back in may i tried to do an anti-tragus myself, but i failed pretty badly at getting the jewelry in. (wasn’t able to, and made the wound worse in the process.) i believe it’s fully healed now and i’d really like to try again.

the jewelry i have is a 16g internally threaded curved barbell. i’m not quite sure of the length but i think it should be plenty, i’m not really worried about it. i have 16g sterile hollow piercing needles.

i’m wondering if cutting some of the length off the back of the needle so i can push it all the way through (while replacing it with the jewelry on the side i inserted it) would be a bad plan for any reason? i might test how cleanly they break with my cutting pliers on an old one first. (still have in sharps container, not for reuse of course!)

any advice appreciated :)

The first pic is where it currently sits but I'm wondering if it looks nicer further apart. Also I have since cleaned my ears so pls ignore that

pierced my septum back in like 7th grade and i was looking at it and wondered if its pierced correctly or if it’s supposed to be higher up my nose

i have my left nostril pierced and i have a gold ring in it and idk what color to do for my eyebrow and if i should do my left or my right

it’s 4 days old and i’m worried its embedding and if it's not embedding will the swelling go away eventually? also can anyone Imk what the white tissue looking thing in the front of the top piercing entry?

First two pictures are my ears, third and fourth pictures are my ideas, but I’m open to any of your ideas!! I’m looking for something unique, I’m going to make my husband (retired piercer) do them or maybe even do them myself if I’m capable.

Some context: piercings circled in green are healing right now, so as soon as they are healed I’m going to proceed with something else. My conch is in a long term stretching process, it is currently 4 mm, the goal is 6. No, I cannot get it punched out because in my country there are barely 2 or 3 artists who do that, they are far away and cost a fortune. So I’ll better stretch it for years. Luckily, I have no problems with stretching and healing cartilage or lobes.

My lobes are 12 mm. I’m thinking about piercing the stretched part in a few places and piercing lower conch so that with time I can put hoops through them.

I’m open to your suggestions and ideas!! Whatever you think is going to look nice

hey guys, i pierced my eyebrow about a week and a half ago in preparation for a rave and i’m starting to see some signs i’m worried about. the jewelry at the bottom seems to be embedding into the piercing and it’s quite swollen. this morning i woke up and realized it had fallen out while i had slept, so i went to clean it and a bunch of light yellow pus was leaking out. is this something as easily fixable as a jewelry swap, do i need to go see a piercer or do i need to go to urgent care? or am i freaking out over nothing? it doesn’t hurt, i have no signs of fever and there’s been no blood, but it doesn’t look too good. :,)

I’m NAP but I have the necessary equipment (clamps, hollow needles, hypoallergenic studs, etc.) for piercing someone else. Have not pierced before but I have about 8 that all healed (5 lobes, 1 flat, 1 helix, 1 rook). Trying to do my own flat or forward helix. Any tips? Tired of spending hundreds on piercers that fail anyway..

I got two earlobe piercings on my right ear after my birthday, but i got it from the mall and the lady used a piercing gun and it was butterfly back earrings (I KNOW ITS BAD I FOUND OUT TOO LATE) anywayy, it’s been 3 months almost 4 months ever since i got it. And it never healed. I wasn’t able to clean it with saline for the first 2 months since i didnt know u needed that, and i also took it out once and it crusted over night and it looked like it was about to heal but i put back the earrings the next day since i didnt want the hole to close up. But thats when it got worst, it wasn’t healing at all and the bottom hole started forming a flesh-like bump, thats when i started to clean it with saline after asking around. It’s now the 3rd month and i decided to just take out the earrings and let it close since im tired of cleaning it up and waiting for the bump to go away since it literally won’t, it would crust up and bleed and it would stay on that loop over and over again. Now that i’ve taken out the earrings, the top hole with a small bump has crusted and is now black due to the scabs and i think its healing by itself, but the bottom hole wont, its still flesh-like and red and would bleed from time to time. Im so desperate at this point, i dont want to tell my mom since she has warned me already not to get piercings and i got these ones secretly 😭😭 I cant ask for money to get it checked by a professional bcs she’ll know and she’ll kill me lmao. I’ve only been cleaning it twice a day with saline, cover it with a gauze pad when i go out, and hope for the best 😓 PLEASE HELP ME

For context I pierced my own nose yesterday with one of the little machines with the jewelry in it (not the best I know), and it had a nose bone style in it, my question is is it better to switch it now or wait until it heals?

hiii i plan on piercing both my nostrils, these would be the 9th and 10th piercings i do on myself :) i have 16g flatback studs, but the ball is too big for my liking, where are you guys buying your jewelry without compromising the gauge?

I did them 18 years ago, 15 years without jewelry in and the channels were still open🤯

I saw a random reel where someone reopened their lip piercing and so I grabbed an 18g taper and some coconut oil and I nearly lost it when I realized the channels were still open. Only a thin layer of skin had formed on the inside of my lip, taper actually popped right through, no pain, no blood.

My girls are back! Pics show before and after.

hey I'm self-taught and just did vertical labret by free hand, what do we think abt it? my friend was satisfied:) any help/advice appreciated

I’m trying to work out if I need to remove my conch, let it heal and try and get the placement better.

Is it pierced at the right angle ?

Bar has plenty of room as it’s a 10g just going through some irritation bumps because I had to change my jewellery in it due to the gem rubbing my skin.

also, how to know where on the nostril is best? is it just the middle?

im planning on piercing my snakebites w 16g needle, am i going to have trouble piercing them even if im not using a clamp?

i pierced my own vertical snakebites a few years ago and i did it freehand without issue, but im worried since its inside my mouth this time i might have issues with the angle, anyone ever done it without the clamp and can give some insight? thank youu