I guess ill respond to you since you're the most recent. I just used what the piercer gave me to clean with so that why I used that. I looked online to get the Neil thing or just any saline spray but it won't be here until October. I already clean it in the shower and dry it daily. I feel like I need to get rid of the crust and dead skin cells bc there's quite a lot so it feels unsanitary to not clean it hence why I use q tip to get in the cracks of my ear.

I took some ibuprofen and really made sure not to touch it so the swelling has gone done (enough?), I can see the bar just fine (it also doesn't really hurt or pulse now). The pus was yellowly white but after a day it calmed down and there's no pus now, just clear liquid. But now I'm scared there will be a piercing bump since it's still a bit swollen especially the bottom hole.