Aftercare instructions - ear piercing
Aftercare instructions - ear piercing

Step-by-step

Wash your hands
Cleanse the ear
Cleanse the new piercing in your ear thoroughly in front and in back, morning and evening. Keep the earrings in your ear, even during cleansing.
Use a liquid soap and we recommend that you cleanse the piercing while showering/washing your hair. Rinse thoroughly with running water and dry the area with a clean tissue or Q-tip.
For cleansing at other times, use Blomdahl Piercing Aftercare cleansing swabs, which are gentle to the skin. You can use them to cleanse between the ear and the earring/earring back. Allow to air dry. Use a new cleansing swab for the other ear, as well as new swabs the next time you cleanse the piercings. Note! Do not cleanse using alcohol.

Important to keep in mind
Clean, dry and airy
Cover your ears
Avoid getting snagged
Swimming
When swimming in a pool, lake or the sea: Wait with this as long as possible, or avoid dunking your head under the water. After swimming, cleanse the piercing using a liquid soap or Blomdahl Piercing Aftercare cleansing swabs.

Changing earrings
The piercing will still be healing throughout the first year.
• Always wear earrings. Otherwise, the hole can shrink and/or close up again.
• Be careful when switching earrings. Because the skin that has formed inside the hole is thin and delicate, it is also easily damaged and at risk for infection. Therefore, clean the earrings and your hands before you put the new pair in. Also, make sure to still keep the piercing clean, dry and airy. If you use earrings with an earring back, you should not squeeze it tightly against the back of the lobe.
• An ear piercing makes the skin extra sensitive and the risk of developing an allergy is greatest during the first year. That is why you need to be extra careful with your choice of earrings. Blomdahl has developed jewellery in consultation with skin specialists that is proven to be gentle to the skin and suitable for anyone, particularly those who have only recently had their ears pierced.