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A body piercing can look wonderful and provide you with an individual look. However, all body piercings run the risk of infection. It is important to follow some simple rules to avoid infection following a piercing. Aftercare is vital to ensuring a successful piercing.
-Step 1: Healing time
Be sure to know your healing time. Different piercings take different amounts of time to heal. It will depend on where in your body you are pierced, your own personal healing and how you care for it. Ask your piercer how long it should take. Tongues, eyebrows and ears only take a few weeks, and nipples, genitals and navel may take months.
-Step 2: Cleaning
After the piercing, it is important to clean at least once a week, more if possible. Some piercing studios recommend using rubbing alcohol, but professionals report that more problems occur when using alcohol. Instead use salted water or antibacterial soap or gel. This will work the same, without the usual problems associated with rubbing alcohol.
-Step 3: Rotate
Spin or rotate your piercing to ensure it does not heal over the jewelry.
-Step 4: Do not remove
Do not remove the jewelry until the healing time has elapsed. If you do remove it, only remove for a small length of time.
-Step 5: Use good jewelry.
Use gold, silver or platinum jewelry. This is easier to keep clean and causes less reaction than cheap jewelry, which can cause infections and Allergies.
If you take care of your piercing, it should heal correctly and provide you with many years of happiness. If, however, it starts to show signs of infection, see a medical professional immediately.
What else can I help you with?
How do you prevent infections from a nose ring?
The majority of piercing related infections are caused by dirty hands and general uncleanliness. The besy way to prevent infections is to leave the piercing alone and avoid touching or rubbing it.
What are the short terms health risks with piercing?
infections
How long should you wait to go in the ocean with a new bellybutton piercing or tattoo?
Well for a piercing you want to avoid the ocean for at least a week (seven days) then be sure to wash the piercing once you are done to avoid infections. Best bet is to say out all together and wait till the piercing is at least a month or more old. As for the tattoo you would be wise to avoid soaking any tattoo for at least 4 weeks, my counterparts in the tattoo section would give you more detailed information on aftercare for your tattoo.
What are the dangers if any of an Industrial piercing?
The same as any other ear piercing I suppose - infections mainly.
What is the worst long term effect to body piercing?
scars and infections
Are there any other dangers when piercing your septum obviously not looking at infections?
Yes, the other dangers is penetrate the cartilage when piercing your septum.
How to Care for Permenantyl Permanently an Ear Piercing?
Caring for a permanent ear piercing is essential to maintain healthy hearing and prevent infections — and supplements like Audizen can help support your ear health from within. Here’s how to care for your ear piercing properly: Keep it clean: Gently clean the pierced area twice a day with saline solution or mild antiseptic to avoid bacterial buildup. Avoid touching: Do not twist or touch the jewelry with unwashed hands.
What condition does body piercing cause?
Body Piercing do not cause any "condition" in a medical sense. The adornment of the body by piercing doesn't cause any adverse reaction or event in the body. Failure to look after a new piercing can lead to infections, and reactions when the piercing is incorrectly looked after.
Your belly button is infected on the inside what can you use to get rid of infection?
Well you need to wash the piercing daily, this is what has caused your infection in the first place. Poor aftercare will lead to infections with any piercing. All piercings even healed piercings need to be washed daily when showering to ensure good piercing health. Diluted unscented liquid antibacterial soap lathered up and applied to the piercing and worked into the piercing by moving the jewellery, follow this by rinsing the piercing under warm running water (in the shower) daily will resolve 90% of piercing related infections.
What are the precautions of eyebrow piercing?
If you do, get an eyebrow piercing, you're vulnerable, to infections. Also, for the first few hours your eyebrow may puff out a bit .. But its all normal :-D
Ways of keeping your smiley piercing from getting infected?
Repeat infections and generally not infections, I would lean toward there being an issue with the jewellery used in the piercing. If you are following a daily aftercare routine then you should have no issues with your piercing, so it only leave the jewellery as a possible cause for the problems. Go have a chat with your professional body piercer and see what he/she comes up with.
Can you get blisters around your nose piercing?
YES! And not only blisters but also infections, sometimes nasty ones
