Q&A for How to Take a Bath with a New Piercing

I wouldn't recommend it, but if you have to, try to avoid getting soap in the piercing.

You should be soaking your piercing 2-3 times a day in warm saline water. You shouldn't need anything else to clean your piercing.

If the area is red, swollen, and leaking pus, it may be infected. Soak the piercing 2-3 times per day in a mixture of warm (not hot) water and non-iodized salt. Talk to your doctor to make sure you don't need antibiotics.

Yes, you should be fine, just try not to submerge your ears. If they do get wet, make sure you clean the piercing and dry it thoroughly afterwards.

When cleaning your piercing(s), if they are wet from a bath/swimming, pat them dry before you start cleaning.

Don't swim. It will get infected, and you could end up losing the piercing or getting a nasty infection. You can try covering it with a waterproof bandage, but it could still get infected.

Your piercing will be tender for several weeks, and yes, it's normal. If it's hurting more or leaking pus, that could be an infection, so talk to your doctor. Otherwise, try rolling up a clean t-shirt and making a u-shape around your ear (leaving the space below your ear empty) on top of your pillow so that you put less pressure on your ear.

Do not take your earrings out until 6 months have passed, after a shower clean your piercing with the alcohol or whatever was prescribed to you by the piercer.

Use alcohol or whatever was prescribed to you by the piercer and use either a Q-tip or cotton swab to put the liquid on it and rub it around the piercing.

Use alcohol to clean the piercing after it being in contact with any soap. And just be really careful to make sure it doesn't get hit anymore, and don't just pat it after soap was there, use alcohol to wash it out.

After four months, you should be able to take the piercing out and change it. But don't leave it out for a long time, otherwise it will close up.

Most piercers advise for you to wait at least 6 weeks as cartilage piercings are not just through skin and need extra time to heal up and you are less likely to get infected. However, some people change them after just 2 weeks and experience no problems.

The general rule of thumb is to wait six months after getting the piercing. The next step is to see if you can move your piercing without any pain or discomfort. Also, check if there is any crust on the piercing, from the discharge. If neither of those things happens then after six months you should be good to change your piercing.

Yes, you can. It might be painful to get multiple piercings at once but it is perfectly okay to do this!

It is safe to take a bath with a fresh piercing, just try not to use harsh chemicals or washes when in the bath. Try to stick with something natural for the first couple of months till your piercing is a little more protective against it.

Talk to your doctor about whether you need antibiotics or not. Yellow pus is a sign of infection.

With a lobe piercing, it can heal in 4 to 6 weeks, but you should wait until it's completely healed before switching out your earring.

You don't have to cover the piercing. Just be careful around the piercing as you shower, and then clean it when you get out.

When you're done bathing, rinse your piercing with clean water and then clean it with a sterile saline solution.

Wash your hair in the shower. Just be careful around your piercing and make sure to clean the piercing when you're done.