Body Jewellery and Piercing Aftercare

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Body Jewellery and Piercing Aftercare

Materials that are safe in a piercing, sizing, healing times and infection

Most problems with piercings come from the jewellery rather than the piercing, and the material is the single most important factor.

Implant-grade materials

Implant-grade titanium, niobium, solid 14 carat gold or higher, and certain medical-grade polymers are what a reputable piercer uses. Look for ASTM or ISO implant standards stated explicitly.

Surgical steel is a loose term and frequently contains nickel, which is the commonest cause of reactions. Plated and mystery-metal jewellery has no place in a healing piercing.

Finish matters

The surface should be mirror polished with no pits or casting seams, since a rough surface tears healing tissue with every movement. Threadless and internally threaded designs avoid dragging a thread through the channel.

Sizing

Gauge is the thickness and length is the bar length or the diameter. Jewellery that is too short pinches swelling tissue and too long snags on clothing.

Healing piercings are fitted with a longer bar to allow for swelling and should be downsized once that settles, which is a step people skip.

Healing times are longer than people expect

An earlobe takes a couple of months, cartilage six to twelve, a navel six to twelve. Changing jewellery early is the most common cause of irritation and rejection.

Aftercare

Sterile saline sprayed or soaked, twice a day, and nothing else. No alcohol, no antiseptic, no tea tree oil and no twisting the jewellery, all of which damage healing tissue.

Wash hands before touching it and leave it alone otherwise.

Changing jewellery

Wait until the piercing is fully healed, which is longer than it feels, and have the first change done by a piercer if you are unsure. Insert with clean hands and never force anything.

Keep a spare piece of jewellery in the right size, since a lost ball or a snapped bar means an open piercing that can close quickly.

Sleeping and sport

Avoid sleeping directly on a healing piercing, which causes most irritation bumps. Cover or remove jewellery for contact sport once healed.

Choosing a piercer

Registered with the local authority, working from inspected premises, opening sterile packaging in front of you and using a needle rather than a gun. Piercing guns cannot be sterilised properly and crush tissue rather than cutting it.

Age restrictions apply in most countries, and intimate piercings on under-eighteens are prohibited outright.

When something is wrong

Spreading redness, heat, swelling, green or yellow discharge, or feeling unwell means seeing a doctor rather than removing the jewellery, since removal can trap infection.

Use a reputable piercer who is registered with the local authority and inspected.

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