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Doodles
Demolition Lover
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Posts: 17799 | June 19th, 2007 at 10:18am
Cigarettes And Suicide:^I wouldn't recommend retainers be left in, say, lip, nostril or eyebrow piercings for a long time, because the risk of them falling out and being inhaled/swallowed/poke you in your eye is pretty high. That is, if you mean 'retainers' as in the clear plastic rods that are a few millimetres long and have no balls/flat backs etc to hold them in place. I only wear retainers when going to work, and I have to be careful to check them very often and be very careful when eating on my lunchbreak, because they tend to come loose and can be swallowed or lost.
If, by 'retainer' you mean jewellery that is exactly the same as metal jewellery (ie bars with screw-on beads, captive bead rings etc) but made from clear plastic rather than metal, you'll have no problems. The plastic they're made from is designed to be compatible with human flesh and therefore won't cause any irritation etc. Thank you.
That's really helped.
I didn't actually realise there where two types of retainers so I might research more on that.
That you again though. :] |
Amanda Young
Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 1725 | June 19th, 2007 at 10:19am I want my lip peirced...does it hurt lol  |
onlynotreally.
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 3601 | June 19th, 2007 at 10:20am i was thinking about maybe getting my bellybutton pierced in a few years... doesn't it itch a lot and get infected easily though? |
Belle! At The Disco
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 2750 | June 19th, 2007 at 02:23pm Cigarettes And Suicide:I understand what you mean about piercings making you feel good about yourself - my husband is convinced that I get my ink and piercings done purely for shock value and attention-seeking, but it's not like that at all: I think they look gorgeous and every time I get a new one, I feel much prettier!
If you're getting it done against your parents' wishes, I'd advise that you get it pierced with a retainer and keep it flipped up until it's healed, that way you not only can hide it from them for a while, but when it's healed you can show them that you've managed to care for it for several weeks, through the danger period, and that you're obviously responsible enough to keep it now that there's no risk of it getting infected.
What is meant by 'nose droop' is not, like, that it'll cause paralysis or a noticeable drooping of the entire nose. Pinch your septum - see how the cartilage stops and there's a thicker bit of flesh at the end of it? Pull that lump down a little until there's a gap between the cartilage and the end of your septum. This gap is called the 'sweet spot' and it's where the needle goes through, rather than trying to punch through tough cartilage. Now, see how you've pulled that little end bit of skin down? This is what is known as 'nose droop', because obviously once there is a piece of jewellery in that skin, it can't retreat back up over the cartilage, so the end of your septum will be pulled down a few millimetres by the jewellery resting against the end of the cartilage... if that makes any sense.
It's only really noticeable to you (I don't notice a droop on my friends' noses, but I know I'd notice it if I had my septum pierced), so don't stress about appearances too much, and it is in absolutely no way harmful or dangerous to your health or the success of the piercing.
THANK YOU!
An thanks to everyone else who helped out with my Septum piercings question,
You guys are great.
Ohh and one more 
Anyone got any idea how much it costs to get it done?
And do you think they would do it to a 14 yr old without a parent signature? |
Annaundead;
Awake and Unafraid
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Posts: 12083 | June 19th, 2007 at 02:54pm Dance.To.This.Beat.:
THANK YOU!
An thanks to everyone else who helped out with my Septum piercings question,
You guys are great.
Ohh and one more
Anyone got any idea how much it costs to get it done?
And do you think they would do it to a 14 yr old without a parent signature? Not unless you can go to a place where, if you're 16, they'll do it without needing parental permission. You can pretend you're 16.
Otherwise, yes.
Depending on where you go, I reckon £20 - £25.
I don't know for septum tbh. But roughly around there. [= |
Belle! At The Disco
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 2750 | June 19th, 2007 at 03:16pm What do you mean by "Pretend" to be 16,
Wouldn't they ask for like...a birth certificate or something? |
Annaundead;
Awake and Unafraid
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Posts: 12083 | June 19th, 2007 at 03:20pm Dance.To.This.Beat.:What do you mean by "Pretend" to be 16,
Wouldn't they ask for like...a birth certificate or something? Not if they think you look 16.
Like if you walk in an go, "Can you pierce me septum mate"
They'll go "How old are you"
And you simply say "16." |
idk. my bff jill?
Demolition Lover
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Posts: 18372 | June 19th, 2007 at 03:26pm my mom is getting close to letting me get my bellybutton pierced.
she found another piercing place that she likes more than the first one.
fuck yeah.  |
Annaundead;
Awake and Unafraid
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Posts: 12083 | June 19th, 2007 at 03:27pm I have me lip done and me ears.
I might get snakebite.
And I'm getting corset piercings when i get the money. |
dottie biz.
Motor Baby
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Posts: 786 | June 19th, 2007 at 03:32pm i just have one piercing on my ears.
i want a monroe or my lip. and another peircing in my ears |
Cigarettes And Suicide
Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Posts: 1725 | June 19th, 2007 at 07:34pm Doodles: Thank you.
That's really helped.
I didn't actually realise there where two types of retainers so I might research more on that.
That you again though. :]
There's a couple different types of retainers, yeah. More commonly known is the septum retainer, which is a u-shaped piece of metal that flips up inside the nostrils so you can't see the piercing:
The other type of retainer is clear plastic that is inserted through other piercings (anything from eyebrows to lips to ear cartilage) with the purpose of making a piercing less obvious, say, for work or whatever, you don't have to run the risk of letting your piercing heal over so you can get paid - you just pop in a retainer for a few hours and people only know the difference if they look closely:
Eyebrow:
Nose
Navel
Labret/Lip:
As you can see, they're pretty flimsy and don't have screw- or captive-bead attachments (with the exception of the navel bar, which is a screw attachment), so I don't recommend they be left in for a period of days, and I definitely wouldn't recommend you sleep with a plastic retainer in, as the risk of them coming loose and being inhaled/swallowed/lost is a high one.
But yeah, I hope that helped out a bit, like I said wearing a septum retainer for days or weeks is totally fine, but plastic retainers should only be worn for work/school or for occasions when you can't have piercings visible. |
Thnks fr th vnm
Demolition Lover
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 15766 | June 19th, 2007 at 08:48pm If I got my lip pireced within the next few days then took it out for all day Monday the put it back in Tuesday, would that be a bad idea? |
onlynotreally.
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 3601 | June 19th, 2007 at 08:51pm i am a Gigglefish.:i just have one piercing on my ears.
i want a monroe or my lip. and another peircing in my ears \
what's a monroe? |
onlynotreally.
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 3601 | June 19th, 2007 at 08:52pm oh yeah and i want another peircing on one of my ears, too. |
Thnks fr th vnm
Demolition Lover
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 15766 | June 19th, 2007 at 08:52pm The Antidote.:i am a Gigglefish.:i just have one piercing on my ears.
i want a monroe or my lip. and another peircing in my ears \
what's a monroe? This. |
Belle! At The Disco
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 2750 | June 19th, 2007 at 10:37pm annaUNDEAD; Liar:Dance.To.This.Beat.:What do you mean by "Pretend" to be 16,
Wouldn't they ask for like...a birth certificate or something? Not if they think you look 16.
Like if you walk in an go, "Can you pierce me septum mate"
They'll go "How old are you"
And you simply say "16."
Alrighty,
I've been told i look 17....So I guess I'm Good 
Thanks |
XLaurenXLoveX
Killjoy
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Posts: 94 | June 19th, 2007 at 10:56pm R2D2: If I got my lip pireced within the next few days then took it out for all day Monday the put it back in Tuesday, would that be a bad idea?
Yea it would be a pretty bad idea.
Theres a risk for it starting to close up by then.
And when you try to put the ring or whatever back in it will probably hurt like a mother and possibly bleed..
Im hoping to get my belly button pierced soon (does it hurt?! and can you go swimming after you get it done).
I have two piercings in each ear lobe, I used to have a piercing in the cartilage of my left ear but it got infected because I went swimming in a nasty lake with it... |
SilentScreams
Awake and Unafraid
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Posts: 14775 | June 19th, 2007 at 11:00pm Cigarettes And Suicide:Freak.09:Ears.
and when I twist the right one puss/blood [I know for a fact part of the shizz that comes out is blood] and my mom and I took it out ALL day yesterday. and it hurt like a bitch to take out. [yes. they are healed] but...the reason we took em out was to clean my ear. then we went to go put it back in, I just couldn't do [hurt like a BITCH] so we left it out. plus when I kinda put it in [not all the way, just a bit] it would start to bleed. my mom thinks its infected or something. but I have no clue.....so help? =]
oh. and last night I was able to put it back in [pain was there, duh] but its in now....and.....yeah. so help will be very appreciated. =D
Definitely infected. Probably you've ruptured/damaged the flesh a little by taking it out and trying to push it back it (that's what made it bleed when putting it back in).
This one sounds pretty bad (although it might be a relatively minor infection, as soon as I hear 'blood' mentioned, I get concerned lol), but my advice is definitely take these out (unless you want just the one un-infected earring left in, up to you), go to the doctor and ask them to prescribe a course of antibiotics to knock that infection on the head, and when the holes are healed completely over, go get them pierced again.
MAKE SURE THE PIERCER USES A NEEDLE, NOT A GUN, as a gun uses blunt force trauma to insert the jewellery and not only does a fair bit of damage to your flesh, but a piece of the outer layer of skin can get stuck in the tunnel and wall itself off, causing infection, scar tissue, cysts, and all kids of fun, really uncomfortable/painful situations.
Once you're pierced again, keep it clean by using either 15% tea-tree oil (you can get it from supermarkets) or saline solution (you can get it from pharmacies) - use a cotton bud/ball soaked in either solution and swab the jewellery and area around it (ie the skin around it) twice/three times daily. You can use the saline or tea-tree oil on the infected area now, but be warned, the tea-tree oil will sting like a bitch.
Good luck, just don't try to get that jewellery back in again, you'll do far more harm than good.
thank you. and I got it back in.....but idk if its infected still. so should I set something up wiht my DR so we can find out. so it wont get worse.....like.....killing me?!?!?!?!?! gah idk. i think i should....and I've been cleaning them ALOT lately. so yeah. tahnks. =] |
Belle! At The Disco
Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 2750 | June 19th, 2007 at 11:28pm With the retainer,
Would you be able to put like...A lip one in a septum piercing?
Or is there just like...a straight across bar I could put in for work? |
Cigarettes And Suicide
Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Posts: 1725 | June 19th, 2007 at 11:38pm R2D2:If I got my lip pireced within the next few days then took it out for all day Monday the put it back in Tuesday, would that be a bad idea?
Chyeah, pretty bad idea. Piercings need to pretty much just be left alone for a good six weeks or so before you can safely go switching jewellery without causing some damage to the healing flesh, and a bit more time (I usually say about 8 - 10 weeks, more depending on how fast a healer you are) before you can leave it out for a lengthy period of time.
If you need to take it out, as much as I wouldn't recommend doing it so soon after piercing, I'd advise you use a clear plastic retainer (if the issue is about needing to hide it from someone/thing) - my post above shows you what they look like and they're very cheap, and available from wherever you get your lip pierced. If you go that route, be extremely gentle when removing and inserting the jewellery, make sure to sterilise the retainer before and after use (and the original jewellery before re-inserting it on Tuesday), and yeah, like I said, treat it like a freaking detonator that's set to go off at the slightest jolt - if you aren't very careful with it, you're likely to scratch/injure the healing flesh inside the tunnel as you're inserting/removing jewellery, and that can cause infection or lengthen the healing process.
And, if getting a lip piercing, get it pierced with a straight bar rather than a ring, as a ring will cause the hole to heal crooked. Go with the straight bar, then when it's healed you can wear a ring in it and it will sit much better than if you'd had it heal crooked.
XLaurenXLoveX:
Im hoping to get my belly button pierced soon (does it hurt?! and can you go swimming after you get it done).
As with all piercings, the pain factor depends on your pain threshold, the area of the body being pierced, etc. Bellybuttons on some people are extremely sensitive, other people not so much - poke around yours with a Q-tip and if you feel nauseous or similar, you'll have a tiny bit more trouble than some people, but mine's really bad like that and I didn't have any problems with the actual piercing, just felt a little sick afterwards. If you're apprehensive, the bellybutton is an area where you can safely use numbing cream beforehand (unlike, say, the eyebrow, where the piercer needs it to have full sensation to ensure they don't pinch a nerve with the clamps, which means they might strike it and cause slight paralysis), and you'll be set.
As far as swimming goes, (and this goes for anybody with a new piercing) chlorinated water is a big no-no for at least four weeks after getting a new piercing. Swimming at the beach I actually recommend, because the salt is at a concentration that really aids in the healing process - my navel was taking weeks and weeks to heal, and was still weepy, red and sore... I went to the beach and within three days it was fully healed! It clears up infection and does wonders for the skin's regeneration process. Salt-water pools I'm not 100% on, but I'd assume if they're a similar salt concentration to the ocean, they'd be fine - just check what other chemicals, if any, the pool's owners use to keep it clean.
Freah-water (lakes etc) I also wouldn't know about (I've never swum in one), but to be on the safe side (especially if the water's not crystal clear and running) just whack a waterproof dressing over it for the duration of your swim, and make sure to clean it afterwards in case any water does seep in and get into the piercing. That also goes for chlorinated water - if you really have to swim in it, stick a waterproof dressing over the piercing and check it frequently to make sure it hasn't come loose or leaked.
Freak.09:thank you. and I got it back in.....but idk if its infected still. so should I set something up wiht my DR so we can find out. so it wont get worse.....like.....killing me?!?!?!?!?! gah idk. i think i should....and I've been cleaning them ALOT lately. so yeah. tahnks. =] Well seeing as I can't take a look at it myself, setting up an appointment to go see your doctor can't hurt at all. I mean, either he gives you a prescription for some anti-bacterial ointment or some antibiotics, or he says it'll be fine left to its own devices and your mind is put at ease. It's an earlobe piercing, right? I've never heard of a case where earlobe infection has turned into something potentially deadly, but just to be on the safe side go have it checked out and if they advise you to take it out, do so. Once the infection clears up and the wound is healed, you can go get it pierced again, just be more scrupulous with the care of it next time around
But yeah, go get it looked at as soon as you can, and in the meantime try to keep it clean with tea-tree oil (it's stronger than saline and will stave off a bad infection, but it stings like a bitch so don't be scurred lol) and just keep an eye on it. Good luck! |
