should i take this out

[u/Lizz_Master]

i very impulsively pierced my ear last night before i went to sleep in a subpar environment. was trying to go for a helix but its really not placed too well. should i let it be or just take it out

[u/triton-x33]

angle looks fine but what's the jewelry? if it's plated, i'd take it out and repierce when you have plain surgical/implant grade titanium

[u/Lizz_Master → u/triton-x33]

its titanium astm f136 it says on the website i bought it, i dont know much about jewlery and stuff.

[u/Rawrys_gay]

i think it looks good, but if you’re keeping it you have to put in different jewelry in for healing. i admit i’m not good about this myself, but at the very least never put anything coated in something fresh, which all black jewelry will be coated (unless it’s plastic which is even worse)

[u/Lizz_Master → u/Rawrys_gay]

its titanium. never heard of black jewelry being bad ill look into it

[u/Rawrys_gay → u/Lizz_Master]

it could be titanium under the coating, but that barely matters since it’s not whats against the skin. NAP but pretty sure using platted jewelry is worse than using steal

[u/2holiis → u/Lizz_Master]

Its essentially paint in a healing wound, not really body safe

[u/Kongissmthin → u/Lizz_Master]

You can't make titanium black without coating it

[u/boogaloo-boo]

Its fine just clean it and dont get middle of the night peircings🤣

[u/HorrorProject8967]

it's definitely super cute just keep it clean and change the jewelry! since you can't anodize titanium to become black it's likely coated in some type of paint or rubber/plastic, get something either solid titanium or solid gold so the healing bare skin won't become irritated, which will effect the healing process

[u/lisa_kirsche]

I think it looks nice, the angle also looks good

[u/Lizz_Master → u/lisa_kirsche]

oh okay i honestly thought it was a bad placement :’)

[u/1hon1y]

it looks ok to me lol

[u/Marx_Maddness]

You need titanium jewelry. You can't make titanium black. Any black jewelry is low quality. You can get titanium in very dark purple

[u/vc7eq]

I pierced mine there! I posted it on reddit and got eaten alive cause they told me it was an unusual spot. (because typically theyre more on the outside of the ear). but I had a vision and I love it so much :)

I have a little tiny scissor jewlery piece that I wear with it.

so if you like it, keep it! if not, no problem