If you have piercings than this is important information. If you have more than your earlobes pierced than keep reading, because this how to clean your piercings correctly. Most people have gotten pierced at a tattoo shop, so they were given instructions how to clean them. I will be telling you the most basic and safe way to clean your piercings, which can work for all piercings. I will give you a list of materials, and a step by step, I will use my Septum piercing as an example.
The first step in cleaning your piercing(s) is to wash your hands thoroughly, then wipe it with a clean damped rag. This will get any lint or other things off of your piercing(s). After you’ve done that, you will need sea salt, water, and a cup, I prefer to use a tea cup (easy to hold) or depending on the type of piercing you have, you might want to get a gauze or something similar. One thing to remember when making this solution, do not keep extra solution for later, it will grow bacteria; bacteria brings infections and irritation. Once you’ve gotten all of your materials and remembering the number one rule, its time to mix them.
The second step in cleaning your piercing(s) is to mix your materials. First, you will dissolve 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized sea salt into one cup of distilled or bottled water. Make sure your measurements are precise, too much sea salt can cause dryness and irritation. After you have made the solution you will then microwave your solution for 30-60 seconds, until it is warm; Not scalding hot. Once you have warmed up the solution, depending on where your piercing is located, you may soak a piece of sterile, non-woven gauze, or clean (soft) paper towel in the sea salt solution until it is saturated. Normally when I clean my septum, I would use a tea cup with the solution in it. I feel like that is more realistic for someone who has this piercing. I would normally put the cup up to my nose, and tilt it a little; the solution would then get on piercing and I would hold it there for ten minutes.
After you have saturated the gauze or clean paper towel, you will then hold the soaked dressing on either side of your piercing, applying gentle pressure, for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, discard of the dressing, grab another, and repeat step 4 for a additional 5 minutes; totaling of 10 minutes of soaking. Once you have soaked your piercing for a total of 10 minutes, thoroughly rinse your piercing with clean water, and pat it dry with a clean paper towel. Not rinsing or drying it may cause dryness, itchiness, and irritation. If you do this incorrectly it is a chance of dryness, itchiness, and irritation can happen, or something even worse, your piercing can get infected from improper cleaning.
Following these steps, you will properly clean your piercing(s). If this method does not work for you, there are other ways to clean your piercing(s), but make sure when looking for a new method you go to a professional for advice. I am currently using this method, and I use it for all of my piercings. This method is a cheap and reasonable method for everyone, it is cheap because you are using common house hold items. Some tattoo shops have their own solution, but it is basically the same thing as this method told you about today.
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