Nipple piercing aftercare?

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Thursday June 5th, 2008 @ 11:26 PM

Filed under: Nipple

Hi, I just got my nipple pierced and my piercer suggested Spectro-Jel (the fragrance free, sensitive stuff in a purple bottle.) Is this an okay way to clean nipples during the healing process? Or do I still have to do sea-salt soaks? And how many times a day should I clean the piercing? Thanks.

Hopefully your piercer gave you both written and oral aftercare instructions…if not, you probably didn’t get the best service you could have.

I can’t really comment on using Spectro-Jel as I have never used it myself or suggested it as part of my aftercare routine. What I can tell you however, is this: Spectro-Jel isn’t going to make your piercing heal. In fact there isn’t a soap, a sanitizer, a cleaner or any other product that is going to heal your piercing. Your body is what has to do the healing.

Any type of cleaner you put on your piercing is going to interfere with your body’s natural healing process. Now, that isn’t to say there isn’t a time and place for some sort of cleaner. If you get your piercing dirty during the healing process, a mild cleaner may be in order. However, you are using that cleaner to help kill the nasties that may have gotten into your piercing. The cleaner isn’t healing the piercing.

Regular sea salt soaks (mixed correctly) can help create conditions in your piercing that promote better and easier healing. My suggestion to my clients is a warm sea salt soak a couple of times per day. In your case, I would suggest that as opposed to the Spectro-Jel…unless you get the piercing dirty, as I mentioned before.

When it comes to piercings, your body usually heals in spite of what you do to it and not because of what you do to it.

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