Handling your piercing at the beginning is the same as taking care of a little wound. It’s important to take good care of you piercing, especially when the fistula hasn’t formed yet. Don’t wear tight or filthy clothing on your new piercing.
Your hands should be disinfected before touching the piercing, after all, hands carry a lot of bacteria.
Don’ts
* Don’t take the jewelry out in the healing period. The wound will heal better and won’t close as fast when you remove the jewelry for a short while.
* Don’t apply any ointments on the piercing. It’s best to keep the piercing as dry as possible. Ointments keep the oxygen out and will slow down the healing.
* Avoid make-up, shaving cream, strong soap or perfumed stuff around your piercing.
* Don’t hang charms from your jewelry until the wound is fully healed.
* Avoid sleeping on the piercing while healing.
* Don’t over clean. Cleaning the piercing wound more than twice a day is not advisable, it will slow down the healing.
* Don’t use band-aids on your piercing. There will not be...