Aftercare Genital Piercing

Morning

• Wet the pierced area with sterile saline solution made for piercings on a piece of gauze. 
• Let the piercing soak in the sterile saline solution for approximately 1 - 2 minutes, until all fluids are softened and able to be wiped away with gauze.
• Wash the jewelry removing all scabs, blood residue etc. 
• Dry the piercing with a piece of gauze.

Evening

• Wet the pierced area with sterile saline solution made for piercings on a piece of gauze.
• Let the piercing soak in the sterile saline solution for approximately 1 - 2 minutes, until all fluids are softened and able to be wiped away with gauze.
• Wash the jewelry removing all scabs, blood residue etc. 
• Dry the piercing with a piece of gauze.

Bathing

• Take a warm shower. Wash body and hair first without getting soap on your piercing.
• Apply a small amount of neutral soap on the piercing and the area around the piercing. 
• Let the soap soak for about a minute, softening whatever fluids might be on the jewelry and the pierced area.
• Carefully clean the jewelry with your fingers. 
• Rinse the area while you slowly move the jewelry back and forth through the piercing.
• Dry the piercing with gauze.

Note! Be cautious with the soap, because soap can cause problems with fungus. We recommend that you limit the use of soap to 1 - 2 times a week and use saline solution every morning and evening. 

What's to be expected

• In the beginning it can bleed a bit, so be prepared. Local swelling, tenderness and small bruises can also occur.
• During healingsprocess some discoloration can happen, itching, transparant/yellowish flouid can accumulate some scabs around the jewelry. The tissue can feel a bit tight around the piercing when healing.
• When the piercing is healed it should be possible to move the jewelry freely through the pierced skin. It should not be nessesary to pull of force the movement of the jewelry. 
• If cleaning isn't a part of your daily routine, the piercing can start to smell due to the accumulation of flouids your body excrete.
• The piercing can sometimes feel healed before the healingsprocess is ended. This is caused because the tissue is healing from the outside and in, which means that it can look and feel completely healed, but still be very fragile inside. Be patient and keep on rinsing your piercing through the healingproces. 
• Healed piercings can shrink or close itself in a few minutes even years after it is done. This variates from people to person. If you are content with your piercing, let the jewelry stay in and don't take the jewelry out over longer peiods of time.

Special for genital piercings 

• Genital piercings - especially Prince Albert, Ampallang and Apadravya - can bleed the first couple of days, be prepared!
• In most cases you can start to have sexual activities when your feeling ready, but it is important to maintain a good hygiene and avoid trauma/damage, thus the sexual activity during the healingperiod should be careful and gentle.
• Use barriers like condoms and avoid contact with others body fluids - also a longtime monogamous partner.
• Use clean one-time barriers (e.g. condoms) for sex toys.
• Use a new pack of lube - don't use saliva!
• After sex clean the piercing with saline solution or water.

Do

• Always wash your hands before you touch the piercing. 
• Try to optain a healthy lifestyle. The healthier you live, the easier it is for your body to heal. Get lots of sleep and eat healthy. Exercising while healing is okay.
• Mare sure that your bed linen is washed and changed regularly.
• Use clean, comfortable and breathable clothes when your sleeping to protect your piercing. 
• Remember to tighten your internally threaded jewelry by turning right. With threadless ends, make sure that the end is sitting flush with your jewelry at all times, by pressing down on the end.

Don't

• Don't play with your piercing! Under the healing periode you shouldn't rotate the jelwery. 
• Don't rinse your new piercing too often, because this delays the healingprocess and will create irritation. 
• Have patience! Don't change your jewelry by yourself before your piercing is completely healed.
• Don't use products containing alcohol, chlorhexidine or hydrogen peroxide. Refrain from antibacterial soaps. This will damage the cells, and slow the healing.
• Don't use jewelry with pendants or similar in your piercing before it is fully healed.
• Avoid public swimming pools or bathing in seawater for at least  4 weeks. 
• Avoid sunbathing the first 4 - 6 weeks. 

Problems

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