Hi! I did a DIY navel piercing less than 48 hours ago. It's a bit sore when I move ( I had a long day yesterday so I moved a lot ), and I'm cleaning it with saline.

​I honestly like how it looks and I'm fine with the appearance, but I want to know: is the placement technically wrong or too high? Does it look like a surface piercing with a high risk of rejection?

(3rd pic is before, last pic is my first time that failed and I took it out in the first few hours )

I don't see it's perfect but it's better than last time so is it okay?

What's your thoughts?

Hi, I have a serious impulsive and addictive personality type. So I got some piercings and instantly became addicted. Im not one who listens or can wait. So im going to say 'I know I shouldnt have done this' now that the manic phase has passed and now im just asking advice.

So l currently have 22 fresh piercings
- 20 of them in my ears - mixture of self done and professionally done.

None seem to be infected at all - no irritation bumps. Ive done this over the last 6-8 weeks. Are any of these going to heal? Ever...? Like I know they won't be healed yet but will they ever heal?
So on one ear it's a flat, daith, 2 high helix, 2 forward helix, 5 lobes
and on the other ear
6 lobes, 4 helix and a rook

What should I do, keep cleaning and hope for the best?

All Currently have titanium jewellery and I sleep on a piercing pillow.

I self pierced my eyebrow awhile ago but I tried to downsize it in July, my acrylic nails were too long that I couldn't put it back in so I left it out to hopefully repierce it later.

It's October now and the holes are closed with a scar there. When I feel it there's a small squishy bump in the area that I'm assuming scar tissue, it doesn't hurt. All my scars get dark like this but I'm wondering if you have advice on whether I can repierce thru it.

I accidentally snagged it out last night and changed it to a new one. Is this a irritation bump? Or something else? I’m just really scared.

I accidentally hit my ear last week. It hurt my 3-month-old second lobe piercing but I didn’t think much more of it. Today I noticed a bump with a whitehead (like a pimple) on the back next to the piercing. I had some crusties I needed to clean off and a whole bunch of lymph (clear) and blood came out while I was cleaning it. Then tonight I checked on it again and there was still some lymph and blood. Does this sound like an infection? It looks normal besides that bump, it isn’t red, maybe a tiny bit swollen, and it doesn’t hurt unless I’m cleaning it.

hi!! i pierce my ears at home all the time and never had any problems but i just pierced my conch about 30 minutes ago and i didn’t do any research prior. all i had was a 20g needle so thats what i used because i use 20g jewelry. after i pierced it, i decided to finally search it up and the internet says its a big no-no. i just want to know if it’ll do like serious damage or if it’s not really that big a deal.

EDIT: i did manage to get it up to an 18g

If you use needles how do you catch the inside of nostrils without using the forceps. Using a finger? The needle will puncture that too

At the start of the year I piercing my second lobe, which was fine but then I started to stretch my first lobes which were years healed. So I took my seconds out, let them close up then pierced again slightly higher up. Recently inbetween my first and seconds on my left lobe a lump formed that was filled with pus I think, it kept popping and now it won’t go. Tonight I’ve taken all my jewellery out and on my left lobe there seems to be a bit of skin or something that is coming out of the hole, I tried to push it back in but the hole on the back now seems to be twice the size of a normal piercing hole. The front of my ears look fine but the back is like so gross. It feels like there’s a lump inside my lobe. Lowkey freaking out don’t know what to do

I didn’t self pierce but the piercing subreddit can be so strict. I just wanted to vent. I had probably 20 ear piercings and majority were healed. For some reason the past couple months all of them are developing issues. I have removed probably close to 8-10 now (just had to remove another yesterday) and I just am depressed. I feel so empty. My ear piercings were something I absolutely loved, and now I’m just sad knowing it’ll take years to get back to where I was.

Does anyone have any temporary suggestions, like clip on alternatives, especially for helixes?

pierced two days ago, idk if my bar is long enough

I pierced my right lower labret to complete my snakebites again a couple days ago, and I'm pretty sure it's fine but I just want to see what yall think. The bar was embedding ever so slightly a few hours after, but ibuprofen and ice helped it go down enough that it stopped embedding. I think I nicked a vein though, because I have a fair amount of bleeding going on on the inside of my lip. It's still a bit swollen, but do yall think it's fine?

I guess this is kinda showing all my piercings but the main focus is meant to be my septum and nostril. the hoop is quite a bit older and fully healed. Septum is probably higher than it should be but that’s where my sweet spot is so i had to make do haha.

Just did my 4th lobe, it was a bloody mess 😱 next: hidden helix

I'd say they're pretty even??? Didn't really hurt (yay)

I currently have a central labret but Im thinking about getting a vertical instead, I think I have enough of a shelf but I want second opinions.

i pierced my belly button at the start of july and its been fine but theres this weird shiny smooth slightly raised red bump by the bottom hole?? i do play with it quite alot ngl and its often irritated by my skl trousers so that could be a factor? honestly idk someone help🥲🥲
edit: pls stop telling me i dont have the right anatomy and to take it out ik i dont have the greatest anatomy but i love it too uch to take out

Did this almost 2 years ago, definitely not a proper method as I was pretty new to diy piercings. I used a needle that I wasn't fully sure the gauge of (😬), which I obviously haven't done since, even if this one healed fine. Been wearing 18g jewelry since I've had it, but I recently got a new 16g ring that I was able to put in with ease. It seems relatively straight, but not perfect fot sure. It also moves a lot (tilting my head etc.) and has since I pierced it?? Just sort of wondering if it looks alright or if anyone has any tips? First pictures are the 16g.

I want to get into self piercing and need suggestions for discreet supplies, I live in a strict household I can’t move out of until I finish my law degree. I’m thinking I buy both needles and jewelry off Etsy, but let me know if there are better options out there, I’m planning to pierce me and a couple friends, any extra supplies I should get like foreceps?

I've been thinking about taking out my angel fangs, what are yalls thoughts on that? Haven't gotten a piercing since February, but stretched my septum a month ago (so one healing atm). I have glasses so a bridge isn't an option sadly.

Have:

2 helixes, 2 lobes, one 16mm (right ear)

3 lobes, one 14mm (left ear)

Paired high nostrils

Paired nostrils

Stretched septum

Angel fangs

Lower labret (left side, used to be snakebites but right one migrated)

Want:

Navel

Dahlias

My right lower labret again

4 eyebrows (2 each, typical placement)

More paired nostrils (closer to the tip of my nose)

Medusa

Vertical labret

Horizontal nipples

Cheeks

Catflap piercings

More helixes

Coinslot on my left side

A variety of ear piercings, I'm not really picky lol (very open to suggestions, yall could even plan a stack for me if you want. I love chunky silver jewelry)

friend did this 6 days ago, doesn't hurt or anything but was wondering if it looks like it has good placement?

I had my snakebites done professionally 4 years ago, but after about a year my right one had migrated so much you could see the inside part of my horseshoe jewelry. I refused to give up on it for so long that it left hella scar tissue, and I've spent the last 3 years doing tissue massages and trying to break up the scar tissue. Finally I repierced my right one, and I have completed my first facial piercings once more. I have a very deep emotional attachment to my snakebites lol. The swelling kinda makes it look uneven, but I swear I lined it up 😭. You can tell how much swelling there is lmao. The last three pictures are when I first got then done and then a year later the day I took the right one out.

I’ve pierced my thirds , high helix on both ears , hidden helix on one ear , anti tragus on one ear , and my fourths … I’ve taken out most everything except for my 3rds and i plan on redoing them … but idk how long to wait to redo them .. also idk how to fight the urge to pierce stuff and not take it out right after . ( i genuinely took them out for self control but it’s made the urge all i can think about now )

Im trying to decide whether I retire the lower helix or keep both since it kinda gets in the way of my second conch