Healing time:
Labret 6-8 weeks
Lip 6-8 weeks
Cheek 6-8 weeks

 

1. Clean 2-3 times daily.
2. Clean the outside with a benzakonium chloride solution or bactine. It can be diluted 50% with water.  Clean matter off the jewelry and around piercing site.
3. Clean the inside by rinsing with Listerine or a salt-water solution after consumption of anything but water.
4. Clean with Gly-Oxide or Peroxyl twice daily following the instructions on the bottle.
5. Suck on ice for first few days to reduce swelling.
6. Reduce intake of warm beverages, hot and spicy foods, tobacco, alcohol, or anything that might be irritating to your mouth for at least one week.
7. Check the balls on the studs to be sure they are not loose at least 2 times daily. Once the swelling has decreased, you can down size the length of the post.

 

 

Healing time:
6 months to a year

 

This is one of the most difficult piercing to heal. Tight clothes, excessive exercise, and
kids climbing on your stomach, tend to irritate and hinder the healing process.

Clean your piercing 2 times daily. Use the general piercing care. Do not use other
products other than suggested. Over cleaning can cause you a problem. Don't play with
your piercing with dirty hands. Don't move the jewelry in and out if there is dried matter
on it. You could scratch or irritate the tissue and slow down healing process. If you are
having problems, use the salt-water soak, hot bath, or occasional use of an ointment on
the jewelry after cleaning. Oils, lotions, and friction can lead to failure. Any weight
hanging from the piercing might be a problem.. After healing maybe a colorful bead or
light charm. Avoid materials such as malachite, lapis, hazuli, and tiger's eye. these can
cause reactions in the piercing. Use hard dense materials such as, garnet, amethyst, onyx, agate, quartz, etc.

 

Pregnant women may want to save their piercing at or around the 8th month by changing to a barbell or a piece of monofilament nylon. They can be taken out just prior to delivery and reinserted after birth. If the piercing is not well healed it is best to let it go
and try again later.

 

Healing time:
Female 4-6 months
Male 2-3 months

 

Follow the general aftercare instructions. No oral contact or other body fluids in contact with your piercing for at least 3 months. Usually a nipple piercing heals without difficulty.  The difficulties arise from not following the aftercare. Female nipples take longer to heal due to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle.  There should he no problem with breast feeding once the piercing is healed, some women prefer to keep their jewelry in throughout breast feeding, and others do not.

If you become pregnant during the healing phase of your piercing you may want to consider giving it up due to the hormonal changes and a greater risk of rejection or infection.

 

Jewelry considerations-ring, barbell, circular barbell, nipple shields, or horseshoes.

 

 

Healing time:
6-8 weeks

 

1. Wash hands before contact with piercing.
2. Tighten the balls morning and night. They will loosen with the play of your tongue.
3. The first few days suck on ice or popsicles to reduce swelling.
4. Reduce intake of warm beverages, hot and spicy food, tobacco, alcohol, or anything that might be irritating to your mouth for at least a week.
5. Rinse with mouthwash for one minute after consumption of anything but water. You can use warm salt water or diluted mouthwash.
6. Use Gly-Oxide or Peroxyl two times daily as instructed on the bottle.
7. No oral contact for 6 weeks after piercing.