Sleeping on Piercings

It wasn't me!

When I wake up in the mornings my earss, pierced last week, have a tendency to be slightly sor and a tad crusty, and there's often dried blood around the piercing and on the pillow. I'm just wondering whether this'll be detrimental to the healing, and if so, how can I fix it.

Also, what kind of concentration of salt water should I use to clean them? I imagine too much would dry out and irritate the piercing, while too little wouldn't clean it properly. How much should I use?

jezza

re: salty water.
use sea salt, and cool boiled water.
if you taste it, it should not be more salty than a tayto crisp.

sickle

ear piercings at the top of your ear take aaaaages to heal 'cos of the cartilage and being slept on! its perfectly normal for them to be sore and crusty in the morning so clean them 1st thing.
i like jezzas advice about the solution being as salty as a crisp,sounds about right

qz

I had your same problem. Sleeping on piercings is sore, but I bought a barbell recently and it doesn't get in the way of sleep at all, even if you're leaning right on it.

porn_star

try as best as you can...not to sleep on them...i know it's hard, cos I have difficulty myself and all my ear piercings are healed but I have quite a lot, so they can get irratated...
even if you have to sleep on your side, if you put your head lower down on the pillow, so there's not as much pressue...
works for me anyway....

It wasn't me!

It's lobes, and both. I know they're not meant to be a problem, and I'm probably overreacting, but I'd like to know it's not an issue, or, if it is, how to fix it. The bleeding seems to ahve stopped now, and they're not so sore, so yay, guess I'm on the right track anyway.

porn_star

clean twice a day...
either sleep on your back...or do what i said and sleep lower done on your pillow so that your lobes aren't touching it...sounds uncomfortable but its not....
or else but a hand under the side your sleeping on, it'll hoise your head up slightly to keep pressure off...once again not comfortable..
these are things i do...
but i have a lot of catilage piercings and 3 scaffolds...so thats just me!

Blub2k4

It wasn't me! wrote:

Also, what kind of concentration of salt water should I use to clean them?

What I have been told is two flat teaspoons of salt to a cup of water, then let it cool.

cactushan

snakebite aftercare sheet "one full pint of freshly boiled water with half a level teaspoon of sea-salt"

but im just adding theirs im sure different places say different stuff

porn_star

i usually just throw some salt in boiling water and then taste it to see if it's ok...

either way it does the job for me!

It wasn't me!

I use quite a concentrated solution, and it seems to be working. Maybe it's down to the person. I wasn't soaking them at the start, in my ignorance, and since I have been, they've been healing dramatically quicker. Thanks all for the help. I'm also using a touch of Dettol after cleaning them as well which seems to be working a treat too.