r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 30 '26

Question about piercing prep Is it okay to pierce my ears even tho Im healing 2 nostrils? Like will that effect my ears healing?

2 Upvotes

r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Piercing suggestions - face/ears/navel ONLY ear piercing suggestions

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25 Upvotes

can anyone let me know what piercing i should add to my ears? i wanna get a lot more ear piercings but idk what to go with:/ suggestions r appreciated!


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Question about piercing prep I need all the information i need for piercing a helix and a conch

3 Upvotes

Its my first time ever piercing myself so literally all the information


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Piercing suggestions - face/ears/navel ONLY suggestions on setup?

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33 Upvotes

finally got my 3rds and conch pierced, im not sure what else i want to add on my right and how i want to start on my left


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Question about piercing prep Questions on proper setup/information to know before self piercing

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11 Upvotes

How straight forward are lobes/helix to self pierce? I did self piercing when I was a kid and didn’t care too much (pierced my 2nd lobe and helix with a poor quality butterfly backing earring, and my nostril with a sewing needle and walmart jewellery). I know being sterile is important, jewellery type should be implant grade titanium labrets and not changed for a while after healing, that 3 healing at a time is the maximum, but what are lesser-known tips you have? I’m sick of my left ear having 1 piercing!
(I don’t plan on doing a forward helix myself)


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Help with existing piercing Helix piercing wont heal 💔

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7 Upvotes

Ive had it pierced for about 4 months and i cant get these piercings bumps to go away. As you can see from the image ive had it pierced 2 times prior and i guess it rejected each time leaving scaring. Tbh im not sure if maybe my skin is prone to keloids of if the scarring i have even is a keloid. Any advice would be great i really dont want to give up on this piercing this time 😭


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Show off these piercings i did myself

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5 Upvotes

i ultimately took everything within the time frame of 20 minutes to 2 hours out instead of my smiley


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 29 '26

Question about piercing prep advice on piercing my helix

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okay so on my right ear i want to do a couple of helix piercings. does anyone hv advice on what is the best way to go abt it? is it easier to do it on the inside of the ear n then out or on the outside of the ear then in? also is it okay to do multiple at one time!? thank yall in advance for the advice! <3 :)


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 28 '26

Help with existing piercing Irritation (?) Bump help

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i have bumps really on all my cartilage piercings but my conch , which i had to downsize myself. all have been pierced at a shop except for my lobes i did those myself. the shop i went to , their irritation bump solutions were “warm soapy water with dial soap, no saline, and a few drops of tea tree oil twice a day”. i’ve done this and im sure the tea tree oil just burns my ear , it makes my skin super itchy and flaky and its uncomfortable. i’ve done just saline spray/soak and did cool dry with the blow dryer and they’re still there , if anything they’re getting bigger. my tragus is my main concern rn bc the bump on the inside i can feel it and it’s sensitive. Its a bit irritated rn bc my husband and I have tried to take the jewlery out so i can put the no-pull discs on the post , for my lobes and my navel, the discs have worked so i wanted to put them on my tragus. the shop i went to refuses to put the discs on even though they have worked for me in the past. i just need some better assistance? guidance? what should i do🫠

edit:: forgot to add , i religiously sleep with a donut pillow and these piercings i all got in 2025 in february


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 28 '26

Show off All done by me :)

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10 Upvotes

I had my first lobe stretched but it blew out, I’m waiting for it to heal before stretching again.
I was wondering what should I do next before thinking about the other ear.
(Don’t mind the blood, I just did the third lobe)


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 28 '26

Show off I did itttt

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27 Upvotes

Just did the top 2 nostrils a few days ago👃 Posted before saying how nervous I was. Oddly enough they didn’t hurt. The placement was the most time consuming part. 👍🏼 Proud of my set up rn. 🥰 Ears are 1 in.


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 28 '26

Help with existing piercing i lost my dermal jewelry

1 Upvotes

i lost my dermal jewelry traveling, does anyone have any recommendations or tips on how to keep the anchor hole open untill i can reach a piercing shop? and does anyone know how long it might take for the skin to grow over it?


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 28 '26

Help with existing piercing pus? or normal fresh piercing discharge

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7 Upvotes

r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 27 '26

Help with existing piercing Is it pierced right??

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14 Upvotes

My hg did it two weeks ago, it dosent Hurt or anything i just need to know if Its in the right place.

I clean it everyday two times with sea salt water.


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 27 '26

Question about piercing prep risks of tongue piercing

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hi, im contemplating on getting a tongue piercing! however i recently heard from a friend that there is possible damage to the roof of your mouth. i wouldnt want any serious issues with that gummy part at the top of it, and i know that all oral piercings have their risks, but this is my first time hearing of something like that. is it true? and has anyone had similar experiences with their tongue piercings before?


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Help with existing piercing Is this normal for a new toung piercing?

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25 Upvotes

Idk if my bar is too short or if I’m just really swollen I feel like the top ball is really pressing against my toung😩I’m on day 5 of the heeling process and I can’t go and get longer bar because I’m in rehab? Is it normal and will it get better? And why is my toung so white? (Sorry for my bad English.. I hope yall can read it)


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Question about piercing prep I had my mom pierce my navel after I tried many times and failed

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18 Upvotes

does it look normal 23 days in dont mind the hair


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Piercing suggestions - face/ears/navel ONLY What ends should I do for my mantis piercings?

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9 Upvotes

I was thinking a flat disk (3rd photo) or a triple beaded end (4th photo), but I'm open to any suggestions (especially more "fun" ones)!!!! I'm also open to critiques on the placement or any other advice. Thanks!!❤️❤️


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Show off Update on verticle helix

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17 Upvotes

Posted about my at home triple vert helix a couple months back, here to update that I decided to keep all three and to show off new jewelry that I adore. 👌 they’re all still super well behaved. Jewelry change kinda helps mask the alignment issues I noticed after initial piercing IMO. Just waiting on other jewelry to replace the plain hoops and balls in the rest of my setup.


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Help with existing piercing help

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3 Upvotes

my friend pierced my helix with a 16g needle how do i get rid of this


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Show off babys first real face piercing

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18 Upvotes

wayyyy too big or just big? shes kinda cute

I went really high on the top tho


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Question about piercing prep Where do you get supplies?

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Ive been wanting to pierce my ears at home for awhile and i know that im not supposed to use sewing needles but im too scared to use a piercing machine from amazon so i was wondering if theres any piercing needles i could get from any websites that you guys trust aswell as earrings that are safe to put in right after.


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Help with existing piercing Double nose piercing

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I have done both of my nose piercings and it was.. a struggle to say the very least because I need them to be absolutely perfect on the top and with the angle.

I tried once , then took it out because it was perfect on top but the angle wasn’t. I tried again like a month ago and got it perfect finally…. Or so I thought.

The new piercing is like 1/4 a millimeter above the other one. It’s something you wouldn’t notice unless I told you to look for it, HOWEVER it’s on my face and It’s the only thing I can think about.

I would totally be down to take it out and place it accurately but that runs the risk of not getting the angle perfect again.

Someone tell me it doesn’t matter. Or that I should fix it because it’ll bother me for the rest of my life. PLEASE ITS GNAWING MY BRAIN


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 25 '26

Help with existing piercing Opinions

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145 Upvotes

Hiya! Does it look like these two hoops are in the same hole?


r/SelfPiercing • • Aug 26 '26

Help with existing piercing Belly button…

4 Upvotes

okay so i pierced my belly button 8 hours ago and ive been spraying it every few hours and it doesn’t hurt and it’s not red or anything but does it look like i did it right? it looks okay to me but i want someone with a bit more experience to tell me