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Disinfecting piercing jewellery
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As I've had this horrible infection, I thought it best to sanitise all of my piercings and earrings. Because saline solution doesn't get rid of everything (including the bacteria that I just got an infection from), I thought that using something like milton would be a good idea.
It wasn't
Its ruined a load of stuff - a couple of metallic piercings, a couple of my plasticy ones, and a few others. All my expencive stuff is fine - blackline, steel, titanium and stuff.
What should I use, which is going to get stuff clean but not destroy it? I wanted to use the sterialiser we have at home, but I was asked not to because my mum uses it for stuff she's going to sell (she uses glass containers and stuff).
It wasn't
Its ruined a load of stuff - a couple of metallic piercings, a couple of my plasticy ones, and a few others. All my expencive stuff is fine - blackline, steel, titanium and stuff.
What should I use, which is going to get stuff clean but not destroy it? I wanted to use the sterialiser we have at home, but I was asked not to because my mum uses it for stuff she's going to sell (she uses glass containers and stuff).
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hope this helps x
its not the piercing itself, its the jewellery that needs cleaning. I clean my piercings with normal soap and if needed saline in an egg cup for 30 secs. Its just them jewellery needs a good soak from time to time, I have (or did until i messed them up) have a few bioplast things, but they're all gone very soft and yucky, and I'm not sure if you can boil them...
try to avoid perfumed soaps and hand wash as this usually makes jewlerry deteriorate and discolour and also makes them smell alot quicker. use unscented natural ones or stick with salt.
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