How Should I Take Care of My Dermal Piercing?
You should plan to take care of a surface anchor in the same way that you'd take care of any piercing, but the instructions you're given may differ depending on your piercer.
"Keep it clean, and leave it alone,"Gottschalk said. "With surface anchors, you really want to make sure you're not touching it on stuff, because the odds of it being ripped out of your body are much higher than your average piercing. You have to be super responsible with them, and you have to take really good care of them — otherwise, they're going to reject pretty quickly." (More on that later.)
How Long Do Dermal Piercings Take to Heal?
Every part of the body tends to have slightly different healing times, but if you happen to get a dermal piercing, Gottschalk says that you can expect for it to heal in around three to six months. "This is a fairly easy piercing to heal as long as you take care of it and don't do anything dangerous and stay within the parameters of your aftercare," he said.