Piercings.

The Rumor:

Horror Show.:

I'm going to get an industrial sometime this month for my birthday on the 24th

sometime, i also want to get my eyebrow, nose, and lip peirced, and a few on the cartilidge on the opposite ear of the industrial (i don't know what they're called, if they have a name)

A piercing on the cartilage rim of your ear is a helix.

oh... thanks!

The Rumor:

Neither. They're pretty equal, to be honest. Obviously snake bites will be twice the pain but you also get twice the piercings. Besides, you'll have forgotten the pain by the time you walk out the door. Get pierced because of the way it looks or art or whatever. Don't get a piercing because it hurts less than another one.

true, thanks

The Rumor:

Neither. They're pretty equal, to be honest. Obviously snake bites will be twice the pain but you also get twice the piercings. Besides, you'll have forgotten the pain by the time you walk out the door. Get pierced because of the way it looks or art or whatever. Don't get a piercing because it hurts less than another one.

I thought of this today. Thankfully, when I got my lobes peirced, only my right ear hurt. My ears weren't even red, they looked as though I'd had those peircings for years. But it'll probably be different on other parts of my body, but I'm not too worried about my ears.

heartstrings.:

What's the average amount of time a lip piercing needs to heal?

I looked online, and this one site said 2 to 3 months.

heartstrings.:

What's the average amount of time a lip piercing needs to heal?

Six weeks till you can change the bar. Overall healing time varies drastically from person to person, though. Everyone's immune system is different.

^what kind of metal are the earrings? Because sometimes cheap plated earrings (containing nickle, or silver) can leave a dark greeny-blue/black staining where the metal comes into contact with your ear. If I were you, I would keep them clean, follow your aftercare instructions, and see how it goes. If it goes away, all's well. If it doesn't, when you can change your earrings, change them for some good quality earrings (titanium or surgical steel posts), and see what happens.

Was it done with a gun or a needle?

Sometimes the way its pierced can affect it

Getting my nose pierced when I go in for my next tattoo.
Wanted a monroe but everyone has them now and its lame.


I miss my gages dearly...

I dont think their really supposed to use guns,i cant remember which part of the ear its on,but i know needles are usually preffered.

Id suggest you ask round different shops who do piercings and get thier advice.
And fullmetals right,keep it clean and dont fiddle with it.
Any bacteria could turn it into an infection,be careful you dont catch them too!

Coraline.:

I dont think their really supposed to use guns,i cant remember which part of the ear its on,but i know needles are usually preffered.

Id suggest you ask round different shops who do piercings and get thier advice.
And fullmetals right,keep it clean and dont fiddle with it.
Any bacteria could turn it into an infection,be careful you dont catch them too!

I took a shower and I dont really see the black.
It is a bit swollen though. Like not swollen; but its got a large bump. I think its scar tissue.
I went to the nurse at my schoola nd from whats she saw, its not swollen...
I dont know. I think its okay.

I thnk its fine, my second ones did this too. They are healthy now.

i got my belly button done in january and i recently bought a new bar and put it in but my piercing reacted badly so i changed back to original one, as far as i know the new bar was surgical steel but is the anything people could recommend about changing jewellery?

^ Where did you get the bar from and how was it treated before you bought it? If the bar wasn't clean when it went in then even surgical steel could have bad results.

Michael Way.:

I took a shower and I dont really see the black.
It is a bit swollen though. Like not swollen; but its got a large bump. I think its scar tissue.
I went to the nurse at my schoola nd from whats she saw, its not swollen...
I dont know. I think its okay.

I thnk its fine, my second ones did this too. They are healthy now.

You probably got a cartilage piercing with a gun. This is bad but not disastrous. Keep it clean, don't twist it when you clean it and you should be alright. Don't over clean it either though, just twice a day will be fine.

The lump is probably a granuloma. That's when your body reacts to the trauma by creating excess skin cells around the area. This is totally normal and will go away on it's own (so long as you don't fiddle with it).

The black was probably a bruise, don't worry about it.

The only piercings that you can get safely done with a gun are really your first and second lobe piercings (and even that's a bit iffy, I'd never recommend guns). Whenever you get any piercings in the future, get them done at a professional piercing shop with a needle.

The Rumor:

^ Where did you get the bar from and how was it treated before you bought it? If the bar wasn't clean when it went in then even surgical steel could have bad results.

I'm not sure what it was cleaned with at the store, which was just a little jewelers place but i cleaned it and the piercing with anti-septic gel

glambert.:

i currently have the right side of my lip pierced and i've been wanting to get it pierced again, on the same side next to the one i already have.
but i don't know if i should get that or my nose done. i've been debating a lot these past months
here is a current picture of myself.
pierce my lip again or just get my nose done?
help?

Nose! It'd suit you!