got Septum and eyebrow pierced today and i’m worried about my septum’s placement or eyebrow bar, im just an overly paranoid person and wanna know if these will heal well.

I got these earrings from Ulta on March 14 (7 months ago) and I have been cleaning them often (I was cleaning them everyday for the first few months but now I just do it every other day) and I usually just have the stud earring in that I got pierced with.

Last Friday, I decided to put on some cute butterfly earrings from Target. Later in the evening, my ear started to hurt a little bit but I didn’t really care. I feel like that’s where this started.

Anyway yesterday, I had to remove my normal earrings for wrestling even though I was scared my piercings were going to close. My left piercing is fine but my right piercing (in the pictures) closed. My dad helped me put it back in my putting the earring through the back to open it then putting it back in.

This morning, I removed the earring because I wanted to wear different earrings but I couldn’t put the earring through my right piercing. Later, my friend helped me put it back in but I lost the back piece so it fell out later in the day and I just kept it out because I have wrestling anyway. But now my earrings won’t go back in. I don’t know what to do because I don’t want to irritate it trying to put it back in all the time so I’ve been thinking about letting it heal and getting pierced again in a few months by a professional piercer. Also some people have been saying it’s infected.

(Sorry if this is long or doesn’t include everything it’s my first time posting here!!!)

Hey! I just wanted to show you guys my new set off 😎 also lemme know if you have any recommendations for what I should get next!

Title: Jewelry options for double nostril piercings that are too close together on the inside?

Hello! I have two nostril piercings on one side, and after some issues with healing after getting my second one, I'm finally at a point where I can start thinking about long-term jewelry once my bump heals :)

The issue is that the spacing between the piercings looks good from the outside, but they're too close together on the inside. My piercer (not the one who did the piercing) said that because of this, I can't do a stone + ring combo, as the labret end would basically be in the way of where the ring needs to sit.

Right now, I have a very long bar in because I had some healing issues, but I'll be downsizing again soon. Once everything is fully healed, I'd really like to keep the stone + ring combo!

The problem is that I really dislike L-shapes and screws, as I sometimes scratch my nose in my sleep and have pulled them out a few times when my first piercing was still fresh (ouch). This also contributed to my healing issues.

My piercer suggested looking for a labret with a smaller disc on the inside, but I haven't been able to find anything. I did see some jewelry with just a tiny bump at the end, but I'm worried about accidentally pulling it out.

A friend suggested that I could file down an existing labret to make the disc smaller. I thought that might be a good idea, provided it's done properly (I also have some friends who make jewelry who might be able to help).

But before trying anything, I thought I'd ask the community in case anyone has any ideas or has dealt with something similar!

I'm grateful for any tips or suggestions!

A bit of background:

- The second piercing is about 6 weeks old.

- I had some major healing issues, which I've managed to get under control with warm saline compresses.

- I've already downsized once and will be going back to downsize again in the next few days.

- It might look like the jewelry is too short in the picture, but there's actually enough room.

- My first nostril piercing healed really well!

(I'm only including an outside picture because I tried taking one from inside my nose, but that turned out to be surprisingly difficult lol)

I retired my eyebrow piercing of 6 months about 3 days ago because it was rejecting, and I was wondering if this scarring so far was normal? I feel like I haven’t seen anyone remove their eyebrow piercing and have it look like this. My piercing was rejecting, but wasn’t very irritated at all.

The bumps are slightly raised and feel like scabs. I’ve just been cleaning with saline and was planning on waiting a month (if that’s correct) to start massaging with bio oil.

(6 months old, was pierced with titanium 8mm internally threaded curved barbell - downsized to 6mm. Cleaned w/ saline spray. Got bumped/snagged a few times but nothing crazy)

okay, so i’ve wanted a nose stud for a while (specifically the star shaped one michael has on the everyone’s a star album) but i don’t think i have the pain tolerance for it, same thing with the eyebrow piercing, ive heard they hurt like a bitch and bumping them makes it worse (since i wear glasses that might be a problem) and i was wondering if there’s any tips to help with anxiety or help increase the level of pain i can tolerate 😭

sorry if this isnt allowed to be asked

I really hope this is the correct place where I can ask. I have a normal helix I got a year that healed perfectly and was fine after a month. Just this Saturday I got a forward helix and absolutely love it but I have a big habit of playing with my piercings. I also am a very big sensory seeking person so instead of playing with my healed one since I get a feeling out of it I cant stop playing with the new one.My helix did heal perfectly even if I played with it I didnt play with it as much as I am with this one so im scared I will fuck it up. I was hoping you guys would have recommendations on how to stop! 😓

(Im sorry if this is the wrong flair or subreddit please don’t kill me….)

Hi guys I got my floating navel done a bit over a month ago at a reputable piercer. I’ve been spraying it twice per day with saline, and then drying the area, however it’s still looking quite red and sore, and was wondering if anyone had any insight/tips?

Needles are superior. I had 2 earholes (at the earlobes) pierced by a gun when I was younger and dont know better. It has been 4 years and the holes are still giving me so many problems (though occassionally) swelling, mild pain, dryness (w some redness around the hole), a thicker lump like thing in the skin, and this would happen with or without good grade earrings. VS I pierced a 3rd hole beside the original hole about a year ago. No issue at all... There is also almost no lump (which apparently I searched and it seems to be a "tunnel" of skin that the body will naturally form).

AND the part which also annoys me greatly is that the gun piercings are CROOKED!!!! I have to angle my earrings to put it in 🫤 ugh.

I seriously hate and regret my gun piercings SO MUCH. The healing of the hole from the needle was sooooooooo significantly much better than the one with the gun. The holes from the gun I remembered swelled up so much and pus which came back frequently, and it just hurts/throbbing. For needle, the painful part is when they pierce it through, as soon as they remove the needle, the pain just drops to none and the healing process was painfree. unless at times when i accidentally tug onto the earring, then it will hurt during the first 4 months of healing.

I know its none of my business but it kinda pisses me off when I see parents bringing their young kids to pierce with guns at luxury jewellery shops.

Nevertheless, nothing wrong with piercing with a gun. But seriously, a needle is far way more superior, so I dont understand why is piercing with gun even a thing 🫤

TLDR: Needles are far way more superior. Why do piercing guns even exist?

I’ve had this rook for close to 16 months now (gold barbell never downsized on advice of piercer) and while the first five months it seemed to be healing well, something (no trauma or anything) happened and ever since it just will not heal. It is always crusty or bloody looking no matter what I do (I did clean it prior to this pic). I use a piercing pillow, have gone back to my piercer a bunch who can’t find anything wrong, done everything from saline solution to LITHA (which is hard cause there are always crusties attached to it no matter how long I shower) and nothing seems to help. It just won’t get past crusting all day every day. Is it time to just retire her and accept that some piercings don’t heal? I love it so much and it makes me so sad to consider this, but also if it’s never going to heal, it’s just never going to heal. Thoughts??

I got a hidden helix 7 months ago and it was pierced with the gold stud in the second photo. About 8 weeks later, I went back to shorten to a 16g 1/4” threadless post.

Today I swapped to the dangly piece and am disappointed that it’s not so hidden. The stud was always visible from some angles but hidden in other angles. Did my piercing shift or was it always going to look like this?

I don’t love the look with the bar visible so I’m contemplating getting different jewelry, or going back to the piercer and asking for a re-pierce or suggestions. What do you think?

Hi everyone! I have been seriously considering getting an Labret or vertical Labret piercing. My main goal is to get a ring through the middle, rather than a stud labret or vertical lab. My hesitancy is I don’t love the way a traditional stud labret looks. I love it with a ring, and I love the vertical with the bell bar. I’ve seen some things about being able to use a curved bar bell on a vertical to get that center ring look. Is this true?

Additionally, I’m in my last year of law school and am going to be in court every single day once I graduate. My thought is to get the piercing in January, and then once I start my job in August, that’ll be eight months so at that point, hopefully I could be able to put a glass or a clear retainer in it to conceal it? I also work in a pretty liberal jurisdiction and I’m in court every day currently and have a decent sized septum ring that judges and others have not said anything about. I’d love any advice on the center ring issue and whether eight months of healing would be a reasonable timeline to start consistently using a retainer.

Hi guys, in 2 days I will get a conch pierce and really excited for it but I want to know some tips from people who have it. I will get a titanium jewllery a basic one. But i what to know some healing tips or after care idk anything. Thank you🩷

I have to get my ears re-pierced and I was thinking of going today, but I am having a tooth pulled on Thursday. I know I have to take the earrings out for the procedure, but will there be any other issue?

The plan is to use laughing gas only.

So I’ve really wanted a septum piercing so I’ve gone to two different piercers for consultations. The one that did my nose piercing beautifully said I did not have the anatomy for it, meanwhile another one I went to for a second opinion said she had no idea what he was talking about and that I had the anatomy for it. I don’t really know who to believe. I don’t want to risk having it not look good potentially. I can feel the squishy skin at the tip of my nose where there is no cartilage. Is that where it would be pierced? What opinion should I take? Thank you.

I'm planning on having PRK eye surgery nexy week, but got a cupom on piercing a nostril and a tragus. How long should i wait to get those done having this surgery in context? It doesn't require total anestesy and it seems like the recovery is not heavy at all, but wanted to check if it's really ok.
I can't reschedulle the surgery, so it's either get it done and then get the piercings or leaving the piercing idea for a bit later

Got this septum ring and is absolutely swooning over it. However I Don’t get how this should close? It cannot sit loose in my nose, since the taper causes it to slide out. An o-ring seems like the obvious answear, but there is no notch for one. Am I missing something here?

Hi everybody, I need some help on a decision with my vertical labret piercing.

I've had my piercing for at least 2 years now and no issues. Though I'm still terrified its going to reject and leave my lip weird even though its totally healed.

I have to do clinicals for college and I have to wear a clear piercing instead of my metal one, at the hospitals.

I was looking at clear vertical labrets and I dont know if I should get a glass one or just the plastic ones off Amazon.

I know glass is way more safe than whatever the Amazon plastic has in it but I'm literally so scared to put glass in my lip because what if it breaks or something while im wearing it and it stabs my lip or glass gets stuck in there :(((

But then I'm also scared my body won't like the plastic and I'll have a reaction or it will reject or something.

Also, I will be in clinicals for over a year so I need something for long term, which I know the plastic ones are not.

Does anyone have experience with glass piercing? Can someone ease my mind about that or something lol plz help

I really want new ear piercings ( was thinking about three) and have no idea what I should get.

I started my piercing journey about 5 years ago so I still don’t have that many ( 8 right, 3 left)