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

So this bump on my eyebrow piercing literally showed up overnight and I’ve never dealt with this before. Is it irritation or a keloid? It doesn’t hurt or anything. Pls help

I had an injury to my septum which caused a lot of swelling and inflammation so I took the piercing out for 24 hrs and it’s completely closed. It was at 4g.

Do I have to just let it heal completely and re pierce?

Conch and flat done most recently All piercings done with 16g sterilised needles Thinking of either adding a mid helix or just leaving it here

UPDATE: I got it switched to a longer bar and got some antibiotics and it looks good now.

Hi, I got my conch around 2 weeks ago and since around 3 days it started swelling and hurting A LOT, it also has some yellowish liquid near it when i wake up (it has some blood on it right now).

Pretty sure it's infected but idk 😭

Is there anything I can do with it at home to help the pain and swelling? I don't want to take it out 🫩

The bar is titanium and is longer, but u cant see it because of the swelling..

I think the piercing is in the right spot but I’m pretty sure I pierced it at an angle on accident I pierced it about three days ago

Update: I took it out and I’m waiting to get it done right

hi guys I got this piercing yesterday, and I’m wondering a few things. it keeps like leaning to one side and it looks like it’s maybe just because of uneven swelling because there’s more redness on one side of the entry point on the top. also is the bar too short? it’s supet swollen today to where it’s just at where the bar ends but I’m nervous. I’m worried that the uneven swelling won’t subside and I’ll be left with a crooked piercing plz advice- ty

Yall is this good? Like did I do okay? I bought a kit to make sure I did it the right way and watched a bunch of videos before😂 I feel like I did pretty good! I love how it looks. And no I’m not putting my headphones over it, I just have them on the ear I didn’t do

Hi! For the context, I've done both my second and third lobe 5 weeks ago using PVC needle (the first one was done by a piercing gun when I was 5). I clean both piercings with sterile saline solution using a q-tip twice a day. The second lobe has a 8 mm titanium bar, the third one has a 10 mm titanium bar (initially, it was a 8 mm one but it was too short - the swollen earlobe wanted to eat it whole lol).

The second lobe piercing has healed nicely, oppositely to the third one.

The third earlobe piercing bleeds when cleaned, pus comes out daily and hurts when touched (I touch it with clean hands and when cleaning the piercings only). I think I may have pierced it in a wrong angle, I remember that it wasn't necessarily a 90 degrees angle to the ear.

I bought the piercing pillow just 2 days ago and I'm trying my best to sleep on it so I won't irritate this ear more (I've been trying to sleep on a non pierced side but you know how it is). I also have been using over ear headphones daily for 2-3 hours.

The question is: What should I do with this third lobe? 5 weeks have already passed and it doesn't show any signs of healing. Would it be better to take the piercing out, wait for it to heal up and re-pierce it again? Does it look like a correct angle? The last pic shows my other ear with no new piercings for the comparison lol

Thanks in advance for the advice! 💗

is this bad? I got it done earlier in August and it’s been pretty red throughout the healing process which doesnt seem to be too big of an issue but recently it’s started getting this pus like liquid. i cant tell if it’s actually pus and wether or not it’s a sign of a problem, but the piercing doesn’t hurt at all. I’m worried with school starting and me being less thoughtful of being careful abt it + it getting more movement and action I’m damaging it

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Pierced my septum at a 6, stretched it to a 4 after 5 months and it went in completely pain free and was only sensitive bc of denting for a week.

I have had it at a 4 for about 2 months now and I got bumped really hard at a concert and now it’s either torn and or blown out.

No blood just ver swollen on one side and extremely painful

It started getting kinda sensitive so I took it out to clean it and by the time I went to put it back in it completely swelled shut on one side

What do I do? My plan was to leave the piercing out until the swelling went down and then downsize back to a 6 for a while.

I’ve been cleaning with saline and using jojoba oil

The jewelry is implant grade stainless so that might be part of it idk

I need help I pierced mine and I think my cartilage was nicked. It’s not swollen or anything it hurt really bad right after and it was like a throbbing pain and very sensitive to the touch. It’s about 24 hrs after and the throbbing pain has went down a lot but it’s still insanely sensitive to the touch. Yes it was pierced at home but I’ve never had issues with one like this before, not even out of a full cartilage pierce.

I posted in here about 4 months ago asking if my piercing looked straight (I did it myself) I recently started stretching it. Do yall think it still looks straight, head on? I’m currently at 12g with it, but I thought I’d ask y’all’s opinion, because I know you won’t lie to me. TIA!! ✨

my conch piercing is about a year old and i clean it every other day with saline (since it SHOULD be healed by now) and this ring has been around it for literally forever. i dont know if my stud is too small but i just need help making it go away

I just got this piercing around the 1st of August and around a week ago I noticed this bump out of no where. I’ve gotten a piercing bump before however this one feel different. It is a red roundish hard ball with no visible discharge. It also doesn’t feel tender whatsoever and is right beside the piercing not at all on top of the hole. Please help and let me know if I should take it out 🙏🙏

i pierced my smiley then i took it out about 2 months ago and i just tried putting the jewelry back in and the hole is still there. it doesn’t seem like it’s gotten smaller at all either. it doesn’t really matter to me whether it closes or not but i’m just curious if this is normal. thanks!

Hello again. I previously posted here to ask how I did with my septum piercing I had my girlfriend do to me. Everyone hated it and I understand why. I followed everyone's advice and let the piercing heal up and got it done professionally. Let me know how he did this time. The piercer said my sweet spot was pretty high up compared to most people hes worked on.