AttentionToThis
Greenlighter
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2009
- Messages
- 37
Well, not to be a dick or anything... But, that was a pretty dumb move. Mainly because the equipment wasn't sterilized properly, and well, you're using 18g metal that's made for god knows what. But, since it's done and over with... Just do this..
Make sure you clean them, and take care of them. But do NOT put peroxcide or anything like that on them, or you'll get chemical burns. Which blow. And when you go to swap out jewlery again, make sure you clean them in rubbing alcohol.
The way I see it, people have been doing piercings for god knows how many thousands of years, and only recently have those sterilizing machines been invented, I really don't think they're too neccasary. I bathed the piercings and the needle in rubbing alcohol, and used alcohol swabs on my lobes before the piercing, and washed my hands thorougly beforehand too. I've never heard of using peroxide before, what I'm doing is 3 times a day, cleaning them with rubbing alcohol, and then again with Tea Tree Oil(it can help skin heal, and helps keep the rubbing alcohol from drying out the skin too much). And Livestock Needles are made out of the same material and in the same gauges as piercing needles, the only difference is that there's a hub on the end of the syringe needles.