Lobe Aftercare

Expected healing time: 6-8 weeks.

  • Wash your hands before cleaning or touching your piercing.
  • Clean at least twice a day. Soak a cotton tip with sterile saline solution and clean both sides of the piercing, gently removing any "crusties" (dried lymph).
  • Do not rotate your new piercing. This can cause tearing to the new scar tissue forming. Your skin will naturally 'let go' of the jewellery when healing.
  • Do not remove your jewellery to clean your piercing. 
  • Repeat piercing clean after submerging in any unhygienic bodies of water (bath, pool, ocean etc)
  • Stay Healthy. A healthy body can heal much faster than when run-down.

What to expect initially:

Localized swelling, tenderness, and/or bruising.

What to expect during healing:

Itchiness, secretion of a whitish-yellow fluid (not pus) that will form a 'crust' around and on the jewelry.

What to avoid:

  • Cleaning your new piercing with alcohol or any harsh chemicals as it can cause irritations or infections.
  • Swimming/submerging your piercing in any unhygienic bodies of water for the first 2 weeks. (Lakes, Ocean, Pools etc)
  • Over-cleaning your piercing can irritate your new piercing. 
  • Sleeping on your piercing.
  • Changing the piercing jewellery during the healing period. 

Doing any of the actions listed above can cause irritations to your new piercing and prolong the healing period. 

 

DISCLAIMER:
These guidelines are based on a combination of vast professional experience. This is not the be considered a substitute for medical advice.

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