Advertisement. When you get a new piercing, it might be tempting to fiddle with it and rotate the jewelry around to clean it. You may even hear from some people that it's okay to rotate it in order to clean it or keep the hole open, while others will strongly advise leaving it alone to avoid infection. But a piercing is a fresh wound that needs ...I got a lobe piercing and it seems to be healing well. No irritation, or blood or bumps. Just some tenderness but I think that's because I sleep more on one side. I ordered some new titanium earrings, and I'm just excited to swap them out, but I don't want to mess up my piercings. Any advice would be helpful.Nov 14, 2023 ... r/piercing Current search is within r/piercing. Remove r/piercing filter and expand search to all of Reddit. TRENDING TODAY. Search for "" in r ...10 votes, 18 comments. true. i don't use a whole lot of clamps at this point, generally just for oral piercings, but this is just what i'm comfortable with. if a piercer uses tools or not shouldn't be a deciding factor for you, it really doesn't indicate much other than personal preference. also; don't buy into the "100% freehand is the only way" rhetoric that one shop seems to be pushing, it ...It's been nearly a year since I got my septum pierced, also my first piercing, and now when this COVID bullshit blows over I am thinking of complementing it with a smiley. I have some questions about the piercing after I did some research: 1- I work in a hospital and as such, they aren't the most fond of the more "outrageous" piercings.They look good as hell on anyone. From these pictures you also seem to have a more alternative style already (long hair and the clothes) do a belly piercing would fit very well and wouldn't distract at all from the style you already have. Reply reply. invisibletit. •. men with belly piercings are hot.I was so scared that a lip piercing wouldnt suit me but y'all I'm in love 🌸. 1.9K 65. r/curlyhair. • 3 yr. ago. Join. Shaved my beard, washed my hair and rocking my lip piercing, trying to be the best version of myself everyday. I hope you like myvstyle! 2.6K 91. r/Pareidolia.Smell like cheese. : r/piercing. All. My piercings. Smell like cheese. Doesn’t matter if I rinse them daily with warm water in the shower, or if I spray them daily with saline, or if I just let them be. They always smell like parmesan cheese. The new ones, the old ones, the freshly healed ones. My brother claims he enjoys the parmesan smell ...They look good as hell on anyone. From these pictures you also seem to have a more alternative style already (long hair and the clothes) do a belly piercing would fit very well and wouldn't distract at all from the style you already have. Reply reply. invisibletit. •. men with belly piercings are hot.The front of your ear looks ok for an industrial but the back of it doesn’t have enough of a curve to safely pierce an industrial without it rejecting or being extremely uncomfortable. I see two possible problems here. The front of your ear is good with a curve but the outer edge doesn't.Get a travel pillow and sleep with your ear in the hole is a well known trick to keep you from sleeping on your (unhealed) piercings. A water polo cap has been advised for restless sleepers who can’t stay put on a travel pillow. Regular visitors of this subreddit may have already noticed that there are some tabs added to the top of this ...Have 4 on one side and 3 on the other. The healing time should be too bad. Most ear piercing heal within a few months. Winter is coming and if you don't do any sports, you should be fine. omg i actually had the same exact issue with my lobe piercings!! got a second one that was fine on one side and then way too far away on the other, then when ...If you already included this info in your post or if your post isn't about a problem with your piercing, please disregard. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.Thank you for posting to r/piercing.It seems like you're asking about a piercing problem.If this is the case, please be sure to include: the age of your piercing, the shape of jewelry, the threading style (internal or external), jewelry material, and your aftercare routine.The scar it leaves isn't noticeable unless someone is 3 inches away from your face staring at your nose, and it's not an odd or unattractive looking scar either. If you take it out now you will not have a scar. A keloid is super rare, if your ears are pierced and you didn't have a keloid then than I doubt you'd get a keloid on your nose.1b. They will walk you through proper aftercare. 2. Do not take your earrings out during the healing process - at all. The blood will not "get stuck." During showers any residual blood will get rinsed away. 3. Do not twist the earring. It was old advice from a past piercing generation; generally it's not helpful.Hey everyone. I've had a nostril piercing for about 7 months. 1 month in I developed a piercing bump and it hasn't gone away. I've done all of the recommended things (saline, keeping it dry etc). One thing I've noticed throughout my Reddit searching is that people often say once they take out the jewelry the bump goes away quickly.However in college I made a nose sculpture for a ceramics class as an ode to my internal struggle with body image. It got me thinking. And I had wanted my septum pierced for several years prior so for my 22nd birth I decided to get it done as a commemoration to how I felt and how I have overcame that insecurity.my piercings generally heal pretty fast, so it took my third lobes maybe 4-5 months before they felt healed. but they were a lot more fussy than my second or first lobes. they had big irritation bumps, they were crusting and pussing, and even now they feel a little more sensitive than my second or first lobes.one other thing id add to all of the excellent advice youve been given is to mix up salt water (1/4 teaspoon salt per pint of boiled water) put it in a cup then soak your nose inside the water for a few minutes to soften any crust for easy removal. dont pick at any dried on crusts it will just cause irritation. any time you clean your nose with salt water solutions you need to rinse with plain ...All troubleshooting postsrequire a CLEAR photo of the piercing (have someone else take it for you if possible), AND the information regarding the quality of the material, current aftercare process, age of the piercing, and notation of any trauma to the piercing per the sub sticky posts Anecdotal advice is temporarily restricted. Bad, misleading ...During the initial stages of healing—the first 6 weeks for a lobe piercing and 12 weeks for a cartilage piercing—experts say you should follow the steps listed below to keep the area clean... You want to get something that only contains 0.9% sodium chloride and water with no additives. Edit: just wanted to add that you can clean 1-2x daily using a sterile wound wash spray. When you do develop crusties avoid picking them off, they will eventually fall off during your shower. 3. true. evvaanxox. • 5 yr. ago. I have one, I love it. I'm pretty insecure both generally and in my masculinity and my eyebrow piercing definitely makes me feel more attractive. Personally, I think they look best on more masculine presenting people but some feminine presenting people can rock it too. 3.What I do is clean it once in the morning and once at night after I shower. Taking a shower helps loosen up any crusties or dried blood. You only need to clean it twice a day, 3 times can be a bit overkill since overcleaning piercings will irritate it and slow down the healing process because even though it gets rid of bad bacteria, good bacteria helping the piercing heal gets cleaned away.If you already included this info in your post or if your post isn't about a problem with your piercing, please disregard. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.Thank you for posting to r/piercing.It seems like you're asking about a piercing problem. If this is the case, please be sure to include: the age of your piercing, the shape of jewelry, the threading style (internal or external), jewelry material, and your aftercare routine. This information is required for the troubleshooting process.304 53. Share. r/piercing. • 4 mo. ago. Join. Hello everyone! I got my first piercing (left eyebrow piercing) few days ago, and I'm wondering if it actually suits me. 1.1K 342. Share. Basically I'm searching for a chastity cage that doesn't require the constant wear of a PA hook, but still offers the option to use one if needed. Regarding the BA-28 model. I'm concerned about the gap between the balls without the hook. I should verify with Badassworkroom/brawrpro if they can craft a "middle ring" without a hook. However, she was able to get one piercing in, a 16-gauge (she said the studio uses 16g only for helix piercings except in special circumstances depending on the client's ear anatomy). Because my ear is so thin, she had to angle it ever so slightly because had she done it straight, it probably would've poked into the side of my head.Other nose piercings are through the columella, a cartilaginous structure that separates the right and left sides of the nose. This piercing is known as a septum piercing. Piercings are also done on the Third Eye and bridge of the nose. PRICING: Between $25 and $30 per piercing, though the jewelry is a separate cost. PAIN LEVEL : 3/10.By Corinne Kai. April 18, 2021. Getty Images / Allure: Clara Hendler. Genital piercings may seem shrouded in mystery, but piercers and body modification advocates are hoping to …DearDorothy • 3 mo. ago. Yes. Your navel shouldn't have been pierced to begin with. Floating navel jewelry is meant for collapsed navels, not navels without a shelf. Remove this before it removes itself. 148. Reply. libra-love- • 3 mo. ago. This started rejecting a long time ago.My piercing fail story. I don’t have any pictures, but I have the story to share. I got an ear lobe piercing a couple years ago at a tattoo parlor. My mom mentioned that it would be safer and would be less likely to cause an infection. I want to mention that I have pretty sensitive skin so the piercing was extremely painful.L shaped, Curve or ball. none of them. get an internally threaded flat back labret. Everyone will suggest flat-back labrets, but of the ones you have pictured curved stays in best. Sometimes they can be difficult to get in if the curve is too tight.The only piercings I've ever had in my life were earrings but I took them out years ago. I have been contemplating getting them redone but I've thought about a facial piercing. However, my pain tolerance isn't the best so that's why it's hard to pick the best one for the first go.I pierced my cartilage piercing with a hoop at a tattoo shop back in 2018. I've had zero problems with it ever since I got it -- I'm talking about no infections and no irritation even when it got snagged on my hair or I slept on it wrong. Suddenly, in Feb of 2023, I got a gnarly infection. I woke up to it being sore and then after touching it ...I was so scared that a lip piercing wouldnt suit me but y'all I'm in love 🌸. 1.9K 65. r/curlyhair. • 3 yr. ago. Join. Shaved my beard, washed my hair and rocking my lip piercing, trying to be the best version of myself everyday. I hope you like myvstyle! 2.6K 91. r/Pareidolia.Didn't have any issues with breastfeeding because of the piercings, although my let down was very intense and I'm sure additional outlets didn't help with that. My kiddo's only latch issues were caused by undiagnosed tongue/lip ties (still salty about that). 1. suprnvachk.Specifically looking for a septum piercing w/ two nostril piercings, a medusa piercing, and tunnel gauged earrings. Super open to any piercing cc recs you may have, I wish there were more options to layer nose piercings in the sims (and more piercing options generally) but hope those will come at some point. Archived post.Piercings are an investment, you want them to be well placed and healthy for years to come. Healing times, I've been told by a ukapp piercer that around 3-4 months for lobe piercings to be switched out at home, however something must be worn at all times for at least the 1st year to prevent the holes shrinking or closing.I liked Boston Tattoo Company when I went for my daith piercing; would recommend them for sure. As for pros/cons, I can only speak to the daith, but the healing time is fairly long for cartilage piercings like that because it doesn't get a ton of blood flow. I got mine around Christmas in the hopes that I'll be able to swim this summer.the history of putting sharp objects through the body is dated back almost to 5,000 years ago. Piercings in ancient times could have signified multiple things such as marks of prostitution, the wealth of the husband (gold means ballin', silver means squalin'), and also so demons couldn't enter your brain (yeah, it was a thing).Yes. When I was a kid with a potato and a needle. Didn't hurt - however because I was a kid they were lopsided as hell. I ended up having to go to a professional a few years later to get second holes put in lopsided so they matched up. Go to a piercing parlor and pay someone to do it right the first time. 2.also not op, i got a left tragus done and then five weeks later i got three more piercings -- a right flat and two upper lobes. everything is healing really well four weeks later. tragus has been downsized and is completely painless, upper lobes i've had literally zero issues with and the flat is mostly okay -- it can sometimes get caught on my mask which can hurt a bit, but as long as i don't ...I don't look at a piercing and associate it with being cool. I've met totally uncool people with piercings. I got a belly piercing cause I thought it looked pretty, not because I wanted people to think I was cool. If you're getting a piercing just to look cool or badass to other people, you're not getting one for the right reason.Other nose piercings are through the columella, a cartilaginous structure that separates the right and left sides of the nose. This piercing is known as a septum piercing. Piercings are also done on the Third Eye and bridge of the nose. PRICING: Between $25 and $30 per piercing, though the jewelry is a separate cost. PAIN LEVEL : 3/10.Have 4 on one side and 3 on the other. The healing time should be too bad. Most ear piercing heal within a few months. Winter is coming and if you don't do any sports, you should be fine. omg i actually had the same exact issue with my lobe piercings!! got a second one that was fine on one side and then way too far away on the other, then when ...You dont need to remove nipple piercings for an xray but they will show up. The real question here is will she be reported to child services. Depending on your location, the hospital should place her under child safeguarding and report to the police as this is often legally sexual assault of a child."Soak piercing for 10 minutes twice a day with warm saltwater. To make a proper saltwater solution add 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized sea salt to 8oz of warm water and stir until dissolved. Fully submerge the piercing or use a cotton ball to soak the piercing. If your skin becomes overly dry due to the salt, you can soak every other day instead of ...Thanks guys!!! I got my belly button pierced a while back but ended up taking it out. While it looked very cute, it takes a long time to heal and gets snagged easily. I'm a lot more comfortable without it. I second this!! I got mine pierced ages ago, was a nightmare to heal and once it was healed, it would snag aaalllll the time.Welcome to r/Tacoma, The Subreddit of Destiny. Much like the city, this forum is a dusty old jewel of Puget Sound. Some spend all day talking about how gritty it is, others simply think this is where trucks were invented, but Tacoma is a beautiful city filled with art, food, beer, music, nature and people.If you discussed having sensitive skin before getting these done, the piercer should not have agreed to do more than 1 at a time. Each of these piercings can take anywhere from 6 months or longer to heal, and all together will take even longer. Your skin looks so angry, and I'm so sorry. You must be in terrible pain.Also correct placement is about anatomy- septum piercings are done through the alar cartilage which is the thin connective cartilage at the tip of those nose. This area is soft, vascular, and easy to heal. It allows the piercing to be flipped up easily, allows for stretching in the future, and is comfortable to pierce and easy to heal.You can have a piercing like the other comment says it depends. I was gonna get a nose piercing then everyone before told me no but when i was there legit saw some ppl with nose piercings including my roomie so tbh you can just hide it with a mask. Nose piercings take a while to heal and with the heat In florida you might sweat alot especially ...I was on tiktok today and saw an ad for Rowan a place we’re nurses do eat piercings. I know it’s not uncommon to go to a pediatrician office to get an ears pierced, so I wasn’t too surprised. Till I saw that they “don’t use guns.”. Instead they describe their one time use pressurized mechanism that they’re able to control the force.I usually use body candy, Diablo body jewelry, or body art forms. Flair_Helper. • 2 yr. ago •. Hi Fancy-Needleworker44, Welcome to r/piercing ! It looks like you're asking about a problem with your piercing. Please add a comment to your post with the following info if it's not included in your post already.Question 1: When you've taken out your belly piercing, anf you put it back in, does it hurt when you put it back through? Is it supposed to hurt, or feel uncomfy? I'm fully healed now and wanna know for when/if i change my jewelry. Question 2: Is there a way to tell if a metal is good quality? I was gifted a belly ring which i adore but ... Specifically looking for a septum piercing w/ two nostril piercings, a medusa piercing, and tunnel gauged earrings. Super open to any piercing cc recs you may have, I wish there were more options to layer nose piercings in the sims (and more piercing options generally) but hope those will come at some point. Archived post. It's on order, so I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if it's resolved all the way since it's still healing, but I have bioflex in and it seemed to help at first. Then I did a new year dive and it acted up really bad (yeah i know not the best idea to do). Took the piercing out, got all the gunk out and cleaned the label with rubbing alcohol and ...Here are my pros and cons - I'm female and have both of mine pierced. Pros: massive confidence boost, increased sensitivity, I love how they look, they didn't hurt as much as I thought, the healing has been easy so far, you can hide them or show them off. Cons: shower loofahs! They take a long time to heal. 2.Ah, nipple piercings. So cute, yet so intimidating. Getting one is a little more complicated than your typical old lobe piercing, of course, and it can certainly hurt, but don't let that stop you ...Smell like cheese. : r/piercing. All. My piercings. Smell like cheese. Doesn't matter if I rinse them daily with warm water in the shower, or if I spray them daily with saline, or if I just let them be. They always smell like parmesan cheese. The new ones, the old ones, the freshly healed ones. My brother claims he enjoys the parmesan smell ...My piercer told me 6-8 months. Thats like a best case scenario healing process with minimal infection/swelling problems. Its a hard piercing to heal so problems are kinda inevitable. Even it you cleanse properly as often as you should, you cant control how you turn in your sleep lol. Mine took about 12-14 months to heal.If you already included this info in your post or if your post isn’t about a problem with your piercing, please disregard. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.Piercing is an enchantment applied to a crossbow that causes arrows to pierce through entities. Arrows shot from a Piercing crossbow can pass through the number of entities …Vertical Labret Piercing. Placement: Located on the bottom lip. Pricing: $30-$100. Pain level: "This piercing is normally rated around a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10," says professional piercer, AJ St. Peter. Healing time: While healing times may vary, expect a period of 6 to 8 weeks.Smell like cheese. : r/piercing. All. My piercings. Smell like cheese. Doesn't matter if I rinse them daily with warm water in the shower, or if I spray them daily with saline, or if I just let them be. They always smell like parmesan cheese. The new ones, the old ones, the freshly healed ones. My brother claims he enjoys the parmesan smell ...evvaanxox. • 5 yr. ago. I have one, I love it. I'm pretty insecure both generally and in my masculinity and my eyebrow piercing definitely makes me feel more attractive. Personally, I think they look best on more masculine presenting people but some feminine presenting people can rock it too. 3.exciting !! i got mine a week ago and was terrified but im so glad i went thru with it. make sure you eat and stay hydrated beforehand. i also brought a bag with water, powerade, and a snack just to be super safe. wearing a bra afterwards helps a lot so your shirt isn't brushing them and the pressure kinda dulls the ache/sting that lingers for a bit.And this could work to the point where you are happy with it. Give it a try. Fourth. Observe your jewel. Sometimes they are crooked themselves. Ok this should be point 3 and 3 should be 4. But anyway, do it. If it is the case, get a more regular barbell and see if it helps. Fifth."Soak piercing for 10 minutes twice a day with warm saltwater. To make a proper saltwater solution add 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized sea salt to 8oz of warm water and stir until dissolved. Fully submerge the piercing or use a cotton ball to soak the piercing. If your skin becomes overly dry due to the salt, you can soak every other day instead of ...Here are my pros and cons - I'm female and have both of mine pierced. Pros: massive confidence boost, increased sensitivity, I love how they look, they didn't hurt as much as I thought, the healing has been easy so far, you can hide them or show them off. Cons: shower loofahs! They take a long time to heal. 2.Extremely low when done well and taken care of. 10. Reply. thirtystars. • 5 yr. ago. I had one that seemed like it was about to reject so I took it out after less than 4 months. The one I have now is almost 3 years old and doing fine. I've treated it the exact same way but it did seem like it was pierced deeper. 9.DearDorothy • 3 mo. ago. Yes. Your navel shouldn't have been pierced to begin with. Floating navel jewelry is meant for collapsed navels, not navels without a shelf. Remove this before it removes itself. 148. Reply. libra-love- • 3 mo. ago. This started rejecting a long time ago.You have to leave the piercing in for 6-8 weeks afterwards to ensure it doesn’t close up on you. The piercer will usually insert starter studs at the time of the piercing. You kind of forget that they’re there after a couple of weeks. Get it done at a local tattoo shop who has a piercer on staff.Claire's & Ardenes - just don't do it. It was cheap, free with the purchase of earrings but they use a piercing gun which isn't good for your ears. It can't be sanitized properly and can cause trauma to your ears. My friends basement - $15 for a cartilage piercings.I got an Apadravya yesterday (6 gauge) and while it was definitely my most painful, the pain was about 25% of what I'd built up in my head to expect. The great thing about piercing pain is that it's over very quickly (assuming the piercer is experienced and skilled). I absolutely love the look and looking forward to getting past the lengthy ...for the last year or so, i’ve been seriously considering taking out my three nose piercings (septum, two nostrils). this feeling comes and goes, but sometimes it weighs really heavy on my mind. i feel like it is a sort of identity issue. i’ve changed my look a lot, from buzzing my hair to weight change, and i just don’t know if they are “me” anymore, or the “me” i’m …A little story of my own, and I hope it doesn't worry you...I got my tongue pierced a few years ago. When I was getting it pierced the piercer said I have an unusual vein running down the middle of my tongue and said maybe I shouldn't get it pierced. I was with several friends who peer pressured me into still getting it done, so I did.Jul 11, 2023 ... i think a vertical industrial and/or a rook would fit well (if you have the anatomy for it). the first is a bitch to heal tho, so mind that.general question about piercing. Daith and three lobes each side and one helix (plus a nose ring) Looking for some reputable high quality jewelry. I like pretty basic stuff, nothing huge or dangly (I work in special ed preschool so nothing easily grabbed) but I do like some bling. Eventually I'd like to switch the daith set out for a teardrop ...
You can have a piercing like the other comment says it depends. I was gonna get a nose piercing then everyone before told me no but when i was there legit saw some ppl with nose piercings including my roomie so tbh you can just hide it with a mask. Nose piercings take a while to heal and with the heat In florida you might sweat alot especially .... Latina solo feet
All troubleshooting posts require a CLEAR photo of the piercing (have someone else take it for you if possible), AND the information regarding the quality of the material, current aftercare process, age of the piercing, and notation of any trauma to the piercing per the sub sticky posts Anecdotal advice is temporarily restricted. Bad ...The majority of piercing issues are caused by irritation, likely caused by touching/messing with the piercing or irritating it with products that shouldn’t be near the piercing at all. LITHA means: DON’T use a Q-tip to clean around the piercing. Q-tips have small fibers that wrap around the piercing and cause further irritation.Is my nipple piercing rejecting? [NSFW] Sorry about rule 1a, I can't put all the info in the title... pierced last October, so 9 months ago, at a professional piercing shop. Kept the 1/2", 14g titanium barbells they gave me until the healing was mostly done, and changed them out for 1/4" 14g titanium barbells once it seemed mostly healed.The left nipple piercing rejected about 5 years later (2014). After a few months, to where the left was healed over, I got diagonal piercings, with 12g barbells (2014). They were healing great, until 2 months in, they became inflamed. They've had trouble since, and the right started to reject, and rejected into the old scar tissue about a year ...Expect the actual piercing part to hurt like a bitch but only very briefly. You forget the pain as soon as it's done. It looks good. It doesn't matter who you are, it definitely looks good. If you get a small stud for your first piercing, you don't notice it so much in your peripheral vision. Downsizing is not a necessity.Hi!! Bumps like that are completely normal. I had a bump on one of my piercings once ( i can't remember which one 😭) And i found that using bump oils ( from amazon) are a great solution!! But if that doesn't work your body might just be rejecting the piercing itself. 2.All photos should be close up to showcase the piercing or relevant body part in detail. People visit Reddit through all sort of devices with various screen sizes. If you want advice on what facial piercings would look good on you or if you want to show off your facial set up, your face should take up at least 2/3 of the total photo height. ...I think it has to do with outdated opinions and society being so closeminded, not the actual piercing. Everyone is worried about these not being acceptable for jobs or what have you. It's crazy, but I think the regular nostril piercing is just now being accepted by almost everyone. This piercing has yet to reach that acceptance level.If you're considering getting a lip piercing, you may have explored the idea of a vertical labret. This edgy style is certainly a statement, but there are several things …Re-piercing advice. I have previously had a nose piercing twice in the same spot. I removed it before six months each time because there was a piercing bump no amount of after piercing saline, wash, etc helped it to heal. This would occur whether I used the titanium piercing stud that was provided at the time of piercing, or if I changed it.Navels are tricky mostly due to bad piercers, imo. We see so many garbage navel piercings in this sub because it seems like a lot of people don't know the difference between a surface piercing that happens to be on your belly and a belly button piercing. A well done piercing with proper anatomy and good quality jewelry will likely be fine (and ... Specifically looking for a septum piercing w/ two nostril piercings, a medusa piercing, and tunnel gauged earrings. Super open to any piercing cc recs you may have, I wish there were more options to layer nose piercings in the sims (and more piercing options generally) but hope those will come at some point. Archived post. Any piercing is going to hurt to some degree and it varies person to person. For me, nipples honestly weren't that bad. It was a very quick sharp pain with some pressure. I didn't even feel the jewelry go in. It's honestly so quick if done by a great piercer. overall, i do think conch piercings are worth it; i did get a second one, afterall. my conch piercings healed like a dream, as well. i faced no issues with them whatsoever. i absolutely recommend them. Reply reply. DoctorMew13. •. Absolutely! If you can get them punched, it speeds up the healing process..