Aftercare shouldn’t be an afterthought
The Safest Way to Care for Your Newly Pierced Ears
Piercing Aftercare Do’s & Dont’s
Taking care of your new piercing varies based on needle and device option.
Make sure to read the right one.
How to Care for a Needle Piercing
- Always wash your hands before touching your earrings. Try your best to limit touching your ears to only when you are cleaning.
- Clean your piercing with our saline solution 2 to 3 times a day for at least 30 days—front and back.
- Leave room in front and back of the earrings. And ask about our comfortable ear pillow to ensure proper healing during sleep.
- Disinfect anything that goes in, on, or around your ears once daily to decrease the risk of introducing bacteria to the site. This includes cellphones, headphones, airpods, eye-glasses, sunglasses, headbands, etc.
- Give your earrings a good rinse for about 30 seconds with warm water in the shower, especially after washing your hair.
- Avoid getting your earrings tangled or pulled by your hair, headphones, mask or glasses.
- To avoid your piercing from closing, wear earrings consistently for one year post piercing. Especially the hypoallergenic ones.
What NOT to do while healing from needle piercing
- No touching, twisting, or rotating your new piercing.
- No sleeping on your new piercing.
- No rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide to clean your earrings.
- No soaps, creams, or ointments should be used on your healing piercing.
- No brass, nickel, or zinc containing earrings. Premium hypoallergenic earrings only!
- No heavy earrings until you’re fully healed.
- No swimming. And no submerging earrings in water you wouldn’t normally drink for 30 days.
Needle piercing
Visit us again for a post downsize in 30 days. Post downsizes are essential in preventing unwanted friction bumps and irritation. The cost is $25+/post. We also offer a complimentary evaluation.
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