Body Piercing Care Tips & Hints
Proper body piercing care is crucial during and after the healing period. It is important to properly clean your body jewelry as well as the piercing itself, take steps to ensure a new piercing is protected from irritation, infection and potential injury, and to make informed choices about the type of body jewelry you wear.
How you care for your body piercing will of course depend on the type of piercing
you have. The following are piercing care tips that will help you properly care
for your specific piercing type, and make the right body jewelry choices.
General Body Piercing Jewelry Care
- Do not remove your body jewelry during the healing process.
- If you are having an issue with the jewelry, for example if you find the material irritating, or the size too big, have it changed by a piercing professional (at least until it is properly healed). Remember, there are non-metal alternatives that many people find more comfortable for healing such as Bioplast Body Jewelry.
- If you change your mind during healing and don’t want the piercing anymore, do not try to remove it yourself. Have it removed by a piercing professional.
- If your bdoy jewelry has threaded ends (such as balls that screw on), check
regularly to ensure they’re properly tightened. Remember to always wash
hands well before touching your body piercing.
- Keep an extra (clean) ball with you in case you lose one.
- After healing, you should be able to change the body jewelry on your own quite
easily, but remember to always keep jewelry in as even a well-healed piercing
can start to shrink.
