Is Your Body Piercing Healing Right? A Lavari Exclusive

Everyone who gets their first piercing is probably going to ask at some point– is my piercing healing right? It’s about as common to worry about your first piercing as it is to worry about your first tattoo or your first day of your freshman year of college. Luckily, unlike your freshman year of college, there are some definite ways to tell if your body piercing is healing smoothly. You can take our aftercare tips and use them to make sure your first piercing looks and feels great! 

You can read this article to see the basics of how to take care of yourself when you have a new body piercing healing–we’ve collected the best aftercare tips on the Internet! You can also read this article to make sure that you’re not going through infection or any other complications that can arise when you have a problem with a body piercing. Finally, we give you some tips for how to relax when you’re worried about your new body piercing healing right, since we know that’s a point of stress–especially when it’s your first!

Lavari is here to answer your questions, so check out our aftercare tips, and leave any questions you have in the comments if you’re still feeling unsure. We know that it’s hard to be sitting around wondering if your very first body piercing is healing right, so we’re here for you to make sure that you take care of yourself and go on to get tons more piercings that make you feel awesome about how you look. Read on for a Lavari Exclusive on caring for your healing body piercing! 

Disclaimer: We at Lavari are not doctors, and if you’re feeling worried about your piercing the best authority is a piercing specialist or your general practitioner. There are just tips to make you more informed and aware. Stay safe!

Know the basics

There are some pretty simple things you can do to make sure any piercing you get heals more smoothly. When it comes to body piercing healing with no problems, there are certain patterns that hold no matter where your piercing goes! That means the aftercare tips for a lot of piercings are basically the same and boil down to being mindful of the way your body heals naturally from wounds like the one your piercer will be giving you on your big day.

First, you should make sure you’re doing everything you can give the body piercing healing time so that it can form the shape you need to keep wearing your favorite body jewelry in that spot. For instance, if you touch your body piercing at the site of the piercing, you might disturb your body’s natural healing process. One of our biggest aftercare tips is not to mess with your new piercing–don’t touch the piercing, don’t take the body jewelry out, just don’t fiddle around with it in any way! That means if you have a belly piercing, don’t mess with your belly button!

By the way, you also shouldn’t be getting into any situations where other foreign objects or substances could be touching your piercing. That means that you should bathe carefully, using the saline solution or whatever else your piercer gives you, and you should avoid getting into pools and hot tubs or going to the beach. You should also avoid getting saliva or any other fluids on your piercing site since that can increase the risk of infection.

Second, you should know the basic signs of infection, so if there’s a problem you can tell what isn’t normal for a body piercing healing smoothly. Great aftercare tips usually involve a list of signs, but if you haven’t looked them up or your piercer doesn’t give them to you (red flag, by the way), here are some of the basics. If you’re worried about whether or not your piercing is healing normally, just check if it’s experiencing any of these symptoms:

Your piercing might feel sore in the day or two after you get the piercing done, but when you have a body piercing healing there are some signs of infection to watch out for. While it can be common to have a little achiness for a few days after a piercing, you shouldn’t be noticing any swelling, foul-smelling yellow secretions, or a fever. You should see your doctor if you have any of these symptoms. 

Care for your piercing

To keep your body piercing healing right, you can clean it the way your piercer recommends. Most piercers recommend a saline solution, an antibacterial wash or cream, or just soap and water. Most of these aftercare tips are equally good, though if your piercer has one, they prefer they might have a good reason why, so see what they say! Whatever their recommendations are on what specific product to use, that’s probably your best bet.

When it comes to how often you should clean your wound when you have a new body piercing healing, that can vary depending on where you got the piercing, but generally comes down to twice a day. However, this isn’t true of all piercings! The aftercare tips that come with oral piercings like labrets will tell you to use a saline solution four times a day, after meals, to make sure no food matter is getting into your piercing and causing infection.

It should also go without saying, but you should make sure that you aren’t getting any dirt or grime in your new body piercing during healing. There are no aftercare tips quite like this one; you’re basically asking for an infection if you allow dirt or germs to get into your new piercing. If it works to keep a band aid on there, that can be a good way to protect the tender tissue from outside particles–your piercer might even have a special kind of bandage that can help you! 

Know your piercer’s number

Make sure you know how to get in contact with the person who did your piercing! They’re probably going to have better knowledge than the more general guidelines you’ll find online since they know exactly what kind of piercing you have. They’ll be able to give you aftercare tips that are tailored to what kind of body piercing healing you personally need. Plus, you can probably make an appointment to come back in and see them if it turns out something is wrong!

That brings us to another point, which is to ask your piercer as many questions as you can when you’re getting your piercing in the first place. You might find that you have a piercing that comes with specific guidelines, or your piercer might have their own aftercare tips that come from years of expertise. Maybe they find belly rings heal best when you clean them a certain way! When you know you’re going to have a body piercing healing for the next couple of days, it’s good to be prepared!

Finally, you should probably also be choosing one of the best piercers you know. When it comes to aftercare tips, nothing beats the expertise your piercing specialist can give you, so make sure you’re going to someone who’s known for being good at what they do. That person will then give you the best advice possible for how to care for your body when you have a new body piercing healing. Check out reviews online or word of mouth from friends to see if there’s a piercer in your area that’s known to be the best.

Know your own anxiety

So, a lot of the time if we’re worried about something when we have a body piercing healing, that’s cause for concern. However, some of us can be on the hypochondriac side, and sometimes that means we need to take a breath before we call our piercer for the fifth time. If you haven’t gotten a body piercing before, that might mean that you’re trying to be extra careful about finding the best aftercare tips, checking all the time, etc. However, you might reach a point where it’s best to have a cup of tea and take your mind off it for a bit.

It’s tricky to know when to stop researching aftercare tips and start calming yourself down, but there are a few places you can start. First, are you seeing any of the signs of infection listed above? If you can’t find any signs of infection, your mind might be in overdrive. It can be common for people to be anxious when they have their first body piercing healing, and the process of getting a piercing can even make some people feel a little weird, so try not to stress yourself out for no reason! Remember you got the piercing because it looks awesome.

Some aftercare tips when it comes to managing your anxiety all involve taking some time to clear your mind before you go back to checking what symptoms if any, you’re displaying. For instance, if you can’t decide if your piercing is swelling more than normal, you can relax by watching an episode of a TV show before checking things out again. Your healing body piercing might look a bit less worrying if you take a second to do aftercare on your emotions first! 

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So, what do we know now that we’ve gone through all the top aftercare tips for your body piercing healing process? Well, you should always be careful to wash the body piercing as often as is recommended by your piercing specialist. You should also make sure you know about guidelines that are specific to the type of piercing you’re getting. That includes the position of the piercing, the style of the piercing, and even the gauge size.

In the end, our best aftercare tips are all about staying alert and paying attention to your body and what experts say. Anything that feels off to you when you have a new body piercing healing should probably be brought up with a specialist. Plus, you can probably call your general care doctor to check out any possible signs of infection or other complications. All in all, staying in contact with the people whose job it is to care for your body is the best strategy!

We also want to tell you personally from Lavari that everybody goes through anxiety about their first body piercing healing correctly, so you’re not alone and you’re totally normal. You’re going to be just fine, no matter what! With this article, you have the knowledge you need to take care of yourself, and you can make your next few days of healing awesome with the tips you’ve just gotten from us. Now go treat yourself to some ice cream; you just got a freaking piercing and you deserve to celebrate! 

How do you like to care for yourself when you have a new body piercing healing? What are your favorite aftercare tips? Let us know in the comments so we can take your advice next time we get a piercing! Plus, we can add your knowledge to our advice for other piercing lovers so they can benefit from your expertise 😉