Healing & Aftercare

How a piercing heals — wound healing and skin, saline and antiseptics, scars and keloids, and the basics of keeping a fresh piercing clean.

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Healing & Aftercare

Wound Healing

Saline

Wound

Scar

Keloid

Antiseptic

Skin

Sea Salt