When can I stop cleaning my conch piercing?

You should clean your piercing once or twice a day for the first 6-12 weeks before reducing it to once every two days then once a week. In short, keep up with your aftercare methods! It’s normal for one to experience occasional bleeding while your piercing is healing.

Do I have to clean my piercing everyday forever?

Technically, you need to keep cleaning it forever, but, once it’s fully healed, you can clean it less often. You can also switch to plain water cleanings, instead of saline. Unless your piercing professional tells you otherwise, you’ll want to keep up the daily saline cleanings for 4 to 8 weeks.

Can I stop cleaning my piercing after 3 weeks?

After the healing period has ended, we recommend that you continue using your ear care solution as needed to keep your new piercing and earrings clean.

How long should you soak your piercing?

The best thing you can do for your piercing is a saline soak 2-4 times a day, completely submerging your piercing in the solution for 7-10 minutes. There are many packaged sterile saline solutions available, including Wound Wash and Blairex.

How do I know if my piercing is healed?

Signs that a Piercing is Healed:

1. The discharge has completely ended. Understand that there are period when it will cease during healing, so never use discharge as the only sign of the piercing be healed.
2. The edges of the piercing holes are smooth and pull inward.
3. The jewelry is loose and moves some what freely.

Can I wash my hair after conch piercing?

Wash your hair normally. Aim to get as little soap on your ears as possible, and try to avoid getting your hair (if it’s long) caught up in the jewelry. If you do get soap on it, that’s totally fine – just rinse it off as well as you can without touching it too much.

Should I leave the crust on my piercing?

Due to the type of puncture wound a piercing is, it’s important to remove the crust that develops around your earring or on the outside of your piercing. This is because air needs to hit the punctured tissue to properly heal your piercing.

How do you keep a piercing clean?

Clean the piercing with either a saline solution, a fragrance-free antimicrobial soap, or both once or twice per day. Rinse any soap from the piercing. Gently dry the piercing with a clean, disposable paper towel or tissue. Avoid drying with cloth since it may carry germs or catch on the jewelry.

How do you speed up the healing of a conch piercing?

Here are some conch piercing aftercare tips that can speed up the healing process.

1. Wear the right ear jewelry. The type of ear jewelry you wear can determine how long it takes to heal.
2. Avoid thinning your blood.
3. Prevent bacterial infection.
4. Don’t try to change the jewelry.
5. Use Body Piercing Spray.

How long does it take for a conch piercing to heal?

The conch piercing will heal about the same as any other cartilage piercing. Cartilage takes longer to heal than other fleshier areas, and it greatly varies from person to person. The conch will take anywhere from 3 months to one year to fully heal, so be sure to consult a piercer before stopping aftercare practices.

Should you get a conch piercing with a ring or stud?

At the end of the day, you should weigh up what’s more important to you: Healing time or the look of a conch ring. Ashley adds, “This does not mean that it is impossible to heal with a ring, but just a little bit more difficult.” So don’t fret if you really can’t bear to wear a stud. Your conch piercing will still heal eventually.

How bad does a conch piercing hurt?

Welp, there’s no definitive answer, ’cause pain tolerance is a hundred percent specific to you and your body. That said, your conch is a pretty thick chunk of ear cartilage, so you can expect a decent level of pain, pinch, and ouch (sorry, but truth is truth) and likely much more pain than a standard lobe piercing.

Can a dermal punch piercing heal on its own?

Additionally, a dermal punch piercing won’t heal on its own, and many states have laws against using dermal punches for piercing purposes, so it’s not recommended. If you want a larger gauge but find the dermal punch intimidating, it is possible to stretch the cartilage, but it can be difficult.