them out. Leaving the
jewelry in will also keep the piercing open and allow it to drain.