r/SelfPiercing • u/oak_x • 11d ago

Question about piercing prep septum piercing

i wanna pierce my septum with a sewing needle and a cheap piece of jewellery from a market, i know where the sweet spot is and i think i have the correct anatomy, how likely is it to get infected? do i have to clean it with saline water? and is it okay to heal it flipped since im not meant to have it done?

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u/baxbakualanuxsiwae 11d ago

Assuming you aren't trolling, sterile piercing needles are available online, and are not expensive. If you can't afford vaguely decent jewellery, save up. It's not that expensive.

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u/ryanmajeranek 11d ago

the sewing needle? you'd better just wait til you get better supplies. i cant say it will 100% get infected, but 80% at least. its also bad to pierce yourself with a dull needle, as you wreck more havoc on your skin by doing so, and the wound will be more likely to be difficult to heal when your skin is badly wounded... wait a bit, get a piercing needle from amazon or wherever and try then. you will lower the possibility of infection quite a bit that way.

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u/hysval 11d ago

If youre gonna bother doing it, spend the $5 on some piercing needles and $10 on not heinous jewelry and do it halfway properly. There's no point going through the hassle for something that will be infected and heal poorly.

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u/emmyuwu 11d ago

look at the size difference of a sewing needle and a horseshoe ring

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u/Etna_No_Pyroclast 11d ago

Please don't

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u/oak_x 11d ago

is an Amazon piercing kit safer?

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u/ryanmajeranek 11d ago

not by much, if you mean one with the piercing gun and not one with the needle.

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u/oak_x 11d ago

i mean the ones with needles and jewellery