How to take care of your baby’s new piercing to ensure smooth healing and avoid infections.
Do not touch the rings immediately after piercing. Avoid anyone touching the
piercing area except when cleaning them.
Always wash your hands with soap and warm water before touching the pierced
area.
Special care to be taken while bathing or dressing up.
While taking bath, prevent soap or shampoo to come in contact with the piercing
area.
Be careful while dressing up, else you may accidently jostle the pierced area
while putting on or removing clothes.
Clean the pierced area with saline solution. Apply coconut oil and rotate the
ring gently twice a day to prevent grim to settle around the piercing lobe.
Inspect the ear lobe everyday and check for signs of infection.
Let the pierced area heal completely and do not remove the earrings for a
minimum six months from the ear piercing day.
Home Remedies for minor infections or as precautionary measures
Redness, swelling, drainage, pain, itching or tenderness are the signs.
You should contact your doctor if ear lobe is infected.
Keep the pierced area clean. Wash your hands before touching the piercing area. Inspect
the ear piercing for few days.
Apply coconut oil to the ear lobe and rotate the ring gently.
Apply Turmeric powder.
Please avoid swimming for 5-6 weeks from the day of piercing.
In few skin, Chlorine in the water may add to infection.
It takes atleast 4-6 weeks for complete healing.
However, don't remove the first piercing earrings for 12-16 weeks.
6-9 months for children between 0-2 years
3-6 months for children and adults above 2 years
It is important to wear a ring/stud after removal of the needle to ensure the pierced
hole doesn’t get blocked.
A bigger hole on the tender ear lobes at an early age is not recommended. Ears lobes
have only muscles, hence, a bored hole once done will widen naturally.
The piercing should be done in the traditional way with a sharp needle, instead of using
a thick edge and
forcefully piercing it through the tender lobes of children.
Incase after piercing a thicker earring is not passing through after a traditional
piercing, then a Neem or Tulsi stick can be inserted in the pierced hole for a
period of 1-2 weeks. This will naturally widen the bored hole and
it will be safer
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