Better Healing!

Some top tips for better healing..

• Do not twist or turn your piercings - I know, I know, the lady in Claire’s told you to twist the jewellery however this is not advised by any professional. The way I explain this; when you turn or ‘knock’ the pierced area you are reminding your body there is a foreign object present and your bodies natural reaction to this is to try and get rid!!

• Cleaning your Piercing - Only clean when necessary, so only if there is any kind of discharge do you need to clean the area. I would advise to only use a salt water solution to do this! Here are the instructions on what to do: submerge the area in a bowl of saline solution (1/4 teaspoon of sea salt per egg cup of warm water) for a few minutes at a time. Alternatively, you can wet a clean cloth or gauze in the solution and apply it as a warm compress.

• Sleeping on the other side to the freshly pierced area is a big one! The new piercing needs room to breathe and heal which it is unable to do if it was to be shoved in a pillow or mattress! Also, sleeping on a new piercing can prevent it healing straight and no body wants a wonky piercing!

• Now on to the dreaded ‘Keloid’ - A keloid is a build up of scar tissue which can present as a blister like bump. Although slightly annoying and some unsightly they are nothing to worry about and will go down over time. These can be prevented by being careful to not ‘knock’ or ‘pull’ the piercing. They are most common with cartilage piercings and if you do happen to get a keloid at some point during the healing process just continue to clean and care for the piercing and it will eventually disappear!

  All in all, the best advice I could give is to leave the piercing alone as much as possible, let your body do it’s thing!