#piercing care

[alienrat]

It’s been a while but it’s finally time for a new piercing video ₊˚✩⊹

In this one I’m talking all things Christina piercings; aftercare, pain, healing and things to look out for ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

[evanstarthebrave]

my navel piercing is trying to eat itself I can't tell if it's irritated or rejecting

[weirdlxxks]

Shower, Haircare, and Skincare

Base laboratories - piercing care

Bellanomi - african skincare brand also known for net sponges

Cee Cee's Closet - where I got my net sponge, also has jewelry, clothing, and bonnets

Jelly Wax - hair removal wax, advertised for beginners (pretty easy to use)

Kitsch - shower bars [shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, etc]

LIA Organics - hair growth supplies > the owner made an oil themself because of postpartum hair loss, friends and family wanted to try, then encouraged them (her?) to sell it online

Madani Naturals - hair care for curly hair, also has african net sponge

Molly Bubbles Soap Co - all sorts of things, most known for magnesium lotion

Moon Shine Suds - fantasy creature blood bag body wash

Nole - shower bars

Ocean Healed My Eczema - eczema lotion that works better than anything I've used

Skalli Essentials - morroccan self care brand with all sorts of things

[nicxxx5]

How do you get rid of piercing bumps?

JKHSDA bestie i wish i knew 😭

i have been struggling, and i mean STRUGGLING, to get rid of the ones on my snug that i've had since january. and now my vertical helix has one as well

i've heard many different methods to getting rid of them:

saline spray or warm salt water (i've been told in the ratio of 1 cup of water to 1/4 teaspoon of uniodized salt)

unscented hand soap (i have not been able to find a single hand soap that is unscented though)

teatree oil (but very diluted, like 2-3 drops in a shot glass worth of water)

crushed asprin (this i've never personally tried)

i recommend asking your piercer. also ask different piercers because i've asked different ones and one will tell me to do one thing and the other will say don't do that. so maybe asking multiple can help come to a consensus? i also recommend going on youtube and watching reputable piercers who make content.

if anyone else has advice feel free to share because hell i'll take it too 😭

also i'm NOT a piercer so please don't take my word as fact necessarily

[spen-still-spinning]

Getting a Piercing

I love reading about people getting their cartilage pierced, especially when it's at Claire's and with a gun. And they realize they have to clean it AFTER they get it. :/

Yesterday one of my friends got her tragus and cartilage pierced at a place that didn't tell her the material of the earring, or the length of the post, and they want her to come back in a week to change the earring to a shorter post. They also didn't tell her anything about cleaning it, like how you shouldn't clean it more than three times a day because it'll get irritated.

You can only put surgical steel or titanium in a new cartilage piercing, and gold is so fragile that in the six months it takes to heal it will break down.

And she showed me her piercings at swim practice, at the same pool people pee in, swim in with foot fungus, and the chlorine bleach itself will literally destroy your ears. It's disgusting.

Recap:

Surgical steel or titanium

No gold

Make sure your piercer knows what they're doing

Only get pierced with a needle

Tattoo/piercing shops that cost a lot of money are better than the cheap ones

Make sure they tell you the gauge and length/diameter of the jewelry

Clean at most three times a day

Don't touch your piercings

Clean with saline or a salt bath, not alcohol or hydrogen peroxide. They'll only make it worse

Leave the original earrings in for at least six months. After that, it's usually healed, and when it hurts it's because the cartilage hasn't hardened after the trauma. The piercing is technically healed, but it still hurts and pain isn't good

Don't swim. Not even in a bathtub full of soapy water. After showering, wash carefully.

Seriously, the easiest way to get an infection is to swim in nasty water. Even if it's clean, it's not clean enough

If you do get an infection, don't take the earring out. Repeat, DO NOT TAKE THE EARRING OUT. The piercing will close up around the infection, causing an abscess that will have to be surgically removed. Leave the earring in, and go to the doctor.

Rejection is a thing

The piercing will swell for about a week or so, but if it goes for too long, get it checked out

It will ooze

It will crust

You will get scabs

That's fine. If you think it's been too long, get it checked out.

I think that's it, but if I think of anything else, I'll add it. Thank you :)

[weepinqwillow]

so i’m thinkin about getting a labret piercing bc i think they’re super cute but i was wondering about people’s experiences with them? how intensive is aftercare? am i gonna be able to kiss my boyfriend? i’m not super worried about swelling or anything bc my septum piercing didn’t swell up at all but this would be my first lip piercing so i wanna know more about what i’m getting into before i commit to it

[cherrizbakery]

getting my nipples pierced got the first time this week, any advice or things i should know?

i already have my septum and my belly button pierced 🍒

[lennybella]

Just had an embedded earring removed fml