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No, it contains iodine which is actually harmful to the wound.
You must use sea salt (available at health food stores and most drug stores).
The sea salt does not contain iodine and has a natural antiseptic and disinfectant in it.
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Will it hurt to put Epsom salt on a nose piercing?
You don't want to put Epsom Salt OR table salt on ANY piercing. They contain sugar and will cause infection. The ONLY thing to put on a fresh piercing is SEA SALT. Using 1/4tsp of sea salt with 8oz. of warm water, and soak the piercing for about 10 minutes twice a day. It is the best thing to help heal your piercing. When you are in the shower, use Dial soap to clean it also. But sea salt soaks are amazing for helping heal a piercing.
Can you soak a toe in table salt?
Yes; the sea salt has sodium chloride.
Can table salt be used to soak away ache muscles?
Yes
Can you clean a navel piercing with head and shoulders?
No. You dont want to use any soap or body wash on it. They can be really drying and irritate the piercing. You have to use saline/salt water soaks. Put a pinch of natural sea salt into a shot glass of warm water and use it to soak the piercing. You can either push the glass up against your belly to create a suction or soak a paper towel in the solution and hold that on the piercing for about 5 minutes. Do that 2-3 times a day every day. If thats too drying, substitute one of the salt soaks with just a normal warm water soak.
How do you manage a nose ring piercing right after . Should I wait 2 days or threes?
Soak your piercing in a mixture of warm water and natural sea salt. Put a pinch of sea salt into a shot glass full of warm water. Soak your piercing for about 5 mins no more than twice a day or you'll dry out the piercing. If the salt is too drying just use it every other day and use warm water instead. Don't ever use alcohol or hydrogen peroxide because it kills whats helping your piercing heal.
What is better to soak feet in table salt or baking soda?
Feet soaked in hot water which also has salt, will give you relief.
Can your industrial piercing get infected if you used alcohol on time?
Don't use alcohol. It kills the healthy cells. Soak your piercing in a sea salt solution. Put a pinch of Natural Sea Salt into a shot glass of warm water. Do that 1-2 times a day to keep your piercing nice and healthy :D
How do you clean a freshly pierced eyebrow?
Soak it in a mixture of sea salt and water. Put a pinch of natural sea salt into a shot glass full of warm water. Soak your piercing in it for about 5 minutes 2 times a day. You can use really gentle soap on occasion ( 1-2 times a week). Never use peroxide or alcohol on a piercing because they delay healing by killing whats helping your piercing heal.
How do you clean navel pircing?
With sea salt, not table salt, and provon. The sea salt you put in a cup and put it on your belly and let your ring soak for 5-10 minutes.
How should you care for your ears after getting them pierced?
Soak your piercings in a sea salt and warm water solution. I put a pinch of sea salt into a shot glass of water and use a cotton ball to soak my tragus piercing. Do this at least once a day. I do it twice daily but if that dries out your piercing only do it once. Also, using more sea salt doesn't make the soak better. Its actually worse because the salt will dry out your ears. You can also use a gentle soap while in the shower but not Dial. Dry your piercing with a paper towel instead of a cloth towel to prevent it from snagging and because the cloth isn't as clean and may leave fibers behind.
How is the best way to dry sunflower seeds for food do I soak them in salt water to flavor them or just lay them on a table with a fan to dry?
Soaking in salt water.
How do you stop a nose piercing you did yourself from getting infected no stupid comments about home piercing you think i dont already know...?
It's best to use a sterile needle to do the piercing in the first place, but to keep the piercing from getting infected, I would suggest using 'Satin Thereputic Skin Cleanser'. This is an anitmicrobial soap made specifically for cleaning piercings. You should also soak the piercing in hot water mixed with non-iodized sea salt (not epsom salt) several times per day for the initial healing time. That happened to me. It's best just to take it out let it heal then do it again with a sterile needle and sterile nose ring. Second Answer Salt and water. It will sting. It must be SEA SALT, not table salt. I cannot stress this enough. Good luck. :)
