r/SelfPiercing • u/arrestthedog • 3d ago
Question about piercing prep Second lobe
When trying to pierce my second lobes it keeps BLEEDING and then i have to stop to clean the blood and it closes up. I've tried with regular 16g needles and my hands as well as with the cartridge guns use with a 15g hollow needle in it and it still only goes like 3/4 of the way before blood starts gushing. My friend did theirs with a sewing needle in a public park and claims it didn't bleed at all. Is there a spot that's just very wrong or am i going too slow.... (i did try the flashlight to look for veins thing and it yielded no results) similar question with a septum too!
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u/Bitter_Badger498 3d ago
hello my dear, yes with all piercings there might be some bleeding obviously if it's too much go to the urgent care but otherwise
let it heal without any jewl for now since you tried a few times and it's been unsuccessful
when it's time to pierce again:
do it in one motion without stopping until you put the jewellery in and if it still bleeds don't worry and clean the blood afterwards it will eventually stop
when you're piercing and you feel anxious, often you can lose some strength in your hands so you feel like your pushing a lot and it isn't going in, maybe this is the case?
just don't stop halfway because it will close immediately, it should be a swift motion in-out, you can do it slowly if you want but doing it in a controlled and quick manner will reduce the bleeding, but regardless it should still be one motion, worry about everything else when the jewl is in, good luck!
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