oral aftercare
oral aftercare
oral aftercare
oral aftercare
Download Oral Aftercare Instructions
Download Oral Aftercare Instructions
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Instructions
Cleaning Solutions:
Use alcohol-free and hydrogen peroxide-free mouth rinse, dry mouth oral rinse, or plain clean water.
Use sterile saline wound wash to spray the piercing. Avoid moving or rotating the jewelry during cleaning.Packaged sterile saline solution with no additives can be used externally only for cleaning the outside of your lip piercing.
Avoid using contact solution, eye drops, or nasal rinse products on your piercing.
Use alcohol-free and hydrogen peroxide-free mouth rinse, dry mouth oral rinse, or plain clean water.
Use sterile saline wound wash to spray the piercing. Avoid moving or rotating the jewelry during cleaning.Packaged sterile saline solution with no additives can be used externally only for cleaning the outside of your lip piercing.
Avoid using contact solution, eye drops, or nasal rinse products on your piercing.
Cleaning Instructions:
Internal:
1.Wash your hands thoroughly before cleaning or touching your piercing.
2. Maintain good oral hygiene practices by flossing, brushing, and using mouth rinse at least twice a day.
3. Gently brush the jewelry with a clean toothbrush regularly to avoid plaque build-up.
4. Rinse with water thoroughly after eating, drinking, or smoking.
1.Wash your hands thoroughly before cleaning or touching your piercing.
2. Maintain good oral hygiene practices by flossing, brushing, and using mouth rinse at least twice a day.
3. Gently brush the jewelry with a clean toothbrush regularly to avoid plaque build-up.
4. Rinse with water thoroughly after eating, drinking, or smoking.
External:
1. Wash your hands thoroughly before cleaning or touching your piercing.
2. Rinse your piercing thoroughly with warm water in the shower once a day, then rinse with saline twice a day.
3. Gently remove any discharge or crust from your jewelry, then dry the area carefully with gauze.
1. Wash your hands thoroughly before cleaning or touching your piercing.
2. Rinse your piercing thoroughly with warm water in the shower once a day, then rinse with saline twice a day.
3. Gently remove any discharge or crust from your jewelry, then dry the area carefully with gauze.
What is Normal?
For the first few days, you may experience swelling, light bleeding, bruising, tenderness, and/or a whitish to yellowish secretion that may form crust on the jewelry.
After the first week, you may still continue to experience some minor swelling and secretion.
Even healed piercings can shrink or close within a few hours if the jewelry is removed.
For the first few days, you may experience swelling, light bleeding, bruising, tenderness, and/or a whitish to yellowish secretion that may form crust on the jewelry.
After the first week, you may still continue to experience some minor swelling and secretion.
Even healed piercings can shrink or close within a few hours if the jewelry is removed.
To Maintain Good Oral Hygiene?
Use a new soft-bristled toothbrush and store it separately from other toothbrushes.
Brush your teeth and use mouth rinse after every meal.
Floss daily and gently brush your teeth, tongue, and jewelry.
Use a new soft-bristled toothbrush and store it separately from other toothbrushes.
Brush your teeth and use mouth rinse after every meal.
Floss daily and gently brush your teeth, tongue, and jewelry.
To Stay Healthy:
Get enough sleep and eat a nutritious diet or consider taking nutritional supplements.
Avoid emotional stress, which can increase healing times.
Get enough sleep and eat a nutritious diet or consider taking nutritional supplements.
Avoid emotional stress, which can increase healing times.
Tips to Help Reduce Swelling:
Allow small pieces of ice to dissolve in the mouth.
Take over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications as directed.
Minimize movement of the jewelry.
Allow small pieces of ice to dissolve in the mouth.
Take over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications as directed.
Minimize movement of the jewelry.
Oral Piercing Hints and Tips:
Sleep with your head elevated to minimize swelling.
Replace longer jewelry with shorter posts or barbells once swelling subsides.
Regularly check threaded ends on your jewelry for tightness.
Consult a professional piercer for any jewelry changes or removal.
Sleep with your head elevated to minimize swelling.
Replace longer jewelry with shorter posts or barbells once swelling subsides.
Regularly check threaded ends on your jewelry for tightness.
Consult a professional piercer for any jewelry changes or removal.
Eating:
Take your time with eating until you are used to the piercing.
Avoid spicy, salty, acidic, or hot foods and beverages for the first two weeks.
Cold foods and beverages can help reduce swelling.
Take your time with eating until you are used to the piercing.
Avoid spicy, salty, acidic, or hot foods and beverages for the first two weeks.
Cold foods and beverages can help reduce swelling.
What to Avoid:
Playing with your jewelry.
Excessive talking or playing with the jewelry.
Using mouthwash containing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.
Oral sexual contact, chewing on foreign objects, sharing utensils, using straws, smoking, vaping, aspirin, alcohol, caffeine, and submerging healing piercings in bodies of water.
Playing with your jewelry.
Excessive talking or playing with the jewelry.
Using mouthwash containing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.
Oral sexual contact, chewing on foreign objects, sharing utensils, using straws, smoking, vaping, aspirin, alcohol, caffeine, and submerging healing piercings in bodies of water.
Alternative Aftercare:
Discuss specific needs with your piercer.
Consider using a gentle soap free from harsh chemicals, dyes, and perfumes if using soap on a healing piercing.
If sterile saline is not available, a sea salt solution mixture can be used as an alternative.
Discuss specific needs with your piercer.
Consider using a gentle soap free from harsh chemicals, dyes, and perfumes if using soap on a healing piercing.
If sterile saline is not available, a sea salt solution mixture can be used as an alternative.