Your Piercing Aftercare
Thank you for trusting us with your new piercing. We want you to love it! If you have any problems, concerns or issues — if you're not in love with your new piercing — please contact us or see us immediately. We will work quickly to resolve any issue you have.
Keep in mind that your new piercing is an open wound. It will require effort and consistency to heal correctly. A proper aftercare regiment is essential to a happy & healthy piercing.
The health of your piercing is 100% up to YOU! The choices you make will ultimately determine how your piercing heals. We've taken out all of the guess work and outlined a highly effective 3-step process.
Don't forget your FREE 1-week check-up! Check-ups are always free.
3-Step Aftercare Process
Our clients have achieved repeated success with this aftercare regiment for 6-8 weeks.
Body Piercing Wash
MORNING
Wash your new piercing in the shower with our Foaming Piercing Wash or castile soap once a day. Lather up. Massage in. Rinse completely.
NeilMed Saline Spray
AFTERNOON & EVENING
Spray on piercing 2-3 times a day. Inside & outside of piercing.
Piercing Aftercare Serum
AFTER WASH & BED
Use 1-2 drops directly on the piercing, 1-2 times a day. Excellent for soothing pain during healing. Hydrates, antibacterial, helps with infection relief, and improves the overall health of your piercing. Contains CBD & MCT oil.
Do's & Don't
Do's
Clean the barbell if possible. Use your fingers. Don't remove jewelry.
Clean between the jewelry and the skin
​For nostril piercings: push the jewelry up from the inside and clean the jewelry and the skin.
Keep your piercings covered around animals or gardening. Cover with sterile bandage anytime it may be exposed to dirt or pets
Downsize your jewelry in 3-4 weeks.
Follow the 3-step aftercare regiment for 6-8 weeks
Don't forget your FREE 1-week check-up!
Don't
Avoid all detergent-based soaps, bar soaps, liquid soaps, antibacterial soaps — ie Dial, Dove & Ivory. They may not wash off completely, causing irritation.
​Don't use first aid products: alcohol, peroxide, bactine, Neosporin, Clair's ear care solution, tea tree oil, etc.
Don't use a homemade saline solution or contact lens solution.
Don't take advice from friends, Reddit, Google or part-time piercers. Bad advice is plentiful.
No twisting or turning your piercings.
No hot tubs, bath tubs, pools, rivers or lakes within the first 6 weeks. Standing bodies of water are full of bacteria.
Keep your hands off. Touching your piercing is the quickest way to an infection.
Oral Piercing Care
No kissing, no oral sex during healing.
Rinse with saline solution 3x's a day for the first 3 weeks.
Mouthwash (with alcohol) after anytime you eat, drink, smoke or put anything in your mouth besides water. Without alcohol, it's just flavored water — ineffective.
When you brush your teeth, gently brush the inside of your piercing.
No sharing food, drinks, etc.
No sharing food, drinks, etc.
Jewelry Info
Hypoallergenic 14K Solid Gold
Implant Grade Titanium (Ti-6AL-4V-ELI ASTM F136)
Jewelry sinking in will require longer jewelry.
Downsize your jewelry in 3-4 weeks.
Q-tips & Cotton Balls
Most of these products are not sterile, unless the package states "sterile".​
Place these products on a dry paper towel and place in the microwave for 20 seconds. This is done in an effort to sanitize.
SHOP AFTERCARE
Aftercare Products
Everything you need for a happy & healthy piercing. Available in-studio.
NeilMed Piercing Aftercare
Sterile saline spray specially formulated for piercing aftercare. Spray 2-3 times daily.
$15.00
IIcon Piercing Wash
Foaming body piercing wash with pure castile soap. All-natural, gentle, and effective.
$15.00
We're available to provide professional assessment of any problems you may be having with your piercing.
Signs & Symptoms of Infection
Signs and symptoms of infection include, but are not limited to: redness, swelling, tenderness of the procedure site, red streaks going from the procedure site towards the heart, elevated body temperature, or purulent drainage from the procedure site.
Seek medical attention if any signs or symptoms of infection occur.