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• Always wash your hands thoroughly to remove bacteria prior to touching your piercing.
• Only use the cleaning solution that your piercer has recommended.
• In a clean cup, soak a minimum of eight cotton buds in the solution until completely saturated.
• Clean around one side of the piercing exit hole and one section of the jewellery making sure to remove any discharge or hard crust.
• Once clean, gently rotate or slide the clean section of the jewellery through the piercing and repeat on the second side of the piercing and jewellery.
• Repeat the above steps several times until you work through all of the cotton buds to ensure the piercing is thoroughly cleaned.
• Cleaning should be carried out a minimum of three times daily.
• Ensure to clean the piercing after bathing to remove soap/shampoo residue, after swimming and applying makeup to avoid irritation.  Avoid fake tan and swimming during the healing process!

For Oral Piercings

• Make sure to rinse with saline at least 3 times per day.
• Rise out the mouth with saline solution after eating, smoking and brushing teeth.
• Lip and Labret piercings will also need to be cleaned on the outside with cotton buds soaked in the solution recommended by your piercer.
• Use ice to reduce the swelling over the initial healing period.
• Avoid anything that will irritate the piercing i.e. spicy food, mouthwash or chewing gum.

Surface Anchors & Microdermals

These piercings require maintenance during their entire lifetime because discharge can build up underneath the threaded top causing the piercing to become irritated.

• Periodic visits to your piercer are recommended to remove the threaded top and give the piercing a more thorough clean.
• Warm saline compresses may be helpful with removing discharge from underneath the threaded top.
• Avoid putting makeup on these piercings even after healing.
• Even with proper care these piercings may be less permanent than other piercings.