a couple quick questions regarding healing piercings

Background: I have abandoned a piercing in the past for a job. It
seems difficult for my body to heal piercings in general.

Question 1: Having been advised to use anywhere from 1/8 to 1/4 tsp
sea salt to 8oz. water, i have been using 1/4 tsp to 10oz... somewhat
of a happy medium. The skin around my ears is dry. Is the saltwater a
likely cause, or is this more likely to be hard water, or something
along those lines ? I've been thinking of getting a filter, but if i
can just use less salt, i'll do that. I just don't want to use less,
and have it do no good.

Question 2: Scar tissue. My old piercing was at 4g when i ditched it.
I'm fairly clueless as to what is going to happen once i start getting
up in size with my new holes. Will i just have to take it slower than
before, or will there be more involved ?

Thank you all in advance for any input i may get.

McNerdius <mcnerd@techie.com> wrote:

> Question 1: Having been advised to use anywhere from 1/8 to 1/4 tsp
> sea salt to 8oz. water, i have been using 1/4 tsp to 10oz... somewhat
> of a happy medium. The skin around my ears is dry. Is the saltwater a
> likely cause, or is this more likely to be hard water, or something
> along those lines ? I've been thinking of getting a filter, but if i
> can just use less salt, i'll do that. I just don't want to use less,
> and have it do no good.


I find saltwater soaks to be drying. I rub my lobes with oil daily:
either rosehip seed oil, olive oil infused with arnica, or almond oil.
It's great for getting rid of dryness, and the rubbing helps reduce the
one little lump of scar tissue that tries to form on my right lobe.

I realize you can't so much do the rubbing thing with a healing
piercing, but once they're healed it's a great way to go. I did
occasionally dab a bit of oil on my lobes with a qtip during healing,
but *very* sparingly and only rosehip seed oil.