FACIAL, BODY, & EAR PIERCING AFTERCARE
Congratulations on getting your new piercing, we hope you enjoy it for years!
Taking care of your new piercing is one of the most important things you can do to ensure a smooth healing process without irritation or infection. If you are currently having issues with your piercing, consistently keeping up with proper aftercare can help eliminate any irritation you have. For any questions or concerns regarding your piercing, please contact Piercology.
We recommend the following aftercare once daily, on opposite ends of the schedule to care for your piercing.
Depending on the location of your piercing, you may either perform a soak, or a gentle compress with sterile saline opposite to the cleansing once a day in the shower:
Once Daily (morning or night):
1. At the end of your shower regimen, work a small amount of PurSan Body Art Cleanser into a lather and gently wash around the outside of the piercing (don’t get the soap into the piercing itself).
2. Rinse your piercing thoroughly under warm running water for 1 full minute.
This helps bring blood flow to the area, remove crusties, and soap residue.
3. Gently brush away any crusty material with either non-woven gauze or a clean paper towel, and pat the area dry. – for hard to reach areas, such as the inside of your ear, use a hair dryer on a warm/cool setting.
*Do not use any soaps that contain anti-bacterial properties, (Dove, Dial) or use chlorhexidine (Hibiclens), or tri-closan as an active ingredient.*
PurSan was designed specifically for piercings and body art, and is the best aftercare cleanser we can recommend. If you have run out, please purchase more here, and we will ship it directly to you!
Once Daily (Opposite to PurSan) Morning or Night:
Option 1: Sterile Saline Soaks
(appropriate for nipples, navels, lobes, cartilage, industrials, and more)
1. Mix 1 full container of H2Ocean Concentrate into 1 gallon of purified or distilled (not tap) water, and mix thoroughly.2. Portion solution into a small, clean vessel (enough to be able to fully submerge your piercing).3. Fully submerge your piercing for 10 minutes. After the total of 10 minutes, discard the used solution.4. Seal the un-used solution in an air tight container, and refrigerate until next use.
*Portion only the amount you need for each soak to a smaller, clean vessel each time, to avoid cross-contamination of the solution*
5. After the total of 10 minutes, thoroughly rinse your piercing with clean water, Gently brush away any crusty material with either non-woven gauze or a clean paper towel, and pat the area dry. – for hard to reach areas, such as the inside of your ear, use a hair dryer on a warm/cool setting until fully dry.
6. Repeat steps 2 – 5, once daily.
7.This container is good for up to 1 month.
After 1 month, discard remaining solution and purchase a new container.
You can purchase more here and we will ship directly to you!
Once Daily (Opposite to PurSan) Morning or Night:
Option 2: Sterile Saline Compress
(For hard to soak locations including genitals, daiths, lobes, cartilage, rooks, forward helix, septums, surface piercings & more)
1. Spray Neilmed® Fine Mist Wound Wash onto a piece of non-woven gauze, or a clean paper towel until fully saturated.
2. Gently compress on either size of the piercing for 5 minutes, ensuring all sides of the piercing are saturated with saline.
3. Dispose of used compress after 5 minutes.
4. Repeat step 1-2 for an additional 5 minutes, for a total of 10 minutes.
5. Rinse piercing with clean water, gently remove crusty material with either non-woven gauze or a clean paper towel, and pat dry. For hard-to-reach areas like forward helix piercings, or daith piercings, use a hairdryer on a warm/cool setting to dry your piercing.
(Left over moisture can irritate a piercing).
6. After you run out of NeilMed® NeilCleanse Piercing Aftercare Wound Wash, ensure to purchase more here – We will ship it directly to you!