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Nipple piercing: preliminary aftercare exerienceThis is a discussion thread · 45 replies pablo: Wow, after only a week it basically feels like it's healed (but I know it hasn't!). I tend to heal rather well, I guess it's a healthy diet lifelong habit and the fact I have always been on multivitamin supplements. Plus decent genetics.Since a few friends told me that my experience really helped them out, here's the whole aftercare process: Stick to what they say: (1) I thoroughly cleansed the piercing twice a day with dial soap and a q-tip in a hot shower. Making sure that (2) Salt water soaks, just like they say. The only thing I did was to put a little bit of bactine into the saltwater solution. probably doesn't do a thing, but it felt more hygienic.(3) I sprayed a very little amount of Lanacane after I was finished. Just externally. Told myself I couldn't hurt the externally exposed sides of the wound. For those not familiar with Lanacane, it's over the counter USA stuff, meaning it's just little amounts of BenzeChloride and Benzocaine. They add Vitamin E and Aloe into the mix. Since it had worked so well a while ago when I was left with raw skin after swimming into a large jellyfish, I decided to try it, and probably would to it again. As usual, this is not a recommendation, everybody better test whether they're sensitive to it before even thinking about using it! I knew it seemed to help me, because of the hydrating yet anti-bacterial effect. But I repeat: I used it only externally, I did never rotate the ring after applying it. I tend to be a bit of a microbe-phobe, thus initially for 2 days I put Bactine on the q-tip at the end of the procedure (without moving the ring anymore) externally, but after 2 days I saw the skin had turned very dry (duh, I had read about the drying property, but us inquisitive souls have to try it) and even flaky in 2 spots. The reptile undergoing skin-change look doesn't work for me. So it looks at this point like this is going to be a quick and uneventful healing story, but I'll keep the full routine up for at least 2 months. I have also been asked by every person under the sun (well, friends and family, it's not like I walk aroud shirtless) how much it hurt. Honest: not at all. And I am really not the Navy Seal type. I went into the shop determined, they took me on right away (which cut waiting time, and waiting time is the toughest, your brain messes with you). The psychological climax is when they tell you to brief deeply and your brain prepares itself for some piercing pain. But then it was over, I had a nipple ring, and didn't really feel much. Kudos to the artist. I am sure there's probably some luck involved in the pain experience. My earlobe hurt worse, but that was many years ago, one of those early teenage initiation rituals and performed by a friend with the good old (thick leather sewing type) needle and cork method. Oh, and the 2 (small) tattoos I have hurt more, really. The one on my ankle made me wince at least once, I remember. It's all very manageable, though. I read several experiences on the net that talked about a nipple piercing being their most painful experience in their entire lives... wait until you break a bone, my friends, you've lead sheltered lives... :-) ...pablo
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Curt James: [nq:1]Wow, after only aSNIP[/nq]Have you read the following? http://compunction.dyndns.org/healing2.txt [nq:1]I read several experiences on the net that talked about a nipple piercing being their most painful experience in their entire lives... wait until you break a bone, my friends, you've lead sheltered lives... :-)[/nq] I broke a classmate's rib once. From the sound he made, I'd guess you're right. No bones of my own unless you count teeth. Curt http://curtjames.com /
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intergalactic snitty princess: [nq:1]Stick to what they say: (1) I thoroughly cleansed the piercing twice a day with dial soap and a q-tip ... to be a quick and uneventful healing story, but I'll keep the full routine up for at least 2 months.[/nq]Your piercer told you to wash with Dial soap, rotate the ring, do salt water soaks with added Bactine, spray the piercing with Lanacane, and add an additional dousing of of Bactine for two months? From whom did you get your piercing? What shop? ~c.
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Curt James: [nq:1]Your piercer told you to[/nq]^^[nq:1]wash with Dial soap, rotate the ring, do salt water soaks with added Bactine, spray the piercing with Lanacane, and add an additional dousing of of Bactine for two months?[/nq] Dear knee-jerk princess, You didn't read his post, did you? Lub, Curt http://curtjames.com /
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pablo: [nq:1]Have you read the following? http://compunction.dyndns.org/healing2.txt [/nq] No, hadn't seen that. Definitely a great reference.
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pablo: [nq:1]Your piercer told you to wash with Dial soap, rotate the ring, do salt water soaks ...[/nq]Yes, all of them seems pretty consistently recommended all over the place. [nq:1]... with added Bactine[/nq] Nope, that was a self-experiment. [nq:1]spray the piercing with Lanacane[/nq] This too, and as far as I am concerned it worked out just fine. ...pablo
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Curt James: re http://compunction.dyndns.org/healing2.txt [nq:1]No, hadn't seen that.[/nq] Stick around and you'll be introduced to many interesting links. I learned about http://www.photobucket.com / in this newsgroup as well as any number of tattoo-related Web sites including, but not limited to, http://www.bmezine.com / and http://iam.bmezine.com / which are both a lot of fun as well as hella informative. [nq:1]Definitely a great reference.[/nq] Yeah, she seems to have a goodly amount of fans. Hablas? Bien venido a rec.arts.bodyart. Curt http://curtjames.com /
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i'll teach you to turn away.: p> "intergalactic snitty princess" wrote in[nq:2]Your piercer told you to wash with Dial soap, rotate ... all of them seems pretty consistently recommended all over the[/nq] http://compunction.dyndns.org/healing2.txt if you had any idea how the body heals, you wouldn't use antibacs without an infection & you certainly wouldn't rotate the jewelry. [nq:2]... with added Bactinep> Nope, that was a self-experiment.[/nq] & if you had any idea what bactine contains & what its shelf life is, you'd stay far, far away from it. [nq:2]spray the piercing with Lanacanep> This too, and as far as I am concerned it worked out just fine.[/nq] to what end? you can do a lot of *** to your body & it'll still heal - but IN SPITE OF what you're doing, certainly not BECAUSE OF. you've already proven you're in the former group by your severe lack of information. lish "i left all my kinder parts (Email Removed) rusting & peeling." -mm 43.9% / 30 RANA 125 / 68
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pablo: [nq:1]http://compunction.dyndns.org/healing2.txt if you had any idea how the body heals, you wouldn't use antibacs without an infection & you certainly wouldn't rotate the jewelry.[/nq] Many places recommend the rotating. Very common: http://www.bodyexotic.com/aftercare.htm The antibacs were once en vogue, are still in many places in Europe. If I recall the history of piercing, different approaches have been advocated over time. What I can't recall reading much about is about true and scientifically conducted medical studies being cited in any of those papers, and until that is the case, given my understanding and experience in (unfortunately) treating a number of wounds on myself I'll treat a piercing with a combination of generally accepted/recommended methods and judiciously few things that intuitively feel right to me. I'll monitor things closely, listen to my body, and will not abide by semi-religious beliefs in some strict approach. One thing I didn't mention: I have always taken arnica before and after surgical procedures. I never read about it in piercing sites, however it is often said to have healing properties. [nq:1]& if you had any idea what bactine contains & what its shelf life is, you'd stay far, far away from it.[/nq]I do, now. The drying effect is the killer for me. Bactine's ingredient is a form of iodine, which is the most effective anti-bacterial and anti-microbial topical substance. I'd like to point out it's not like medicine relies on antibiotics only and exclusively when an infection is diagnosed - every major surgery patient or anyone with a serious wound is administered a combination of topical and especially internal antibiotics as a prevention when they're exposed. So personally, and until someone provides a true medical study proving the contrary, I take the notion of the evil nature of antibiotics with piercings with a grain of salt. But that's just an opinion. Their beneficial effects may just as well be questioned, since I in turn can not point out any medical studies that prove their being good for piercings, either. They probably don't speed up healing, their judicious external application just may* *sometimes prevent a minor infection. Not touching the damn percing site with dirty hands is probably the single most important contributor, though. Most importantly: I want to point out I was not making any recommendations, I was merely sharing a very personal experience. Use it or dismiss it, I couldn't care less. I posted it because I specifically looked for information on lanacane and piercings and could not find any. Thus people that have such a question can look this up and see that I used it, only externally, and noticed no adverse effects. [nq:1]you can do a lot of *** to your body & it'll still heal - but IN SPITE OF what you're doing, certainly not BECAUSE OF. you've already proven you're in the former group by your severe lack of information.[/nq] Severe lack of information? I resent that. I did research, I followed the procedures, I just extended those with something that had worked very well for 2 severe wounds, and only and exclusively for the external* punctures. It's your personal opinion and theory that it is harmful and that my body heals *despite my approach, because you can not back up your side of the argument with any scientific sources, either. Given the lack of those, I found it intriguing to experiment on myself a little with something I felt comfortable with. Should my nipple develop necrosis and fall off I will append my report. Incidentally, if you were so overly concerned about doing "the right thing" you know what the best course of action would be: to forego piercing at all. -) ...pablo
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{nospam}@waawa.cx Lara: [nq:1]Bactine's ingredient is a form of iodine, which is the most effective anti-bacterial and anti-microbial topical substance.(snip) They probably don't speed up healing,[/nq]Google. Iodine. Fibroblast. "I'm Feeling Lucky". Google. Antiseptic. Resistance. "I'm Feeling Lucky". Show me a health professional who slathers any antiseptic product on a non-infected wound in a clean environment, and I'll show you someone who hasn't bothered to read a wound management paper in the past twenty years and doesn't give a *** about public health. Lara
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