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Is it ok to use table salt instead of sea salt for an infected ear piercing?
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∙ 15y ago
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.
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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 :)
Can you put Iodized salt on an infected piercing?
Pure salt would irritate the piercing (hence the phrase "to pour salt on a wound," meaning to make things worse); a relatively mild saline solution can be used to clean it.
What happens to and infected cartilage?
Make sure to clean anytype of cartliaga piercing 2-3 times a day amd use h2ocean or anytype of sea salt water 3-5 times and a day... With an infected piercing make sure to clean it when ur supposed DO NOT take out a piercing while it is infected... Anitbotics will help with infection along with the cleaning amd sea salt soaks... Hope this helps any:)
How do you stop a nose piercing you did yourself from getting infected no stupid comments about home piercing you think i dont already know...?
It's best to use a sterile needle to do the piercing in the first place, but to keep the piercing from getting infected, I would suggest using 'Satin Thereputic Skin Cleanser'. This is an anitmicrobial soap made specifically for cleaning piercings. You should also soak the piercing in hot water mixed with non-iodized sea salt (not epsom salt) several times per day for the initial healing time. That happened to me. It's best just to take it out let it heal then do it again with a sterile needle and sterile nose ring. Second Answer Salt and water. It will sting. It must be SEA SALT, not table salt. I cannot stress this enough. Good luck. :)
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.
Can you use salt rinse on infected lip piercing?
If by salt rinse you mean saline solution, then yes. You can use saline solution on any open wound to clean it.
Can your industrial piercing get infected if you used alcohol on time?
Don't use alcohol. It kills the healthy cells. Soak your piercing in a sea salt solution. Put a pinch of Natural Sea Salt into a shot glass of warm water. Do that 1-2 times a day to keep your piercing nice and healthy :D
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 :)
How a ripped navel piercing cure?
Take it out for the time being. take care of it with "Natrual Sea Salt" and Peroxide as so it doesn't become infected. An infected peircing is far worse than no peircing at all.
What should you say instead of sodium chloride?
Other words: table salt, edible salt, rock salt, halite etc.
How do you treat a belly button wound?
Dissolve a teaspoon of sea salt in a glass of warm water. Dab the infected area with this saline water using a cotton ball. This will help drain the puss and reduce the swelling. If this does not help, antibiotics may be needed.
