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RumpusParable -> RE: Genital Piercing (1/24/2007 11:50:10 AM)
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Dammit, I wrote a long detailed bit and the web ate it. Here goes again, I'm a piercer and will be repeating a bit of what another piercer here said before:
First, you need to follow the LITHA method of healing: Leave It The Hella Alone. If you are not cleaning it there should be no sex, no oral, no touching, no tugging, no rotating, no nothing. Neither your nor any other hands (or other body parts) should come in contact with the piercings while healing.
As the other piercer here said, go without bottoms when you can. You need to keep them as unrestricted as possible to relieve any tension on them and to allow for the best circulation as possible. In addition to going without bottoms when possible, sit with your legs a bit open to allow the best conditions for them.
Again echoing the other here, stop the Emu Oil. This can be excellent for use on piercings past the initial healing stage, but should not be used on fresh ones. No oils, ointments or creams should be put on fresh piercings.
Stop the Epsom Salts. Salt soaks should Only be done with non-iodized sea salt, 1/4 tsp to 8 oz warm water. Echoing again, these should not be done so that the delicate tissues of the vulva can be irritated. Use a sterile shot glass (or similar) at the beginning of each soak period to hold the solution only over the exit wounds. Each exit wound should receive 2-5 minutes of soaking only.
Make sure the soap you are using now does not have any scents or moisturizers in it. If it does change to another.
Cleansing: 2X a day you should be in the Shower letting the warm water run over the piercings to loosen lymph and blood crusts. Soap up and rinse them thoroughly. After this, do your salt soaks carefully and rinse afterwards so salt does not dry and stick to the skin.
Do not rotate the piercing at any time during cleansing or care. Some will tell you to do this, but do not. The jewelry used is smooth and non-porous, the skin will not fuse to it Your body's circulatory system and the drainage allowed by the jewelry to the surface of your skin will clean the inside of the puncture. Rotating during wear and cleansing is fine for healed piercings, but during the initial healing while the tunnel of flesh is still delicate it can cause irritation, tearing and possibly infection.
If 2X a day causes drying of the skin near the exit sites, you can cut back to 1X a day for a bit to see if this helps. Once you find the right amount of cleaning for your skin, stick with it until completely healed (several months, initial + maturation of piercing).
At 2 months of healing, you are still very much in the normal range for the irritation you are getting from these piercings. I just wanted to make sure there was nothing unusual occuring or that you could do better for yourself. Though the vulva gets good circulation and this usually means a fairly quick and easy heal for other piercings, for the labia majora this isn't the case for many due to them being a slightly deeper pierce and so easily constricted and shifted during daily movement. You sound fine, just alter your care a bit and do what you can to ease the rubbing and constriction.
If the irriation keeps occuring at this rate for more than another 2 months then I would suggest changing to titanium jewelry to rule out a reaction to the stainless steel. But for now there doesn't seem to be any reason to believe this is the case.
Good luck in healing and I hope you get years of enjoyment from them!
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