How Does Sea Salt Work, Exactly, To Do Good For And Help Heal Piercings?
What is it chemically about sea salt that makes sea-salt soaks so good for healing piercings? How does it work on a microscopic level (if it kills bacteria, for example, how does it do it)?
4 Comments to “How Does Sea Salt Work, Exactly, To Do Good For And Help Heal Piercings?”
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By Ambrose Hussein, December 9, 2009 @ 11:21 am
Natural sea salt contains 81 minerals that are essential to the human body. When using it in a solution (1/4tsp sea salt to 1 cup of boiled or bottled water) it aids in promoting healing, relieving pain, and reducing swelling to a fresh piercing.
It’s not that it kills bacteria, but it helps to stimulate your body to fight off the bacteria and to heal itself faster.
By smithsalbabe (PiercingsByJulie), December 9, 2009 @ 11:24 am
it kills bacteria
By Bunny L, December 9, 2009 @ 11:26 am
I don’t know anything about it killing bacteria…it doesn’t as far as I know, but in solution, it simulates your bodily fluids, and your body uses it in the same way it uses fluids…to carry healing nutrients to the wound
By celestia, December 9, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
It kills the bacteria by making their living environment alkaline instead of acid, which they prefer.