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Do you have to use sea salt to clean your piercing?
Yes. Natural sea salt. Table salt can have things added to it and that can be bad for the piercing. Its just the safest bet :)
Is it ok to use table salt instead of sea salt for an infected ear piercing?
No, you shouldn't be using salt on the piercing at all if it is infected. Wash the piercing using lathered soap, work the soap into the piercing and then irrigate the piercing with running water while rotating or shuffling the jewellery to rinse the soap and infected dishcharge from the piercing.
How do you clean navel pircing?
With sea salt, not table salt, and provon. The sea salt you put in a cup and put it on your belly and let your ring soak for 5-10 minutes.
What are some at home navel piercing cleaners?
Do you have any spray used for pierced ears? Otherwise lukewarm salt water. You can also use alcohol wipes.
When cleaning a piercing does using uniondized salt hurt?
If you were to clean your piercing with salt by itself, it would certainly hurt! What people actually clean their piercing with is saline solution- a mix of sea salt and water. (A good ratio to use is 1 table spoon of salt per cup of water.) The saline solution itself should not hurt your piercing. However, sometime cleaning a piercing will irritate it. This may hurt, but the salt is not responsible.
Will it hurt to put Epsom salt on a nose piercing?
You don't want to put Epsom Salt OR table salt on ANY piercing. They contain sugar and will cause infection. The ONLY thing to put on a fresh piercing is SEA SALT. Using 1/4tsp of sea salt with 8oz. of warm water, and soak the piercing for about 10 minutes twice a day. It is the best thing to help heal your piercing. When you are in the shower, use Dial soap to clean it also. But sea salt soaks are amazing for helping heal a piercing.
How long should you clean a navel piercing for?
Cleaning a Navel PiercingThey usually say at least twice a day for a month. wash it really well with soap and water (preferably 'green soap' or surgical soap, but any colorless dial type soap should be fine) than once a day if you feel like it, fill a shot glass with warm water and some sea salt DO NOT use every day table salt (it will infect it), hold the shot glass upside down over the piercing for 15 minutes. this draws dirt and bacteria out of the piercing. keep washing it twice a day for at-least 4 to 12 months.
Why do you have a white dry ring around your navel piercing?
It's the process if healing. If you clean with sea salt (which you're suppose to) it's just drying it out. Nothing to worry about.
Can you use salt to clean your cartilage piercing?
Not just regular table salt. You need to use natural sea salt. Otherwise it could have stuff added to it that's not ideal for piercings :)
Will leaving salt in a band aid on your navel piercing do more damage than good?
I'd say yes. Water attracts bacteria and if you put the band-aid on tight enough, it'll stay soggy/moist, trapping bacteria directly onto the piercing. Just clean the piercing with sea salt and water and let it dry. Then you can wear a dry bandaid to reduce friction and snagging,
Can you clean your navel piercing with regular salt from your kitchen and warm water?
Yes. Using salt water is a great way to clean surface piercings and is all natural. It's also great for cleaning other wounds, infections, etc.
How do you keep a navel piercing clean?
Soak it in a mixture of natural sea salt and warm water. Put a pinch of natural sea salt into a shot glass of warm water. Push the shot glass onto your stomach to create a suction. Do it for about 5 mins no more than twice a day. If the salt is too drying, try using less and if that doesn't help then just use warm water. NEVER USE ALCOHOL ON A PIERCING.
