Make sure your jewelry, hands and piercing are clean. Wash your hands and piercing with liquid antibacterial or antimicrobial soap and use a clean paper towel to blot away excess water.
Lay another clean paper towel on a flat surface. Dispense one pump of antibacterial soap onto the towel. Dip one end of the open segment ring into the soap to lubricate it, which will make insertion easier.
Line up the lubricated end of the ring with the outside of your piercing. For a horizontal piercing, such as a nostril or earlobe, push the end of the ring into the piercing horizontally. For a vertical piercing, such as an eyebrow or navel, push the end into the piercing vertically.
Rotate the ring until the opening is on the outside of the piercing. Wipe off any remaining antibacterial soap with a paper towel, making the ring easier to grip.
Grasp the ring just below the opening with the thumb and forefinger of your non-dominant hand. Hold the ring steady.
Hold the closing segment with the thumb and forefinger of your dominant hand. Seat the bottom indentation of the segment on the bottom prong of the ring opening.
Push the segment toward the ring horizontally until the segment's upper indentation snaps into place with the upper prong of the ring opening.