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How to take care of your new piercing without disrupting your whole life.
By: Wes Wood
First: always wash your hands or wear rubber gloves before touching.
(Latex, or Nitrile if you have a latex allergy.)
Important: it may hurt, but start regularly moving (pushing/pulling, rotating) your
jewelry to prevent it sticking inside. Use a dash of your currently tolerated body
lotion if you have trouble moving it.
Cover it with a jumbo band-aid to avoid accidents (especially nipples) as they will
hurt a lot when knocked.
Another thing: Do not wear anything tight over piercings.
Piercings near hair: move the bar just a bit (1/4”) so that hairs do not wrap
around the bar.
AFTERCARE: most Piercings need 2 things:
1. A non-harsh soap currently tolerated
2. Saline spray (or) a pinch of sea salt in drinkable water.
(3). Mouth Rinse if oral: after eating anything (non-antibacterial, non-alcohol
because that disrupts your mouth bacteria.)
Clean your new piercing 2 times per day, extra moisturizer if dry.
A pinch helps keep the surrounding skin moist.
ALWAYS wash your hands or use gloves before touching.
Cleaning when not in the shower:
Use a Q-tip with liquid soap remove any “dry” matter with warm water.
Cleaning in the shower: using liquid soap, clean the bar and any ornament and
surrounding area. Move the jewelry back and forth. Rinse away all soap. A little
moisturizer on the skin.
Oral Piercing Aftercare
For the next 4 weeks. Anytime you eat, drink, kiss, smoke…anytime you put
anything in your mouth, rinse. On the external side of a Labret, Monroe, Nose
treat as a regular piercing.
Do Not: Take your jewelry out to clean it.
Do Not: Swim in chlorinated water.
After three or four days if your piercing is Very Red, liquid is coming out or hurts
a lot consult your Health Care Provider Immediately.
If you have any questions regarding your piercing please call us or come by any
time Tuesday thru Sunday, 11am-6pm,
Tats On Canal, 264 Canal St, 2nd Floor, NY NY 10013 Tel: (646) 484-5559
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