How do you clean your Cartiliage piercing?… by equineriderfourli
So im gonna get some Dial Soap.
ANd i do sea salt soaks once a day but clean 2-3.
Im very confused how to do the sea salt, bc dipping the ear doesnt work very well, just tried.
Please help, best answer will get 10 points.
Best Answer:
I wouldn't suggest cleaning your piercing with Dial soap. Most soaps have fragrances and other additives that aren't good for open punctures - which is exactly what a piercing is (as gruesome as it sounds). If you go to your local pharmacy and look for the eyecare section, you'll see several different brands of contact cleaning liquid - all this is is lightly salted water; nothing else. Look for a brand of contact cleaning liquid for “Sensitive Eyes” and clean your piercings with that.
It sounds ridiculous, but all that's in contact cleanser is saline, which works wonders for healing piercings.
I have 25 successful piercings that have all been cleaned by contact-saline and are very healthy.
Things to avoid:
- Avoid neosporin, because it's a petroleum based antibacterial medication. Petroleum is thick and coats the piercing with itself, trapping any bacteria in the wound, leaving it prone to infection, especially since the neosporin won't be able to kill all of the bacteria.
- Bacitracin: Bacitracin is a cream, but it does basically the same thing that neosporin does - locks in bacteria that are already there.
To do salt soaks: Take a paper towel or a strip of gauze (I use gauze so I can re-dip it) and wet it in a cup of water (6-8ounces) with 1/4 teaspoon of seasalt, or if you don't have any seasalt left - you can use baby shanpoo! It cleanses the ear, cleaning out debris and other “bad things”, which leaving your ears soft, and not drying them out!
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