For the healing be perfect and fast, the elcuerpo.es website gives a series of advice on health distinguishing between piercing in the mouth and piercing in any other part of the body.
Caring for the lip, tongue and inside of the mouth
You need rinse you off with an oral antiseptic or a physiological saline at least twice a day and always after eating, drinking or smoking; In any case, it is not recommended to smoke, nor to drink alcohol, take hot foods (better cold) or foods with lactose, as well as share fluids with another person.
General post-piercing care
In any area other than the mouth, you should clean yourself at least three times a day with a neutral soap, physiological serum or specific antiseptics for piercing. Don't dry the area with cotton, towels or any material that can shed lint or irritate the area.
Do not recommend alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, iodine or crystalline as they dry out the skin and make healing difficult. Antibiotics are not recommended, except for infection because they can irritate or hinder healing, or self-medication, or home remedies that, although they can help you, may also not work and end up infecting area.
Not recommended manipulate the piercing, take it off or change it until the time that you have been told has passed, which usually ranges from 20 to 40 days.
Demand do not bathe swimming pool or hot tubs for the first two months. Also do not expose yourself to Salt because ultraviolet rays make it difficult for the skin to heal.
Do not take it as a joke: if it gets infected you have screwed up. Loreto already told you that the most frequent reactions are allergies to the material used, affecting 45% of the population, as well as the bacterial infection that occurs by staphylococcus, streptococcus or pseudomonas; This danger is increased if the tongue or cartilage is pierced.
But this is not all: tomorrow I will talk about other problems serious enough that it causes a piercing.
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