Piercing aftercare
Recommendations and post-treatment care

PIERCING
- Complete recovery from 1 to 12 months. depending on the percing
- Clean your piercing twice a day (morning and evening) with the cleanser recommended by your piercer.Ideally clean in the shower or otherwise clean your hands thoroughly before and use moistened Q-tips
- Clean the lymph on the barbel and around the piercing with water. Then put saline water on the stem and make a back and forth movement, then rinse well with water
- Avoid touching or playing with your piercing
- Avoid baths for 2 to 3 weeks following your piercing
- Avoid swimming in chlorinated water and lakes for a period of 3 weeks following the piercing
- Avoid clothing that is too tight or dirty.
- Do not use the following products (Alcohol, Polysporin, Peroxide). Only use water saline and spectrogel which is recommended by your piercer

buccal piercing
- During the first 4 weeks, rinse your mouth with alcohol-free mouthwash every time you eat. Maximum 3 times a day
- Brush your teeth after each meal to prevent the proliferation of bacteria
- If you smoke, rinse your mouth with water (ideally spring water, as it does not contain bacteria). Cigarettes slow down the healing process
- Swelling could appear during the 4 to 5 days following the piercing, it can also last up to a period of 2 weeks. To reduce swelling, eat cold foods (ice, popsicles, slush etc. or take anti-inflammatories (Advil or Motrin)
- Avoid talking too much the first few days (this tires the tongue)
- Avoid food that is too hot or spicy
- Avoid oral sex for 3 to 4 weeks
- Avoid beer for 10 to 14 days
- Avoid cannabis because it could increase swelling. If you absolutely must consume it, always rinse your mouth with water following each consumption.

MICRODERMAL
- Complete recovery from 1 to 12 months. depending on the location of the dermal
- Clean your dermal twice a day (morning and evening) for a period of 3 weeks with neutral PH soap foam (spectrogel). Leave on for 1 to 2 minutes and rinse with lukewarm water. You can also remove any trace of secretion with a damp cotton swab
- Do not hang your implant (you can attach a diachylon for the night) and let it breathe in the open air during the day for a period of 4 to 6 weeks
- Avoid touching or playing with your dermal
- Avoid baths for a period of 2 to 3 weeks following your dermal
- Avoid swimming in chlorinated water and lakes for a period of 3 weeks following the dermal
- Avoid direct contact of your implant with animals or any other contaminants
- Do not use the following products (Alcohol, Polysporin, Peroxide), only use saline water and the spectrogel that is recommended by your piercer.
