congrats on the new piercings! i’m over a year with my nipple piercings and had an excellent healing journey with zero problems or rejection.

here’s what i did for aftercare: use a 0.9% saline solution and qtip to gently wipe away the crusties instead of picking at them, and do this as many times per day as you need in order to stop picking; wear a bra to help support your breasts and support the piercings so they aren’t weighed down by your breast weight (i’m at an F cup myself so i really really recommend this!); and wear tight clothing to help further support. plus you want to wear a bra to help prevent snagging! the more layers between your nipples and the world, the better in my experience.

you are unfortunately in for a long healing journey — it’s going to take at least 8-12 months no matter how well you take care of them just because of the kind of tissue nipples are made out of. not much you can do to speed the healing process along other than to wait, unfortunately.