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Tattoos and other body mods
Masterpiece:
... I hadn't thought of that.
Lines:
I used a cotton ball method on my lobes that might work: You take two cotton balls soaked in saline solution (or your sea salt mix, whichever) and hold one on either side of the piercing and lightly hold them there to soak. (Don't rub, just lightly press them together on your ear. Like an ear-cotton ball sandwich.) It did a pretty good job of getting gunk off of my piercings and I didn't need to see the back of my ear to clean them. Some people have naysayed that in the past, but my piercer recommended it and it worked really well for me.
nekowafer:
The only thing to worry about with cotton balls is that sometimes fibers can get stuck to the jewelry/piercing and that can irritate. Gauze should fix that problem. And you're basically just going to have to get used to not being able to see what you're cleaning. Once the swelling goes down, you'll be able to feel what is going in back there enough to rub a q-tip on it and get most of the crusties off. Having a friend help once in a while is also good.
ChaoSera:
The cotton ball/gauze idea sounds good, I'm gonna try that, thanks!
Today it almost doesn't hurt anymore, just a slight tingling left. I'll take that as a good sign.
nekowafer:
Don't get too excited. It's going to ache for a couple weeks yet. Hopefully not much. And you will probably squeal like a little girl the first time you bump it the wrong way. But that will all go away soon!
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