How to Care for Newly Pierced Ears

0:00 Keeping the piercings clean
0:33 Rotating the piercings
0:45 Leaving the earrings in
0:58 Watching for infection

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[boobeetle]

Rotating your piercings can actually irritate the skin and cause scarring. It’s not recommended now

[bcsmith]

I just watched two videos that basically said everything you mentioned is both dangerous and harmful

[sujithnadaraj]

Using saline water to clean the piercing twice a day and applying an antibacterial will make the healing process smooth

[uvuyrmuny]

Please don’t ever use alcohol, it does more damage than good. And also don’t twist or play with the jewelry this makes the piercing irritated and slows down the healing

[foobb]

Got my first piercings today, had a nap, and woke up with a bloody pillow and a missing earing. I managed to get it back in and cleaned it but if it gets infected I swear im gonna

[harleyy_b]

Look guys, I got my second piercing a few days ago. Tbh it doesn't hurt not even a bit even it didn't hurt on my day of piercing aswell. Now listen...
1. Don't put your dirty hands on it for 3-4 days and not let anybody else touch them either.

2. Don't put water on it for like a week (my grandma told me this)

3. Dont put anything else like vaseline or any kind of moisturiser on your piercing.

4. And for cotton, use (round cotton pads)

[dricksydney]

“See your doctor “….that part discouraged me 😂

[storieswithfeelings]

This is so scary help

[Update: it's been 3 weeks and my newly pierce ears is now healed ✨💖]

[itsmedolly]

There's a certain type of cream u use after getting ur ears pierced, u should spray saline on ur ear and not touch or play with ur piercing bc it will irritate and will take more time to heal. U can wipe it with a clean tissue or its better to use a cotton swab gently clean the blood around the earing. Cream should be used once everyday for 3 days, saline should be used for atleast a month or until ur piercing is healed. The cream I use is fucidin. Hope this helps.❤

[tjmixmasta]

Dont rotate your piercings while theyre healing. Increases scarring and retraumatizes the wound! Also DO NOT put alcohol anywhere near your ear. Saline solution is the ideal, and has been for quite some time.

[pillow]

Don't use cotton or anything that could leave particles behind!

[vedhikabasa]

It's been a week since I pierced ..omg it still hurt soo much😭.
Don't apply Vaseline (petroleum jelly) it did no use

[spooky.vinyl_]

when cleaning with a cotton swab, should i push the piercing up and clean in underneath it? or simply clean around the area of the piercing. cause i’ve seen a lot of people saying that moving it will cause irritation

[ainoruka]

wtf my piercer didn’t tell me all this shit 😥

[jedaiahsutherland]

Just watched a video that say not to rotate and as a nurse alcohol to any wound is a no😭

[ook]

most of them are actually what causes an infection actually you should just simply leave it alone

[akm]

Get neilmed piercings mist spray. You gonna spray the front and back of it then let it air dry. You gonna do this twice a day for two to three months. Do not touch the piercing at all during this time.

[x.sophie_c.x]

quick question does anyone know how to cover your earrings with bandades

[jaydas]

This video is all wrong, you shouldn’t be rotating your piercing, you also should never clean it with rubbing alcohol or ointments, you’ll only irritate it and prolong the healing process if you do that. You should only be cleaning it with a sterile saline spray like Neilmed or h20 ocean. Also if you’re going to clean it with soap and water, make sure the soap doesn’t have a fragrance and it’s antibacterial, I’d recommend dr bronner’s

[PenumbraDev]

Don’t follow the rubbing alcohol and ointment advice it’s wrong