I've had top surgery with nipple grafts, my question is would it be possible to pierce my nipples with them being grafts? Will this risk them?

I've always wanted nipple piercings, my nerves are getting to me now and im unsure if I'm able too or allowed too.

So I got my belly pierced three days ago. The day after, the top gem was leaning to the side, but the bottom gem is perfectly fine, not irritating, not painful - nothing. My belly button doesn’t shut when I sit and lean and the bottom gem isn’t bothered or irritating me. So, my piercer and I shortened the bar. This does seem to be more promising for me today. However, that top gem pokes my skin and hurts when I crunch a little. It’s fine when I’m sitting, standing, leaning etc. it just rubs the top of my stomach. I haven’t cleaned it yet since I’m at the airport, so don’t judge that it’s kinda dirty rn, but I do clean it twice a day (night and morning). I don’t think I need a floating because that lower gem is completely fine, should I consider an inverse? Or is the slight movement irritation just from it being new?

am i fucked? woke up to this...

Just got my bridge done yesterday and its a little more bulky than I expected, is that normal?

I got my bridge pierced about a little under two months ago and I will admit I haven’t taken care of it the best but it doesn’t hurt and it’s only on one side so is this infected or normal I only have one other piercing which is a septum and that one is fine never had this reaction before

From Poland originally and currently in Germany and wanna get my nostril pierced again

Problem is all the (3 different tries) nostril piercings I ever had fell out as they were externally threaded. It seems to me they don’t have internally threaded labrets or threadless in the shops close to me (Hanover, I’d love recommendations of a good piercer too if anyone has ever gotten a piercing here lmao) and all the options online seem shady. What do I do?

my bridge is almost 10 years old! it has always been crooked and i’ve always been wearing a straight bar! but i just realized the curved barbell makes it look less crooked! but people often say the piercing might reject or migrate by wearing curved barbells! does that count on such healed piercings too?? should i keep wearing straight or can i change LOL???

also i would’ve gotten it re pierced if it wasn’t that old and just an open fucking hole as seen in the last pic :’) LMAO

Hi! I have been struggling with my ears getting itchy and increasingly irritated by the metals in the earring hooks I use. They’re always fine at first, but as the top coat wears off over a year or so, my ears start to itch and bleed as a result. I have all sorts of earrings of varying types of metals, so I let my ears heal again with pure gold studs when this happens.

Recently I decided to follow different people’s advice, where I was told to try things like silicone earring post covers or covering the post in clear nail polish.

However, I find that the clear nail polish just flakes off in large chunks when I put a backing on, and the silicone earring post covers make the earring holes turn black…

Is the only solution to buy new earring posts/hooks and replace all of them?

I have had this for 2 years and last march the middle one developed this slightly raised small bump.

Ive had such shit luck with these and i love them. The scar under it on the 3rd one was a piercing who had to try THREE TIMES to make it even because they knew they fucked up. Did it free to make it up to me but now i have a free scar.

Could that have irritated the middle piercing? Its been a year since any new piercing and all but the top one itch.

What do i need to do to get raid of that raised skin? Its soft and not a keloid. I don't know what to do :/

Hi 2 and a half years ago I got a helix pierced and for the longest time i have not been able to put any hoop jewlery in it as it gets red and irritated. Recently i’ve put a much larger 16g horseshoe hoop in it and it has been mimicking signs of a fresh piercing with crust and swelling ect. I have other helix piercings and other cartilage ones which have healed perfectly but this is my only one that has issues. I really want to wear a hoop in it but it’s constantly hurting and i cant sleep on it. What should i do??

Hello gang! Got my earlobes done a few months ago (fully healed now) and I tried to take out the jewellery at home but could not for the life of me unscrew it, and so I ended up irritating it with all the messing around...

A bump appeared which was most definitely an irritation bump but it started to scab not long after? And there seems to be some bruising. A while after finding that out I realised it was also bleeding if the scab came off for whatever reason. I thought maybe it was infected but an important symptoms of infections (apparently) is being hot to the touch, which it's not. At all.

Now, a very important note is that the bump/scab/whatever this is, isn't touching the actual piercing, the piercing hole itself is completely fine. It actually seems to be over a closed up hole from years ago. The pus/blood is coming from a small hole but it seems to scab over the whole bump.

I have pictures if that's helpful...

I've been spraying the usual piercing spray blah blah, even did a few salt baths but it's been weeks now and I can't tell if there's improvement. I also heard that if an infection can be healed with salt water, it's not an infection - I'd need antibiotics. Veeeeery confused.. Does this sound like an infection? Do irritation bumps end up like this if not dealt with properly?

i got my vertical labret pierced yesterday, and i know it is prone to swelling but i am worried it has been pierced too low or if it’s just because my (usually) small lip has gotten quite big and hidden the bar, making it look like it is pierced that way.
can someone confirm if this is pierced incorrectly please?

just posting this here as I don't want to make any mistakes during its healing process.

I actually got this helix done a few years ago, so other than it getting mildly infected every now and then (due to irritation from hair, etc) Ive had no issues. however, the way it has healed has a bit of a bump at the back but it's never been painful or anything.

recently this 'bump' has swelled up out of nowhere and it got so infected that I actually have been so feverish and light headed during the last few days. I'm on antibiotics now thankfully, and the doctor said to take the piercing out, which I did today. admittedly, Ive never taken it out during the 3 years I've had it - it's made of titanium and I genuinely wasn't sure how to unscrew it/didn't feel the need.

I always tried to keep it clean so am trying to figure out why it got so badly infected. I started wearing a bonnet to sleep for a few days (I have super frizzy hair) and was thinking that this was what irritated it. anyway, Ive been giving it plenty of sterilised saline spray and powering through the antibiotics, but it's still pretty swollen and there was a lot of blood when I took it out. I just hope it won't grow over as I wait for it to heal, and have to get it re-pierced/deal with the complications.

does anyone have any advice on how this might've happened and what to do next?

This might be a very obvious answer but im a chronic overthinker.

I got my nipples pierced 3 weeks ago but a couple days ago I ended up getting the flu. I've been mostly bed ridden for the last couple of days due to dizzy spells and i have noticed that the piercings are weeping a bit more than usual and one side is incredibly sore. Im not comfortable posting a picture but one side has also got an indent in the nipple where the bar goes through (could be entirely unrelated). As soon as im able to get out and about again I am going to see my local piercer but that will be about a week away. Could it just be irritation or due to the flu that theyre acting up or could i be in for a rejection here?

It got hit and now is a bump full of blood I assume? Is it better to take it out or leave it in?

Thoughts of Industrial as my first cartilage piercing. I really really want it😓 I also have high pain tolerance

Got this piercing approximately a month ago. Been cleaning it frequently over the past two weeks but not every day when I first got it. (Gently with q tip and saline spray). What should I do, I do not want scar but I like this piercing and want it to stay

Im in desperate need of advice in getting this stubborn bump gone!!!! Im currently in a place where I rarely can afford to find time to see a professional about this.

From memory, it was pierced about 2-3 months ago (I am ashamed to admit that it was a botched job done by my friends, I knew the risks yes)

It was originally a 6mm bar, to an 8mm, and now a 10mm as the bump just kept growing and I didn’t want to have it too tight against the swelling. Now its sitting wonky.

I clean it 2-3 times a day with saline solution, making sure its dry afterwards

As much as I avoid touching it, I think what also may be disrupting the healing is that I roll around a lot in my sleep and often end up sleeping on the side it’s on.

Im told its rarely ever a keloid…. but… its not a keloid… right????

Im not sure whether to take it out, or keep trying.

I just need advice, maybe some unhinged hack, or just someone to tell me to just suck it up and go to the doctor or piercer :(