Newly pierced lip and industrial infected?

Question: I got my lip and ear pierced last Saturday, along with my eyebrow which is in 100% perfect condition, at a tattoo parlor. I'm fifteen and I went with my mother; it was all legal. My lip's infected, with a bit of pus coming from it if I press on it hard enough, and it hurts only if I accidently touch it while eating, or if I end up lying on it in bed. It's bled once, last night. The industrial is infected, has bled from the lower hole once, badly, but is fine now, but is still infected. No pus though. I can touch the inner areas of the two holes but where the balls are, if I even touch the surrounding area, pain right away. I rinse it all with saline (salt and water) solution at least three times a day (I aim for at least five), which is nothing more than my contact solution, on cotton balls so I'm sure it'll get into the holes, and the guy told me not to use alcohol, peroxide, or anything like that. Tips to get it to heal faster that don't involve sarcastic remarks to let it heal over?

Answers:
Go to the grocery store and purchase Sea Salt. It is right in with the regular salt. Clean area with warm water mixed with the sea salt twice a day and it should get rid of the infection. Be sure to wash the area with liquid Dial soap (antibacterial kind) every day and get zinc tablets at the drug store and crush them up and put them on the infection. It should clear up within two weeks. If not I would take them out especially the one on your lip. My daughter had an industrial done, she is 19 and it did bleed and turned very black and blue in color. It took around five months for it to heal. Oh and when you apply the sea salt don't use your hands use a cotton swab. I swear this really works, my girls took me to the TAT parlor on Mother's Day and got my ears pierced. I was fine using the sea salt.

Other Answers:
try using neosporin that helps, just put it over the piercings.

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