This aftercare sheet was created to help you through the healing process and beyond. We'll go the extra mile to ensure your piercing will look great, feel great and heal easily. 

CLEANING SOLUTIONS:
Sterile Saline, such as NeilMed Wound Wash Piercing Aftercare.

CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS:
*Wash hands thoroughly before cleaning or touching your piercing. Hands collect a lot of bacteria and can be passed to your fresh piercing.

*Rinse with your solution no more than 2 times a day.  

*Make sure you break lose any discharge such as “crusties” and leave the area free of any debris. *Moving or rotating jewelry is not needed during your cleaning process.

*Dry your piercing after cleaning with a gauze or other disposable paper products. Wash cloths or towels harbor unwanted bacteria and can be passed to your new piercing. Keeping your piercing dry is very important due to bacteria build up.

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ORAL PIERCINGS:

*Use alcohol-free mouthwash twice a day.  Don't overdo it!

*Cold water and popsicles are great during healing.

*Swelling is normal the first 10-14 days depending on oral health

*Take an over-the-counter swelling reducer such as Ibuprofen as directed on label.

*Eat soft/blended food while healing.

*Do not play with jewelry at all.

*Downsize jewelry as soon as swelling goes down.  Once you downsize jewelry leave in for the remainder 12-week period.

*Rinse mouth with cold water after eating, smoking, vaping or drinking anything other than water.

*Stay hydrated!  Drink plenty of water!

WHAT TO EXPECT FOR YOUR NEW PIERCING:
You may experience no side effects; however, it’s not uncommon to experience any of the following:
*Bleeding, bruising, and/or swelling
*Itching
*Secretion of whitish-yellow liquid (this is not pus)
*Crusties
*Irritation due to sleeping

Piercings tend to have “ups and downs” during the healing process. Be patient and always clean your piercing for recommended time, even if it looks and feels healed.

PIERCING DO’S:
*Leave the piercing alone except to clean
*Leave the piercing in at least 12 weeks unless instructed otherwise by piercer. Piercing will shrink or close up within minutes, even if you've had the piercing for years.
*Make sure your bed sheets are clean and changed frequently while healing.
*Clean your telephone receiver frequently for fresh ear piercings.
*Wear clean cotton clothing in the area of a body piercing.
*Get enough sleep, eat a nutritious diet and avoid undue stress. All of this does play a factor into your healing.
*Avoid recreational drug and alcohol use.
*Use caution when exercising . Avoid any tight fitting clothing in the area of your piercing and always clean your piercing after workout.
*Shield piercings from hairspray and other beauty products such as make-up.
*Take showers instead of baths.
*Avoid tanning beds and direct sun.

PIERCING DON’TS:
*Touch your piercing with dirty hands.
*Rotate the jewelry.
*Use rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, Bactine or Hibiclens.
*Use Bacitracin, Neosporin, or any ointment.
*Over clean
*Engage in oral contact, rough play and contact with another person's bodily fluids if having any oral piercings
*Use adhesive bandages on a new piercing.
*Sleep on a healing piercing. This is very important with any ear, nipple or navel piercings.
*Go into pools, lakes, hot tubs, etc. for 1 month,
*Let lotions, makeup or any personal care products get into piercings.
*No charms or other objects hanging from your jewelry.

*Avoid getting your piercings bumped or caught on clothing.  This can cause trauma to your piercings and cause "trauma bumps".

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HEALING:

Week 1- Swelling, redness and possible bleeding.  You can use ice the first few days to help relieve swelling.  No ice after day 3!

Week 2-4- You many still have slight swelling depending on piercing. Yellow "crusties" form.  Please don't pick at them!

Week 5- Redness should be nearly gone.  Keep cleaning the piercing!

Week 8-12- Downsize time!  Come in for your follow up visit so we can determine if its time to change!

We at Evil Twins Piercing Studio are here to answer any questions or concerns through your entire healing process. Don’t hesitate to contact us! There are never dumb questions! 812-471-7505

Thank you,
Evil Twins Piercing Studio