Ear piercings

[Lady1980]

Hi, just looking for some advice/experience of an issue with my daughter's ear piercing.
She had her first lobe piercings done just over a month ago. I noticed that one of them was not straight, it angled downwards at the back, quite far that you could almost see the back of the earring. I took her back to the piercer for advice and he said you could just leave it or, re-pierce it to straighten it up.
We let him re-pierce it so went through the same hole at the front to make a new hole at the back. Her ear is now quite sore and swollen, and having looked at it closely, the back of the earring now looks too high!
It is angled upwards from the front, not as badly as the angle the first time but still! She doesn't want it touched or to do anything with it. I asked her if we could go to a different shop just to ask their advice but she doesn't want to. It is still swollen and I know that can distort the angle too so I am thinking perhaps it will straighten itself out?
All the googling seems to suggest it is taken out and re-pierced again, but she really doesn't want to. I guess I'm asking if it will matter in the long run if it heals at this wonky angle? If we leave it, is she going to have problems with the hole, or problems putting earrings in in the future?
Thanks for reading all that!

 

[Heidi88]

I don’t think so. I think keloid is very rare and it shouldn’t developed at 7 months. Maybe just soak it with a warm salt water for a few min?

Thanks! I used the anti bacterial spray today and and will do a salt water soak later. From googling images of keloids I am not too sure either.

 

[Ifyoucantbeatemjoinem]

I don’t have any but I am desperate for a simple lobe piercing, I have a really bad phobic reaction to medical procedures/needles though so the thought of it makes me feel woozy also I dread not being able to sleep at night on my sides. 🥲

I never minded getting the needle, it was often the recovery after that was worse for me.

 

[OutrageouslyScarlet]

Has anyone found anywhere that does Interesting ear piercing Jewellery? Ideally gold

 

[miserysorrow]

Upcoming piercing impatience is real 🥲 I have an appointment in 3 weeks and I honestly can't wait to get new piercings

 

[Heidi88]

Do your piercing places offer a service where they replace/change out jewellery? I struggle to change the earring in my helix. I bought a few flatback earrings on Etsy and they refused to put them on as they only deal with certain materials and then he tried to sell me some of their jewellery for 200 euro. Is this this the norm that piercing studios only put on their own jewellery?

I'm not willing to pay 200 euro for an earring and thought places would replace it with my own earring (for a fee).

 

[HoGi]

I want to even up my lobe piercings (2 in one ear and 3 in the other)

I also would love an inner lobe piercing but not sure my lobes are big enough.

I always intended to have double forward helix so need to get my second one of them done too

 

[Former_Antelopee]

So they do 2 for £40 I definitely want to get the faux rook and forward helix. I do want a conch as well but not sure if to wait a bit between the first two or just to get them all at once and I'd get a 4th due to the offer just not sure what maybe a helix

 

[Yaddayaddayadda]

I’ve got far too many to count,
Right ear - daith, tragus, forward helix, conch x 2, then 6 holes on my lobes (normally just leave top 3 in).
Left ear - lobes x 3 and outer conch.
Going to work on my left ear next year as I was told by my piercer to do one ear at a time. Not going to lie as much as I like my piercings I hate having to sleep on a travel pillow

 

[Comehereiwantya]

I’ve got lobes and helix in right ear
Bellybutton and tongue too!!
Want to get nose done after lockdown!!

 

[tspnwn]

I have 3x lobe piercings in both ears and an industrial/scaffold on my left ear, thinking about some kind of cartilage piercing on my right ear to make them look more balanced. I don't really want a second industrial as it took sooo long to heal! Any suggestions what might "go" nicely?

 

[Jessy725]

Left ear: 3 lobes, one tragus, one helix and a rook. Some posters above said their rook was a little bitch, but that one was actually my easiest and least painful one!

right ear: 1 forward helix and 4 lobes = 2 normal ones and 2 upper lobes. Would like to get a daith and a conch still in this ear.

 

[Geranium]

Four lobe piercings and a cartilage piercing on my right side. Three lobes and my tragus on my left. The tragus was the easiest and least painful. The cartilage still hurts randomly from time to time.
I would have had more I think except I got sepsis (not from a piercing) and didn’t want to risk any infections. My cartilage got infected and took ages to heal.

 

[NowIsGood]

Really craving a new ear piercing! Anyone heard of or have a faux snug (basically a high conch and mid helix to look like one bar)? I think they look really cool and are apparently much easier to heal than a regular one! Either that or a forward helix

 

[miserysorrow]

All of a sudden I'm tempted to get a septum I've had my nose done before but it was a long time ago LOL

 

[NP]

I only have each lobe pierced but mine are stretched. Only 8mm at the moment. Went up to 20mm before but took them out for a bit and they shrunk. Would love a scaffold but I’m a bit of a wimp.

 

[abc i like tea]

I have lobes and 2x helix, considering getting forward helix done where does everyone get their earrings? I've not got any nice ones and can't find any I like!

accessorize and lovisa! Pandora and Swarovski too

 

[restingbtcface]

Sounds like a piercing bump. You are not supposed to wear a ring until your piercing is fully healed (it can take up to 9-12 months with cartilage piercings). I’d suggest consulting a reputable piercer, they will probably tell you to change the ring back to a stud (titanium only) and clean the piercing twice a day with saline spray.

Nooooo studs just don’t stay in my nose & I had a bump with them as well. I did think it was weird how the original piercer insisted on studs only to start with then another piercer said rings are fine

 

[OutrageouslyScarlet]

Obviously the safest option is going to a professional where they should use a needle. I remember getting my lobes done with a piercing gun when I was 8 and still remember how much that hurt. Recently I did my helix myself with a sewing needle and that hurt a lot less, despite it going through cartilage. If you are going to pierce yourself use a needle.

Damn you brave! I’ve pierced my lobes with a needle but I’m way too wimpy to do cartilage myself!

 

[OutrageouslyScarlet]

I recently got my 2nd lobes, a helix and a flat. They seem to be healing well.
I want to change the lobe earrings, do we think 8 weeks is enough?

I think you can probably have a little feel and tell tbh, I had a 3rd lobe piercing 5 weeks ago and I can feel it’s not healed enough to change it yet.