bactine

[topierceornot]

hello, umm i wrote on the nipple forum a long time ago about my nipple that i pierced with a safety pin haha. well i took that out and i did my other one with a sterile hollow needle and it looks fine and i was just wondering if i can clean it with bactine. because it is for puncture wounds so i thought it would be ok. and plus alot of my friends use it. but just tell me if it is ok. thank you

[Illyria Jade_mod]

Bactine is absolutely NOT for puncture wounds! *It says so on the package. *And it's horrible for piercings! *It will kill healing cells in your piercing, and is much too harsh to use on any piercing. *It delays healing time and is generally unsafe.


From the Bactine Website (http://www.bactine.com/bactinefaq.htm#usage)-
Q. Can I use on body piercing?
A. We cannot recommend that Bactine be used for this purpose since body piercings are considered puncture wounds. Consumers should consult their doctor for treatment of such wounds.


Please read this post (http://bodyjewelryforum.painfulpleasures.com/viewtopic.php?t=62) for information on how to take care of your new piercing. *There is also information in the knowledge base (http://bodyjewelryforum.painfulpleasures.com/kb.php) on how to do sea salt soaks and hot compresses, in the "how to" section.

I'd also suggest using H2Ocean (http://www.painfulpleasures.com/xcart/customer/home.php?cat=156) to help your new piercing stay clean and heal faster. (H2Ocean Information : Link (http://bodyjewelryforum.painfulpleasures.com/viewtopic.php?t=1165) Link (http://bodyjewelryforum.painfulpleasures.com/redirect.php?banner_id=2))

[iamblackbird]

Also, I have a feeling that this will soon be asked, so I'm grabbing it now....

"Can I use Neosporin or anything like that?"

NO. That's also evil for piercings, as it raps in dirt, dust, and other icky things that hinder the healing of your piercing.

[solnyez]

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend neosporin or any creamy/petroleum-y disinfectant for that matter...

I put some on a semi-deep wound and all it did was collect, pile up, and get dirty. I had to pick it out with a Q-tip and it was seriously painful and took extra long to heal.

Just something from the TMI files for you all...

[iamblackbird]

Sol, I'm there with ya.

Actually, around my house (my mom is a nurse), we just disinfect shallow wounds with hydrogen peroxide, unless it's a puncture wound**. Then cover, and keep clean. I had me a icky buildup of pus, lymph, and neosporin when I was 12, and that was that.

**Footnote: Piercings ARE puncture wounds. So don't be putting any neosporin or oily based substance on them!

[SecondaryBrooklyn_mod]

Man, I wish I could have known this before I went to my piercer. I usually consider myself pretty researched as far as piercings go, and I LOVE to correct my friends when they burn themselves using hydrogen peroxide on a piercing, or build up gorss bacteria-housing oils with neosporin. I was chatting with the dude who did my eyebrow piercing about that, so I felt pretty confident in him.

Too bad he gave me a little aftercare sheet recommending bactine for my piercing. It felt weird and numb the first time I used it (it contains a mild anesthetic agent), so I started just going with tried-and-true Dial soap after about 2 days. Too bad I spent like $8 on the bactine. Needless to say, that piercer won't be getting my business anymore now that I know I shouldn't have used the bactine in the first place.

[solnyez]

Little bit of hydrogen peroxide = okay. So much that it's foaming = not okay.

My preferred method is just to keep it clean with water. The body's quite capable of healing itself, y'know?

[iamblackbird]

I've had some pretty interesting wounds (like jumping out of a tree house onto a nail) that my family decided Hydrogen Perioxide would cure. Aaaaand, guess what? IT HURT. And didn't help much. Later they would see that hydrogen peroxide isn't good for a puncture wound...

My great-grandmother, on the other hand, was against it. She's just like, "lávelo en agua**". Duh.




"lávelo en agua", for you non-spanish speakers, means "wash it in water".

[SheepKaboom]

Great-Grandma Bird knows all.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/SheepKaboom/GGrandmaBird.jpg




*Note that I have utterly no idea what Bird's great-grandmother looks like. *This was just the first thing that popped into my head, and if this likeness actually looks like anyone's great-grandmother, that's both totally coincidental and utterly surprising. *This is just Paint, after all.

[Illyria Jade_mod]

*ROFLMAO* *Omg, that's to hillarious!

[iamblackbird]

It doesn't look at all like my great grandmother, but it's a striking likeness to my Aunt Jennifer! *Grins*

Abuelita knew all. No joke. She had an answer for EVERYTHING...which must be where us females in my family get it.

[topierceornot]

ok thank you guys. you have saved me once again haha. i only washed with bactine for a couple of days then i got sea salt and it is doing wonderfully. thank you all so much. bye