Clean a Cartilage Piercing
The following steps will tell you how to clean your piercing
Steps
- Mix hot water with sea salt. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of seat salt in 8 ounces of water. More salt will irritate the piercing.
- Get a cotton bud and dip it in the water
- Wipe it over your piercing.
- Do this 2 times a day. Doing this more often can also irritate the piercing.
Tips
- Do not sleep on cartilage piercing, this will make it very sore and irritate it.
- Do not re-use cotton buds
- Do not clean your piercing using a sea salt soak more than twice a day. Otherwise, this over-cleaning will irritate the piercing.
- Go to a professional piercer if you need advice
- Do not use table salt
- Adding more than 1/4 teaspoons of sea salt can irritate your piercing
- Try not to touch the piercing often!