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Expert Guide to Body Piercing Aftercare: Prevent Infection & Promote Healing

View Photos Body Piercing is in the trend and have been since a long time. It was first introduced in India. Indians were the first to introduce ear piercing and wear ear ring. The fashion which then was thought to be rustic with time grew up to be trendy and now piercing are being done in the naval, eyebrow and oral piercing. Piercing is a puncture of the area of a body in which one can wear jewelery.

The piercing may dry off quickly but the infection happens on the side of the piercing called fistula. The bacteria's grow inside this fistula which causes piercing infections. To avoid infection and inflammation. One needs to follow after care of body piercing. Aftercare of body piercing, helps you heal the piercing faster and also to keep it save. Here are some easy aftercare of body piercing -

1.Clean the area with anti-microbial soap twice a day. This will clean the area and help kill all the bacterial infections.

2.Boil a glass of water will ¼ spoon of sea salt. Wipe the piercing with this solution. It is an easy solution to kill all the bacterias and also to quicken the healig process.

3.Make sure that while bathing you scrub the pierced area slightly and wash it off with warm water.

4.Use milk to clean the area every night. Milk is a good cleanser and also will help keep the skin healthy.

5.Sterilize the jewelery every time before wearing it. Every time you take it off, make sure you burn it in fire before wearing. This is lessen the chances of infection.

6.Avoid putting alcohol to the wound.

Aftercare of body piercing is essential. Ignoring the infections may lead to be greater problem. Specially care should be taken for oral piercing. According to a study, oral piercing creates the gap between the teeth and also infects the tongue.