Things You'll Need:
- Cup
- Salt
- Water
- Tissue or cotton swab
- Antibacterial soap
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Step 1
Wash your hands with anitbacterial soap. This will elminate any bacteria that could cause a potentially dangerous infection. For best efficacy, scrub your hands for at least 30 seconds.
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Step 2
Clean away any crust that has formed around the piercing. Your body's natural reaction is to insulate itself from any foreign object. A tissue or cotton swab can be used to gently wipe away any crustiness.
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Step 3
Create a nice lather and clean the nipple and piercing. For best results, gently spin the ring to allow soap to clean the entire area. Depending on the ring, you may be able to undo and then retighten the piercing so that soap can clean it as well.
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Step 4
Remove the nipple ring. This can be painful, especially at first. If your nipples are extremely sensitive, take an ibuprofen beforehand. Once you've removed the nipple ring, you can thoroughly scrub and disinfect it before reinserting back into your nipple.
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Step 5
Repeat the process twice a day until the nipple has healed. It is very important that you be diligent about cleaning the piercing until the skin had healed to avoid infection.










Comments
deadpanscience said
on 9/8/2008 You should NOT be removing a piercing until it is 100% healed!