Inner Labial Cleaning Tips?
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Tuesday May 20th, 2008 @ 4:16 AM
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I have recently (two days ago) pierced my inner labia. Just a simple question, some say its best to leave them be, since urine acts as a sterilizer, while others say salt water soaks or water and soap soaks are best. I’d like to really know from BME. If you could tell me actually how to clean it, that’d be great. Thanks.
Some slight inaccuracies with this, mainly that: “[i]Urine acts as a sterilizer.[/i]” For those reading this urine is not a liquid that sterilizes, urine when it freshly exits out of your own body it is sterile to yourself. So don’t anybody go peeing on people or storing urine in jars ok? 
Urine is sterile to your own body and essentially when urinating it can sometimes help flush the wounds out. Sometimes because there are certain genital piercings where urine just ain’t going to get at, without doing some really weird body positioning haha!
My personal and professional opinion is to use a combination of all 3. Urine because you DO have to go to the bathroom, don’t hold it in. Salt Water/Saline Soaks (mixed properly or buy Sterile 0.9% Sodium Chloride Wound Wash) roughly 1-2 a day depending on your lifestyle. Followed up of course with a proper body hygiene protocol of showering your body like you normally would with a very mild sensitive soap free cleanser, use fresh clean towels every time and wear clean clothes as well as change your bedsheets through-out the week.
So long as you maintain a proper body hygiene protocol, drink plenty of water, eat right and get a good night sleep your piercings should heal pretty close to problem free. However not everyone is able to live that kind of lifestyle perfectly, so the occasional Salt Water/Saline Soaks 1-2 a day will aid in flushing the wound out as well as promoting skin cell regeneration.
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6 Responses to “Inner Labial Cleaning Tips?”
Hi There,
Did this piercing hurt alot?
and what kind of jewelry did you choose?
Can you please advise the ratio mix of the salt water/saline soak?
pipa on May 20th, 2008 at 9:29 amPIPA X
1/4 teaspoon per 250mLs.
Dimruthien on May 20th, 2008 at 9:49 amI wouldn’t say it hurt a lot for me, just a little, but everyone is different. I used a circular barbell for mine (because I failed to put the ball into the tiny CBR I was originally planning to use).
Babysitter on May 20th, 2008 at 1:27 pmPipa: you can do 1/4 teaspoon to 250ml or 1 cup of water…However if you would rather buy in bulk you can obtain 4liter (1 gallon) Distilled/Demineralized Water and put 4 teaspoons sea salt into that jug of Distilled Water.
Shake it up and let the salt dissolve and place it in the fridge to retard bacterial growth. Pour into a container/glass to do the soaks and place the jug back into the fridge and you can use it for roughly 5-7 days before you need to discard and make a new batch.
Or you can just obtain sterile saline would washes,etc from pharmacies/chemists and you don’t have to mix anything.
Warren Hiller on May 20th, 2008 at 10:22 pmHey Warren,
Thanks for the useful info.
It sounds like a good idea to do the mix in bulk and use it when needed.
The only problem is that it would be extremly cold hey! (lol)
pipa on May 21st, 2008 at 7:03 amHow long do you reccomend to do the soaks for and how ofetn in a day?
thanks
PIPA X
You can heat up however much you need in the microwave before soaking with it
Dimruthien on May 21st, 2008 at 7:30 amLeave a Comment