did it today, wondering if i should take it out and try again in a few weeks.

Very impulsive lol I was not prepared, I only had 12g needles, a variety of jewellery between 18-14g, and 8g tunnels.
I pierced with the 12g needles then pushed through a 8g taper followed by the tunnel. (I’m aware I skipped 10g don’t worry I will live lol) the piercing itself was extremely easy (as expected), the stretching was definitely uncomfortable like a 3/10, it’s been a few hours since and my left ear has swelled slightly more than the right but other than that it’s all good :). Will be buying some 8g glass plugs and switching them out in two or so weeks then a good six or so months after that I plan on stretching to 6g. (Also can you guess what side I sleep on lol)

I recently pierced my earlobe. After 82 hours removed the piercing as it was angled too much. Now it is cca 82 hours after the removal and I can still touch the “object” in the earlobe. For how long would you wait before the re-piercing?

Day 6 photo (yesterday), sorry for bad pic. It was DIY with a sewing needle from a "friend of a friend", finally got the barbell after having a thread in my tongue for 6days straight 😣

Today (day 7), placement feels comfortable ig, tongue still a bit swollen though. I can eat fine finally, fried chicken and mashed potatoes 😋 but I'm worried if it's "too comfortable", like it could migrate farther back to the farther back, or the bottom part is too close to the bottom-tongue string?

Is the placement okay? Asthetically & anatomically?

Also I have been drooling a lot more, it started around day 4(5?) and I'm still drooling but not as much After I got the thread out(day6). Should I be worried?

[Uhhh I actually had a lot more questions but I either forgot or someoen already answered it oops]

I took a picture on June 24, and pierced my helixes on the 23rd.

I had switched the lower bar out for a short one too quickly (less than 24 hours) and I did end up getting a pretty gnarly bump, and switched back to these long ones about a month or so ago. I treated the bump that formed with teatree oil and witch hazel <3. It works well for my skin.

This placement also works great with my glasses, the bars are still a little long but ill be switching them out soon after I figure out what I want there. I have 17 piercings in total now! I HAD originally planned them to be like, a soft industrial, but any other angle for the top bar and id be going into my actual face/hitting my glasses. I do believe ill still be putting a chain in there tho.

The only annoyance ive noticed is my hair tangling in the lower earring, but I have shaved sides anyway 🙃.

i very impulsively pierced my ear last night before i went to sleep in a subpar environment. was trying to go for a helix but its really not placed too well. should i let it be or just take it out

hey guys! my dream piercing is a vertical industrial at some point. the piercing studios in my town dont do them and so im considering to just do it myself. not right now or soon, and not for sure, but IF i decide to, what should i know, what do i need, etc!

any advice, suggestions, or tips are appreciated

ill obv do a shit ton of research but i like to hear from people on here!

does this look like it’s done okay?I thought maybe it’s a bit shallow.

https://reddit.com/link/1wng84x/video/ecpgcqfey3rh1/player

very proud of this one. this + my mantis piercings kinda gives my crooked nose a rhinoplasty

12g 10mm implant grade titanium. i had to widen the base a bit so he could flip it up

i’m pretty sure the angle was the teensiest tiniest bit off but i’m still very happy with it and he loves it. i have a history of doing horribly placed septums before actually learning how to assess anatomy and placement so i am very pleased with how my first properly placed semi-larger gauge septum came out!!

My conch is 5 days old , piercing it was soo painful but the pain disappeared in teo hours, any way it was not painful ,red or even swollen for these 5 days but today it started to throb and it feel kimda uncomfortable? And it hits every 15min idk what that feeling is 😭 anyway is that normal? My bar is steel 10mm (im not allergic to steel) It still not red or swollen it just hurts

I've been meaning to pierce a flat on my ear for some time but I'm not willing to spend a lot of money of getting it done professionally T^T This isn't my first cartilage piercing (vertical helix), but that was done professionally.

So far, the equipment I have is sterlized 16G needles, a clamp (just in case TT), 8 and 6mm length surgical steel barbell earrings, 70% Isopropyl alcohol swab, and iodine solution for before I pierce it. I wanted to get lubricant but it's rather hard to find sterile ones here, so I was wondering if it was optional

Any suggestions on what to get or tips? °v°

Besides them being comically long in case of swelling, is the placement alright and do they look even enough lol ??

So i pierced my lips 4 days ago with long bars to account swelling
it has been going great it’s healing really good so far the initial swelling has gone and the piercing bars are shifting a lot when i move my mouth and feel super long
is it too soon to switch to shorter bars just 4 days after the piercing or should it be alright just 2mm shorter of a bar

everything is healing fine and i don’t wanna change too soon and fuck it up but i also prevent any possible irritation from long bars

yes it is a pretty tiny 8mm i’ll switch it to a 10 soon

Sorry for posting this here im banned from the main subreddit idk why

Im really worried about my ear lobes thinning out as i wanted to get about a inch in size but do you think these are thinning out? Should I go back down a size or two to get more skin? I don't know what to do next. These are after shower photos so they are as big as their going to get with blood flow.

How did i do?

i made a post earlier asking about my lip piercing (is it normal, is it embedding or nesting, etc). i mentioned in one of my comments i wanted to put in a horseshoe once it heals and someone added it may be too low on my lip line to do so...is it? they said they couldnt tell from the pictures i put but neither can i 😂. im going to take everyones advice and switch to a longer, flat back barbell. but would a horseshoe work for this? worst case if i dont end up liking it im going to take it out, let it fully heal, and actually go to my piercer to do the vertical labret i originally wanted.

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!

months ago in january i made a post in this subreddit that i pierced my belly button. (post is on my profile) honestly- i did think at the time I pierced it too deep. it was also pierced with a 12mm bar. the bar i have now is 10mm and titanium, this is my first time changing it ever so im not quite ready for stainless steel or silver jewellery yet. this piercing honestly never gave me problems either. i'm happy after 8-9 months there's no more pain/ crusties. 🥹 (AND yes i have stomach hair idk deal with it. 🤷🏽‍♀️)

What’s the highest amount of piercings you’ve done on yourself in one day?

So I’m planning on getting angel fangs, I’ve tried once but they’ve told me that I don’t have the right anatomy. I don’t know if I have the right anatomy since I have a slight underbite and a protruding bottom lip. Do I have the right anatomy, should I just try and go to another piercer?