How to care for your piercings

Piercing Aftercare

To make sure your piercings heal properly, you’ll need to give them some love and care along the way. The healing time will depend on your piercing placement, age and overall health, but here are our top tips for a smooth aftercare process.

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How to care for your piercings

Piercing Aftercare

To make sure your piercings heal properly, you’ll need to give them some love and care along the way. The healing time will depend on your piercing placement, age and overall health, but here are our top tips for a smooth aftercare process.

What to expect after getting your piercing?

Initially: Some bleeding, localised swelling, tenderness & bruising.

During healing: Some discolouration, itching, secretion of a white straw coloured fluid (not pus) that will form some crusts around the jewellery.

Piercing Aftercare

4 Tips for Cleaning your Piercings

Clean your piercing with the A&M Aftercare Solution twice a day until it is fully healed. You should do this for a minimum of 2-3 months for lobes, and a minimum of 6-12 months for cartilage, and whenever your piercing is irritated.

Before touching or cleaning your piercing, make sure you wash your hands to avoid any risk of infection.

Make sure you spray the A&M Aftercare Solution to the front and back of your piercing.

After showering or cleaning your piercing, make sure you dry the area with a clean paper towel or a hair dryer on the cold setting.

Piercing Aftercare

4 Tips for Cleaning your Piercings

1. Clean twice a day

Clean your piercing with the A&M Aftercare Solution twice a day until it is fully healed. You should do this for a minimum of 2-3 months for lobes, and a minimum of 6-12 months for cartilage, and whenever your piercing is irritated.

2. Always wash your hands

Before touching or cleaning your piercing, make sure you wash your hands to avoid any risk of infection.

3. Spray front & back

Make sure you spray the A&M Aftercare Solution to the front and back of your piercing.

4. Keep it dry

After showering or cleaning your piercing, make sure you dry the area with a clean paper towel or a hair dryer on the cold setting.

Piercing Aftercare

Things to avoid

Try not to swim for four weeks after your piercing. Avoid swimming in public baths or the sea too, as this could prolong the healing.

Where possible avoid sleeping on your piercing while it's healing, as it can cause irritation.

Wait until your piercing has fully healed before changing the jewellery. You can book a jewellery change by contacting your nearest A&M store.

Other than cleaning, try not to touch your piercings. When you do have to touch them, always make sure you wash your hands!

Piercing Aftercare

Things to avoid

Avoid swimming for 4 weeks

Try not to swim for four weeks after your piercing. Avoid swimming in public baths or the sea too, as this could prolong the healing.

Try not to sleep on your piercings

Where possible avoid sleeping on your piercing while it's healing, as it can cause irritation.

Don't change the jewellery too soon

Wait until your piercing has fully healed before changing the jewellery. You can book a jewellery change by contacting your nearest A&M store.

Try not to touch your piercings

Other than cleaning, try not to touch your piercings. When you do have to touch them, always make sure you wash your hands!

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Some important things to note

Care of the piercing is your responsibility. Following the above advice will ensure safe and proper healing of your new piercing.

In case of infection or if you have any concerns, please book back in to see our piercers for further advice. Do not remove piercing until medically advised to do so to avoid trapping infection in piercing channel.

If you have any concerns after a consultation, contact our customer service team at customercare@astridandmiyu.com if you have any questions about caring for your piercing.