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Daily Cleaning and Care Instructions
The medical piercing procedure minimizes the risk of infection during piercing, and the proper aftercare is critical in keeping the nose piercing healthy and free of infection.
- Never touch your nose piercing without first washing your hands with soap and water.
- Wash your new nose piercing on the outside of the nose twice a day. Do not remove the piercing stud when cleaning.
- When showering and washing your hair, use liquid soap on your nose and rinse thoroughly and gently with running water. Dry gently with a facial tissue or a cotton swab.
- Supplementary cleansing is done with Blomdahl Piercing Aftercare cleansing swabs, which are gentle on the skin. The swabs make it possible to clean between the jewellery and the skin on the outside of your nose. Allow to air dry. Use a new cleansing swab each time.
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Tips to Keep Nose Piercings Healthy
- Make sure that the area around your newly pierced nose is kept clean, dry and airy at all times.
- Cover your nose when applying make up, hair spray, spray perfume, hair-dye, etc.
- Take extra care when you are putting on/pulling off clothing over your head, in order to prevent the nose jewellery from getting caught. The same applies for face washing and nose blowing.
- You can secure the new piercing with a band-aid when you go to bed.
- If the nose piercing jewellery slides out press the jewellery gently back into place with a clean finger. The olive shaped tip will generally secure the piercing but movement is possible during the healing period.
- Avoid activities that could cause damage to your nose from the piercing stud tip.
- Wait as long as possible after piercing before swimming in a pool or lake, and avoid putting your head under water. When you come out of the water, cleanse with liquid soap or with Blomdahl Piercing Aftercare cleansing swabs.
- Swimming in lakes is strongly discouraged for at least two weeks.
- Pools have less risk because they are chlorinated but the piercing should be cleaned when you get out of the pool.
- Swimming in the ocean has the least risk due to high salt content of water.
When to Remove the Original Piercing Stud
After four weeks you can change to new nose jewellery. To remove the original nose piercing stud:
- Wash your hands and ears thoroughly.
- Clean the outside of your nose and around the stud.
- Carefully remove the nose piercing stud.
- Put in a new piece of clean nose jewellery.
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Ongoing Nose Piercing Care
- It takes up to a year before the holes are completely healed so ongoing care is important.
- Always wear nose jewellery. If you go without, the hole can shrink and/or close completely.
- Take extra care when changing nose rings. The skin that has grown within the holes is still thin and delicate and can easily tear, which may cause an infection.
- Always make sure to wash your jewellery and your hands before the change, and make sure that the area around the hole is kept clean, dry and airy.
- The risk for developing a contact allergy is at its greatest during the first year after nose piercing. This is why it is extra important to wear allergy safe jewellery during this time.
- Redness and/or swelling and/or pain and/or rashes are indicative of a possible infection. If you have these symptoms remove the nose jewellery and cleanse, and contact your doctor.
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Medical Nose Piercing
There will be minor discomfort after the procedure and some soreness in the following days, but material pain is unusual. Our doctors are available by phone to address any concerns.
Skin Friendly Jewellery
Blomdahl nose piercing jewellery is designed to facilitate rapid healing, and so that you can easily change your nose jewellery after the healing period.
Our piercing studs are made from skin-safe medical grade titanium or medical plastic for people with sensitive skin and allergies to jewellery.
An olive shaped tip – more hygienic
Our nose piercing jewellery is lightweight and has comfortable, rounded shapes. For hygiene reasons, there is no butterfly on the inside of the nose.
The piercing jewellery has an olive shaped tip that helps to keep the piercing jewellery in place during the healing period.
Airy healing with longer posts
To keep the piercing clean and dry during the healing period, it is important that the nose piercing stud has the right length, so that air can circulate and optimize healing.
Since nose wings differ in thickness and the space inside the nose can vary from person to person, our nose piercing jewellery is available in different lengths so we can match the piercing stud length to your nose shape.
Nose piercing stud styles
The nose piercing studs offered at Medical Piercing clinics in Ontario are made from medical plastic and titanium – and use high quality cubic zirconia, preciosa crystals and Swarovski crystals to add that little bit of sparkle.
Whatever the shape and colour, all the components that come into contact with the skin are guaranteed skin friendly.
Follow Up and Aftercare
After the nose piercing procedure you will receive detailed printed aftercare instructions, as well as have ongoing access to our doctors.
Your doctor or nurse will review the necessary daily cleaning procedure with you to ensure that you know what to expect, and what to do to keep you (or your child) free from infection.
In the written aftercare instructions you are advised to clean the new piercing twice a day on the outside. Supplementary cleaning is done with Blomdahl Piercing Aftercare cleansing swabs, which are gentle on the skin and easy to use.
You will be given your doctor’s phone number for quick access should you have any questions or concerns during the healing period. Complications like infection are rare with our nose piercing procedure when the aftercare instructions are followed – and you will have the security of knowing that our doctors are ready to help if needed.
