What can I use to clean my rook piercing?

What can I use to clean my rook piercing?

Saturate clean gauze or paper towels in saline and gently wipe the area around your piercing. You do not have to rotate your piercing during cleaning or at any other time. Some piercers recommend washing with a gentle, fragrance-free soap.

What spray can I use to clean my piercing?

Clean your piercing twice daily using Neilmed piercing aftercare spray or a single use sterile saline pod. Make sure your hands are clean before cleaning your piercing! Spray the solution onto a piece of clean lint free kitchen roll and ‘soak’ the piercing for a couple of minutes.

How do you get crusties off rook piercings?

1 Cleansing and sea salt soaks are very easy to do. Just pick up some sea salt at your local health food or convenience store. Soak the salt in warm water and gently apply the mixture to your piercing with a soft washcloth.

How long do rook piercings stay swollen?

Although it can sometimes take around 8 weeks for the wound to fully heal, these symptoms should not last more than 2 weeks. Infection may be present if a person experiences: swelling that does not go down after 48 hours. heat or warmth that does not go away or gets more intense.

Can you use Bactine on piercings?

The outer opening of the piercing is best treated using liquid antibacterial soap or Bactine. If the liquid soap is too harsh it may be diluted 50/50 with water (avoid perfumed products). Apply liberally with a cotton swab or Q-tip.

How do you treat an infected cartilage piercing?

Treating the infection at home

1. Wash your hands before touching or cleaning your piercing.
2. Clean around the piercing with a saltwater rinse three times a day.
3. Don’t use alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or antibiotic ointments.
4. Don’t remove the piercing.
5. Clean the piercing on both sides of your earlobe.

What is the best thing to clean piercings with?

Saline Solution: Less expensive and more readily available than most other products, saline solution is often recommended in soothing and healing a new piercing. It’s also an acceptable substitute for sea salt soaks which is when you submerge your piercing into salt water to help clean it.

Why is my rook still crusty?

Crusting after body piercing is perfectly normal—this is just the result of your body trying to heal itself. 1 Dead blood cells and plasma make their way to the surface and then dry when exposed to air. While perfectly normal, these crusties do need to be cleaned carefully and thoroughly whenever you notice them.

How do you use Bactine First Aid spray?

Use Bactine ® MAX Pain Relieving Cleansing Spray or Original First Aid Liquid to help clean away dirt and debris, help prevent skin infection and relieve pain. To stop the bleeding, gently apply pressure using a clean cloth or gauze. You may apply an adhesive bandage to help keep the cut clean and prevent the wound from reopening.

How do I use Bactine® Max pain relieving cleansing?

Use Bactine® MAX Pain Relieving Cleansing Spray or Original First Aid Liquid to help prevent skin infection and relieve pain. Do not break any blisters that form as they help to protect the skin as it heals.

How do you use Bactine Max on a sunburn?

Use Bactine® MAX Pain Relieving Cleaning Spray or Original First Aid Liquid for temporary relief of pain and itching, associated with minor sunburn. You may also want to apply a moisturizing lotion several times a day. Don’t use petroleum jelly or butter, because they can prevent or delay healing.

What is Bactine Max used for?

Now with 4% Lidocaine, a maximum strength pain reliever**, Bactine® MAX Pain Relieving Cleansing Spray and Original First Aid Liquid helps prevent minor skin infections, and relieves the pain and itching associated with minor cuts, scrapes and burns, including sunburn.