Aftercare

If you have been instructed to soak your piercing, fill the cup with warm water and soak for 5-10 minutes.
If you have been instructed to rinse, pour 10 or more cups of warm water over the front and back.
Follow either method above with the sterile saline solution, spraying directly onto the piercing to dislodge any crusty matter.
Never touch your piercings or move your jewelry.

Mix mouthwash and bottled water ½ & ½ , rinse after every meal.
Use bottled water in the mouth, swirl and spit as needed.
After toothbrushing and rinsing, spray both sides with the sterile saline solution.
If the piercing is inside and outside of the mouth, treat the inside as an oral piercing and outside as a body piercing.

Initially: Some bleeding, localized swelling, tenderness, or bruising may appear.
During healing: Some discoloration, itching, secretion of a whitish-yellow fluid (not pus) will form some crust on the jewelry. The tissue may tighten around the jewelry as it heals.
Once healed: The jewelry may not move freely in the piercing; do not force it. If you fail to include cleaning your piercing as your daily hygiene routine, normal but smelly bodily secretions may accumulate.
A piercing may seem healed before the healing process is complete. This is because tissue heals from the outside in, and although it feels fine, the interior remains fragile. Be patient and keep cleaning throughout the entire healing period.

Avoid any products not provided by your piercer. We know what works.
Avoid over-cleaning. It delays healing and irritates your piercing.
Avoid undue trauma, such as friction from clothing, playing with the jewelry, and vigorous cleaning.
Avoid all oral contact, rough play, and contact with other’s bodily fluids on or near piercing during healing.
Avoid gardening, pets or activity allowing any dirt or foreign object to getting into your piercing.
No scratching or moving jewelry.
No sea salt or tea tree oil.

Never touch your piercing, it’s the #1 cause of infection.
Never use q-tips, cotton, towels, or anything near your piercing.
Never use any products not recommended by your piercer.
Never use externally threaded jewelry.
If you have any signs of an infection, redness with swelling, an overly warm area, elevated temperature, yellow pus, please contact us immediately. You may need medical attention.
Even healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after having been there for years! This varies from person to person; if you like your piercing, keep your jewelry in - do not leave it empty.

If you think you need to come in, you probably do. Call us!