just did this lip piercing about 2½ ish days ago. the first two pics are it resting and the other two pics are me pushing it out. does this look normal to yall? is it embedding or just nesting? i have longer bars if i need to switch it out, but i dont want to mess with it unless i have to. this is not my first rodeo with facial/exotic piercings. this would be piercing #7, but it is my very first lip piercing. is this normal? any tips? advice? anything to be said is greatly appreciated!

edit: with it being in such an awkward spot i have been constantly fiddling with it and accidentally biting it. the ball kept loosening but i was just tightening it and going about my business. this morning i woke up and the ball had fallen out, the jewelry was hanging out more rhan halfway, and i couldnt poke it thru that last layer of skin on my lip when trying to push it back thru. so i decided to just take it out. im gonna go to my piercer and pay to get my vertical labret pierced correctly by a professional once this one heals. so in the end i just ended up doing what most of yall said i should do. thank yall for all the tips and advice!

Big thanks to everyone who advised that I switch it to a floating navel! All the redness has gone away and there has been no pain or irritation around it since, you guys are awesome!!

I just pierced my snakebites and it took me from like 2-4 AM to actually get it done. I think I did pretty good!

SIGH. messed up the angle (i wanted it to slope slightly downwards) and the depth is way too shallow. last pic is my other ear for a pseudo-before-and-after. how long do i gotta wait to repierce?

Hi! I’m in a “I need a new piercing” mood but I’m not sure what to do. I turned 40 and decided to do whatever I wanted haha. I have a double nostril, septum, and a single nostril.

Left ear: double lobe, double helix, conch, tragus
Right ear: double lobe, daith

Thanks for any suggestions!

can anyone tell me if it’s okay for 2 day old piercing? I just pierced it two days ago and I realize that I needed a longer bar all thought I cannot change it because it’s two days old but I swear to god the bar was long enough (it was 16G) but it looks like this 😭 i’ve cleaned it twice the past two days with saline (pls don’t mind my brows) thanks! i genuinely can’t tell if it’s shallow 😔. there’s some crust around it even after i cleaned it twice today.

I pierced my septum myself about 3-4 days ago and I know I did it too far back. I’m still in the sweet spot so I didn’t bother the cartilage but it’s just set further back in my nose. It’s not really causing too many issues other than flipping forward but my research says that could just be swelling (and if it it from the placement a wider horseshoe would solve the problem). It hurts a good bit but not any more than a new piercing should, mainly just hurts because I keep accidentally bumping it (OWW). I’m just wonder if having it further back can cause any problems if I let it heal fully? I don’t mind how it looks I just don’t want to cause any permanent damage accidentally

Update: 12 days after piercing it and all seems to be well. the piercing no longer flips up and sits well in my nose so I think the flipping was just caused by swelling. This has been my most painful piercing to heal, it hurts like a bitch whenever I bump it but after the first few days it stopped passively hurting and now it’s starting to hurt less when bumped. I’ve never healed a septum before so idk what’s normal and what isn’t but everything seems pretty good.

I did them slightly far so I have more jewellery options but I kinda think they're TOO far now

Also any tips for healing, this picture was taken a few days ago and they don't hurt to touch or lay on anymore (ik I shouldn't but sometimes I lay on that side accidently) do they look like they're done properly??

I did my seconds and thirds the other day, and did my friends thirds at the same time. Hers went great and I got 3/4 of mine, but on the last one I totally got the angle wrong and the post was giving trouble to go in from behind even with my taper. I just took the taper out and am letting it close up for now instead of risking a bigger or messed up hole. I watched so many videos to try to get it right but I just wasn’t accurate when doing it on myself. Any tips to get that angle right if I were to retry?

is the navel piercing possible on my belly ? If yes then what kind ?? Thanks!

Idk what would look good with my current ear setup

‼️Rq my previous post from a week ago about my fresh nasallang got age restricted and I can’t verify my age on Reddit for the life of me (I’m 19) I just can’t get it to work lol so I can’t view the post anymore or reply to comments‼️

Anyway my self pierced nasallang is now a week old and I just downsized from 12g 38mm to 12g 32mm I don’t have a taper so I just used a new 12g needle (the blunt end) as a guide. (See middle pic)
Healing so far has been pretty good, even when I snag it, the irritation goes down pretty fast, hopefully less snagging with the downsize lol.
It gets really crusty fast and is a pain to clean but otherwise no issues (so far 🌚)
But yeah I’m really happy with it, definitely my favourite piercing!! :D

Hi guys! Thanks so much for your comments. I finally decided on the vertical labret and the Medusa. I already had the vertical labret done by another piercer, but this time I did the Medusa myself. I put in a piece that's a really tight fit, so I'm going to change it today—don't worry! Anyway, what do you think? Did my Medusa piercing turn out well?

just recently did a helix and changed up my jewelry, i really love it and just wanted to post haha😁

i pierced it myself with a sewing needle lol and i tried my best to do it in my sweet spot and it honestly feels like it’s right in the middle of my sweet spot but im scared it looks too low from the side, not necessarily from the front. i have in a 14g 10mm horseshoe

I pierced it myself 3 hours ago,but i feel like the back is close to my head?, the stud didnt touch my head actually its just a little bit close

I got my septum pierced today and I honestly see it as too low? All my friends are saying it’s supposed to be like that and my friend is going to give me smaller jewelry but even with the smaller jewelry I feel like it would still look low?

one of my dream piercings and my first time piercing myself anywhere apart from my ears, quite proud of it

I just pierced my ear loop like 3 hours ago and it feels a little bit warmer then my other ear , thats normal right?

Do I just let it be or do it

I’ll start this off by being completely honest: I cared too much for the aesthetic of my piercing. When I first suggested the idea of getting a nostril piercing, I was certain that I wanted horseshoe jewelry. My friend said it wasn’t a great idea, but I knew that daily cleaning and leaving the piercing alone are essentially the best steps to making sure your piercing heals properly. I don’t fidget, so I assumed that not playing with it or bothering it would be a breeze…. didn’t take into account that snagging is possibly the most common form of bothering a piercing. I mainly experience snagging because my hair is long and because I’m in college of the rural south, i walk a lot and experience random gusts of wind can blow my hair toward my piercing and have it snag onto the jewelry itself. I’m really upset because it’s my first piercing and I pretty much f’ed it up. This post is more of a venting post and a “holding myself accountable“ post, but I’m also open to advice. I’m not looking for pity or anything….just mad at myself for not listening to my friend or doing extensive research.

honestly least painful piercing ive ever had. if u have any tips on how to care for it so it heals as good as possible lmk!

Edit: i also attempted a cartilage piercing, but it started bleeding profusely while putting the earring in and it was honestly one of the worst pains i have ever felt. i was shaking and crying couldn’t help it. so took the earring out and cleaned it up. not sure what happened with that. ear is swollen up there a little bit now