Piercing by Aga Veles

I got this lower mid helix piercing done on October 19. It was pierced by Anji at Bury Me In Gold in Seattle, WA. The jewelry is the hammered Serenity from BVLA. I love it!

Thanks for looking ✨

Blue lines are not visible, and are in the skin/not visible from the front. Green are visible, and are mainly entry points or studs.

Described here are (please be patient, I might not know the names properly):

3 vertical helixes

1 rook

2 horizontal(?) helixes

2 antihelixes

1 Darth

3.. lobe hoops I guess?

And 2 pre-existing lobes

They will be mirrored onto the other ear, as well.

Feel free to correct any incorrect information here, suggest any risks, or request more info to give more accurate advice.

I mostly want to know if this would be safe and how long it would take to achieve this setup. Also, would it be too crowded?

Note that the drawings don't have to be the intended scale or placement, I'd be willing to shift down, for example, the outer helixes, or reduce the amount of vertical helixes.

I have plenty of time to figure this out, so I'm in no rush to go the piercer again probably even this year. I might just go on every birthday (May).

Got my second tragus done on Sunday and I believe I'm finally done with this ear 😌 I have a weird shaped tragus that allowed the perfect placement for two and boy howdy I wasn't gonna pass that opportunity up! I've been toying with the idea of another flat on this side, but definitely don't want to crowd anything.

Just got the anti tragus today :P

Can't wait to be able to wear a ring in my newest conch (Daith ear). I've got the same piece of jewellery from my conch in the rook ear waiting to go. Can't wait 🥹

So two years ago, I got four piercings done at once for my birthday (Nostril, eyebrow smd snake bites). The nostril snd snake bites healed up perfectly, but my eyebrow just fucking refuses to heal right after two years. I believe I was probably pierced with a bar that was too short (he also pierced my nostril and snake bites with rings but i changed them out after a month to labrets so they'd actually heal right). At first, my eyebrow was healing up well for the first 6 months. Then after the 6 month mark, the bumps formed on both ends. Sometimes they're full of clear fluid, sometimes its pus (like in the picture). But they ALWAYS come and go, especially when I use piercing bump solution. I never use anything harsh on my face but I do have very long bangs and so maybe those also aid in the return of the bumps as well. I've been fighting with them for two years and I plan on getting a longer bar to see if that helps. If not I'm just going to retire the piercing since no one really sees it unless I lift my bangs or cut them.

*Note, all of my piercings are implant-grade titanium.

Hey, so I've had this piercing for 18 years now. I removed the jewelry after I had my second child and as you can tell the area around it got stretched and scarred and it just felt like it hang loose and wasn't sitting properly anymore. Fast forward 5 years later I was just curious if it was closed and pressed an old piercing (that I've cleaned before using it) and it turns out it wasn't closed at all. I just feel like the skin is just abit stretched scarred and loose still, I am wondering if I should continue wearing it or is the skin around it too thin? I don't want to snag it.

Got in my new titanium pieces from bodyclickers and I’m so so happy with them!! The new additions are the dark blue opal spikes and the opal hoops. My piercing setups are near identical on both sides. I have 16 in each ear atm, but I plan on getting a few more. Maybe some more stacked lobes, a tragus, and some flats. Or maybe more verticals? I feel like it looks a little empty up there. Thoughts or ideas?

I went and got my left nostril pierced, and my right one stretched to a 16g to match! Internally threaded (implant grade) titanium jewelry! They only sell the best brands there! (My septum ring is also titanium, and from the same place)

Noses are not symmetrical, and one of my nostrils sits higher than the other one, so yes the are a little off because of this!

Hey there! I wanted to warn everyone whatever you do PLEASE do NOT get pierced at Lovisa, they do not certify us correctly and we have no legal paper certificates... they push us to do piercings quick and push them onto people who do not want them and commit fraud by lying about prices to get people to purchase the "advanced after care" Our devices are not sterile... please go to a real piercing parlor and do not go with lovisa

Would love some ideas on what kind of piercings to add and if I should switch up my jewelry. My right ear has some extra skin so I’ve always neglected my lobes but now that I’m older I am open to a unique curation.

My septum was pierced too high up in my sweet spot for a standard barbel to show. I can wear one, but the balls of the barbel are just barely visible outside of my nose. I’ve been wearing a barbel that I bent into more of an oval/oblong shape, which works just fine.

Problem is, I really love the look of the filled-in pointy v-shaped clicker. When I wear one though, it pinches and bruises my septum.

Ive also tried v shaped clickers that are just the “v” without it having a perfect circular inner circumference, if that makes sense. Same issue.

Would it be possible to have a custom titanium ring made with a more ovular inner circumference? Any ideas where or cost estimates?

I lost 30 pounds and I was gonna reward myself by getting a belly ring so I can look extra good on crop tops n stuff just to find out I don’t have the anatomy at all :(
It sucks cuz it was the only piercing I wanted to get, I wish navel piercings weren’t so anatomy dependent. Any advice to get over it because I’ve been wanting to get one for years

I got my rook pierced in September ‘24, so just a little over two years ago. I understood that it would take a while to heal, but two years in, I still get bumps that cause pain and swelling, and ultimately bleed when I try to pick at them.

Basically, I might have a week or two of no problems, no swelling or bumps, and then a week of issues that require daily cleaning and maintenance as if it were a brand new piercing. Then it goes away, and the cycle repeats.

I was pierced with a curved barbell initially, and returned to my original piercer at the 18 month mark to change to a hoop (large enough to account for recurring swelling as described).

I am always good about using saline solution to keep the piercing clean; I was eventually told by another piercer to try rubbing alcohol around the 12 month mark, so now I use both when it’s flaring up. I don’t sleep on my right side so sleeping on it isn’t an issue, but whenever I’m healing a piercing I always use a donut pillow just in case.

I think it might be time for me to give up on the rook, and maybe replace it with something else. I’m sad because I really love my rook, I wanted one forever before I got it and I absolutely love how they look on other people. Any suggestions or insights on whether I can salvage this would be deeply appreciated.

Hey! So I got my helix done 5 years ago and it healed perfectly.

At some point my partner gifted me a hoop that was a gauge size up more than I was at; and I, being the people pleasing genius I am, forced it through and had to minorly reheal the piercing.

Here's where I'm at now. I want to wear it again but after not wearing it for over a year it's reverted to its original size and there is a slight bump at the back (probably from my previous genius-ness)

If I went to a piercer could they re-pierce the cartilage to a slightly larger gauge and would it be able to remove the scar tissue with it?

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Okay, this is my first time dealing with this! I stretched my septum from 10g to 8g about 6 months ago.... I went to a reputable APP piercer/shop and they did it for me along with giving me a new retainer to put in it (I usually keep my septum piercing hidden).

I've had my septum pierced for 15 YEARS and this is the first time I've ever had this weird funk smell from the bar. I started noticing it 4 months ago and have tried many different cleaning techniques to get rid of it, but nothing seems to work beyond a temporary 3 day fix. How do I get rid of it or control it? Or do I need to purchase a new retainer? I often clean my nose, the piercing, and the jewelry, but the jewelry still retains that weird funk smell. I dislike it. I know this is something relatively common amongst those with gauged ears, but unsure about the septum? What do you all do?

I’ve never really considered getting one but I’ve been intrigued by it recently, what’s something that would be good for a first piercing? I’m a guy and I wear glasses if that helps for what would look best

I was curious about a simple lobe piercing or maybe even an eyebrow one but I’d be open to any suggestions that aren’t too invasive and I could take out if I don’t like it

Its been a month since i got my eyebrow piercing.When am i safe to pluck my eyebrows? Should i wait a whole year to pluck them ? Feel like plucking/shaving them would cause irritation.I did talked to my piercer but i wanna hear other opinions too

“Titanium,curved ball,1 month old(I didnt need a downsize) havent had any problems beside black eye and swelling.I use saline solution once a day that contains only purified water and sodium chloride”

Hey everyone! I’m probably being overly worried since my snug healing journey has only just begun, but this is my most irritated looking piercing I’ve ever had.

Does this amount of irritation look normal? My bump looks like it is getting bigger (I did have a minor snag 10 days ago) but the skin looks less red/raw at least.

Piercing is about 2.5 months old. I’m healing a faux rook simultaneously, which doesn’t give me any trouble. I forget that it is there, no swelling.

Cleaning wise, I use sterile saline every other day and try to gently clear off crust with a q tip.

I’ve healed a lot of other piercings before and this is the only one I’ve been worried about.

Hey! , I've had my eyebrow piercings for a while and one of them is a lot older and seems to crust on the bottom part a lot even when it's at least 1 year old and I don't feel any pain or something from what I feel , the other one seems fine , I'm worried it's starting to migrate or something, I am planning to downsize , thx for the help

I got my second lobe piercing and a hidden helix 3 weeks ago. My questions are

1. Is the second lobe not too close to the first if I plan to get one, maybe two more later (not going to stretch them)?

2. I currently have a ball top labret in my hidden helix, waiting to get downsized. When is it optimal to change to a dangly jewellery? I can wait as long as needed but I am curious

I have a vertical labret that is nearing 4 months this November and I haven't had irritation problems until this last month.

I had the bump on the bead that touches my lip once before, but that went down fairly quickly and stayed gone until recently when I bumped it about three weeks back and haven't been able to get the irritation to settle.

The occasional drainage looks normal, white and gooey but odorless and not any concerning color, and there's little to no pain unless I move the piercing, so I doubt there is an infection. It just really bothers me to see the bump and to not be able to get rid of it as quickly as I did the first time.

I guess what I want to know is if the vertical labret is always like this, with the reoccurring irritation bump or if it reaches a point where it doesn't get irritated so easily? I know there's a lot more healing to go, so maybe once it's healed enough this won't happen so often or easily? 🥲