Avoid baths, hot tubs, swimming pools, saunas, lakes, etc. for the first three weeks after being pierced as they contain bacteria which can increase the risk of infection.
Your sweat is sterile to you, so shower like you normally do and clean the piercing afterwards with saline or sterile wound wash. Do not swim in rivers, lakes, hot tubs, pools, or oceans until your piercing is healed.
Yes you can. Just make sure you rinse your ears thoroughly after the shower to make sure that no soap, shampoo, or conditioner residue remains. You should do this by gently allowing warm water to flow over the piercings.
We don't expect you to stop using hair products during your healing period, but we DO recommend protecting your new piercing from exposure to hair spray and other styling products, including shampoo and conditioner.
You don't have to wait to shower, just don't get any soap in the piercing and use your piercer-approved saline wound wash afterwards.
You should avoid swimming for at least 24 hours after having a piercing, and ideally until it has healed properly. While it's still healing, it's important to keep the piercing dry as there's a risk of infection.
Flip your hair to the opposite side of your head so you can avoid getting an excessive amount of water or any product in the wound. Make sure you stay in this position until you've completely rinsed the product out of your hair before gently patting your ear dry.
Stay out of pools, hot tubs, rivers, lakes and other bodies of water while your piercing is healing. Don't fiddle with your piercings. Don't touch a new piercing or twist the jewelry unless you're cleaning it. Keep clothing away from the piercing, too.
Don't eat spicy, salty or acidy foods or liquids while you are healing. Avoid hot drinks such as hot chocolate, coffee, and tea. Eat cold foods and drinks as they lessen swelling. Be extra careful when eating crunchy foods.
an ordinary cotton wool ball you will get approx. 10 ear plugs) dip it in a pot of Vaseline then place the cotton wool in the bowl of your ear covering the opening of your ear canal. Then put some more Vaseline on top of the cotton wool liberally with your finger.
In summary, it is best to avoid the waters immediately after your piercing at least for a few weeks.
Piercing holes heal by forming a layer of cells called epithelial cells. The epithelial cells form a tube-like layer of skin along the inside of the piercing to protect your body from the foreign object. The healing process takes at least six to eight weeks.
First things first – do not attempt to clean your piercing right away when you get home. In fact, don't touch your piercing or the area around it for the first 24 hours after you've had your piercing done. The area will still likely be painful, and you need to let the piercing settle down a bit.
Generally, a lobe piercing can be taken out to sleep after four months or when it has healed completely. However, it is best to wait a bit longer to make sure that the piercing is well healed before taking it out.
The only product you should be using to care for your new piercing is a mild soap like “Dr Bronner's Soap” or “Cetaphil”. Use no more than two times daily. Apply a small amount of soap to the palm of your hand and combine with warm water to create a lather.
It's normal to have some redness, swelling or pain for a couple of days after getting your ears pierced. But your ears should look and feel better each day. If you find that your ears do great and then suddenly start to become red, inflamed or crusty a week or two later, that's usually a sign of infection.
After showering gently dry the piercing, front and back, using a hair dryer or gently pat dry with sterile packaged gauze. There is no need to rotate/twist your jewelry . The body will heal itself, you simply keep the outside clean and dry.
Needles result in less tissue trauma, shorter healing time, and an overall more hygienic piercing procedure than piercing with a piercing gun. Needles also allow for your piercers to get a more precise piercing angle for the perfect piercing.
Sleeping on your healing piercing, especially ear piercings, can cause it to heal angled and crooked. The pressure from laying on it causes the jewelry to become tilted, and VERY irritated. This will do all of what not downsizing your piercing will do. It's the same thing.
In general, tattoos tend to hurt more than piercings because the needles used for tattoos are larger and go deeper into the skin than the needles used for piercings.
Earlobe Piercing
Earlobe piercings are the most standard, comfortable, and fastest healing type you can get.
Oral piercings, or piercings that have constant contact with your saliva, tend to heal a lot easier than most other piercings, due to the healing properties of our own saliva. Tongue piercings have the fastest healing duration of all piercings at only two weeks before you can downsize the bar.