perverseangelic -> RE: Piercings (1/4/2006 8:44:33 AM)
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Whee!!! I love piercings and tattoos. Just with the Owner would let me get more :) Congrats to you! I had my nipples peirced for 9 months, but due to the fact that they basically never healed, and slowly rejected I took them out. I'm sad I lost them, but glad I didnt' damage my nipples in the process. I also have my lip peirced and various slightly stretched peircigns in my ears. You probably got all this info from your peircer, but these are the things that were most important to me. DO do sea salt soaks fairly often (3-4 times a day) and sea salt -rinses- after using the bathroom. Don't soak more than that though, or you can irritate the peircing. DON'T overdo the amount of salt. Look at BMEzine or call your peircer as to the correct amount. You're going for mimicing the body's salinity to float away dirt/bacteria/ickyness without shocking the peircing. more is NOT better. DO wait untill you're -totally- healed to have sex. I know it's sucky, but the more you mess with the peircing, the less likely you are for it to heal properly. (This meant oral sex was out, with my lip ring, for a few weeks :( ) DO NOT BE AFRAID TO TAKE IT OUT, but don't take it out if it's infected.!!!! If there are problems, if you see it start to reject, take it out. If you get persistant infections, go to the doctor. Don't take a ring out of an infected peircing as it can trap the infection inside the hole and cause -more- problems. DO NOT use neosporin/antibiotic cream. For the reason Selkie mentioned, but also because you aren't supposed to put creams on puncture wounds. A peircing is basically a big punture, and with those types of wounds, you do NOT want to cut off oxygen to the inside of the wound. I occationally use neosporin with my lip, but ONLY a tiny bit that I rotate through the peircing and ONLY if it's starting to get infected. In general, avoid stuff like that like the plauge. (Your peircer should have told you this, IMHO) DON'T wear tight clothing over it. I think this is oone thing that contributed to my nipples rejecting. I had to wear a bra every day, which put pressure on the rings/barbells and eventually made them start to migrate. I can't stress enough DO NOT FEEL BAD IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT! You can always get it redone and losing the ring without causing problems is 100% better than damaging your body. It isn't a failure if it gets infected or something goes wrong. That's a spot that's prone to problems.
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