What should I do about cleaning my piercing?!
Question: What should I do about cleaning my piercing!?
Ok I just today got the side of my lip pierced
And the people told me and gave me a piece of paper that says I should rinse my mouth out with mouthwash everytime I smoke
And I smoke a cigarette every half hour, so I did but my tongue is like on fire now so I don't really want to do that anymore cause it really really hurts
And I don't want it to get infected or anything you know
Can anyone help me out cause I really don't know what to do cause this is my first piercing and I really don't want it to get infected
It would be most appreciated for your help
-Jesse-Www@Answer-Health@Com
And the people told me and gave me a piece of paper that says I should rinse my mouth out with mouthwash everytime I smoke
And I smoke a cigarette every half hour, so I did but my tongue is like on fire now so I don't really want to do that anymore cause it really really hurts
And I don't want it to get infected or anything you know
Can anyone help me out cause I really don't know what to do cause this is my first piercing and I really don't want it to get infected
It would be most appreciated for your help
-Jesse-Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I smoke like a chimeny and was never told to wash out my mouth after every smoke!.
When my lip was healing I was told to buy gly-oxide!. (any drug store like Walgreen's should have it) It's an antiseptic oral cleaner that will keep your new piercing very clean!. i used it twice a day for the first two weeks and never had a problem with my lip!. I wouldn't be worried about the smoking so much!. The most important thing is to not touch it all the time!Www@Answer-Health@Com
When my lip was healing I was told to buy gly-oxide!. (any drug store like Walgreen's should have it) It's an antiseptic oral cleaner that will keep your new piercing very clean!. i used it twice a day for the first two weeks and never had a problem with my lip!. I wouldn't be worried about the smoking so much!. The most important thing is to not touch it all the time!Www@Answer-Health@Com
rinse your mouth out with salt water (1 teaspoon slat to 1 cup water) no more or you can burn your piercing after you smoke!. Only rinse with mouthwash after you eat, you can also dilute the mouthwash with water- like 1/2 water 1/2 mouthwash!. I would highly recommend using distilled water for the salt rinse and for diluting the mouthwash!. Rinsing every half hour with mouthwash will actually delay healing- your lip piercing is depending on the good bacteria in your mouth to heal correctly, mouthwash can mess up that delicate balance!. After about one week of rinsing with salt water every half hour I would switch to just plain water!. Also soaking your piercing in salt water every two days or so will help healing, I would make up a warm salt water soak, pour some into a shot glass and hold it over your piercing for about ten minutes!. I have used just salt water to heal piercings and it works beautiful oh yeah!.!. the salt has to be sea salt you can buy it in the grocery store!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
sanitize it and keppe it spaced and dryWww@Answer-Health@Com