Traci wrote:Hiya, I have a new nipple piercing, could anyone give me some advice on the best way to look after it? By the way, im proud to be forty, not going south yet

i had my piercing done for ME, a celebration of being forty and still having a lovely body, we all age but if we look after ourselves, can still be body beautiful at any age

By the way, my piercing goes through my nipple and it feels sore at the moment, but secretive, this in itself is a turn on.
Traci
Congratulations on getting your nipple pierced. It is a wonderful feeling and yes it is a turn on knowing that you have this piercing and no one else knows!
First and most important.....DO NOT TOUCH THE PIERCING while it is healing. Make sure you wash your hands with antibacterial soap prior to cleaning the piercing. You will want to soak your piercing in warm Sea Salt water (you can get sea salt from your local piercing shop). After you have soaked your piercing (approximately 10-15 minutes), wet the end of a Q-tip with warm/hot water and gently remove any remaingin "crusties" that have accumulated on the jewelry. You will also want to put some antibacterial soap in your hands, add some water and lather up the soap...apply this to the nipple and jewelry and work the jewelry back and forth as to work the soap into the piercing...rinse the jewelry and nipple and again work the jewelry back and forth to remove the soap. Make sure you have all "crusties" removed before working the jewelry back and forth...if you don't, you will know it because it does hurt!
It is hard to resist playing with the piercing, but it is important that you not handle the jewelry until it is healed. An infected nipple is very painful. If it happens to get infected, leave the jewelry in and do the sea salt soaks....this will help to remove the infection.
Enjoy your new piercing. Did you only get the one pierced or did you get both done? If you only pierced one, you will find that in time, the desire will overcome you to get the other pierced. Body piercing, just like tattoos becomes addictive.
Enjoy and keep us posted on your progress.