Ear piercings

[jaymie]

Did anyone just had their flat pierced, does it hurt when you are wearing a mask? I wanted something like that.

 

[soph30]

Yeah I don’t have the balls to get any more cartilage. My helix is over 10 years old and I remember that was a pain to heal

 

[soph30]

Hi. Have any of you get your piercing and jewellery from Maria Tash?

Pushpin fastenings bug me is the issue- I’m always paranoid they’ll drop off

 

[Former_Antelopee]

I keep wanting to add more piercings. I just have my lobes twice and a forward helix on one side. I did have a double forward helix both done at the same time but one fell out. I think I want to get it redone plus maybe some others just not sure what.
I did have my rook done at one point but had to take it out for an exam, it was so painful I don't think I'd get it done again

 

[JoeBloggs]

Anyone used those cheap disposable piercing kits I've just got 3 off shein but I'm scared

I got two off Amazon for lockdown 2.0. I did the top of my ear and just above my lobe on the other ear. Pretty painless and healed really well. The top of my ear is a little further forward at the back that I would like but it’s minimal and I can’t see it myself!

 

[miserysorrow]

Went to my piercer today for a consultation and I think I'll stick with a conch if not two next time I book a piercing appt, I lowkey love mine already

 

[Margo_Channing]

Hi. Have any of you get your piercing and jewellery from Maria Tash?

All I know is its stupidly expensive

 

[jaymie]

I got my helix pierced 7 months ago. I had no problems with it but last weekend it began to be mildly uncomfortable. I didnt take much notice again until today when I noticed a little bit of crust which I cleaned off with. I then spotted a little lump near it. I rang the piercing place and have an appt for Thursday for a checkup. But does any one here know if this is a keloid? Any advise on what to do? I cant remove the earring ad I havent done it before and its a bit finicky. I had planned to go back soon and ask the piercer to replace the earring with another one I bought recently.

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?

 

[Kim Mild]

I've seen a stunning piece from Junipurr that I've got lined up for it

Delilah – Junipurr Jewelry

Is it a hidden helix in the pic where the model isn't wearing any other jewellery?

 

[Raymond Luxury-Yacht]

Bar. Pick a nice bar so you don’t have to live with an ugly one for 6 months or so. Hahaha I think someone mentioned that it is quite a transition to sleep with a hoop. Few post back

Thank you! Which metal did you go for?

 

[butterfliesandhurricanes]

Can you recommend where to get some little silver hoops? I am desperately on the hunt for some but have yet to find anyone’s that I love.

oh I don’t have anything fancy. I get most of my earrings off ebay. There are lots of sellers who have decent jewellery. Either 6mm sterling silver hoops which are very tiny (but if I wear them too long my piercings tend to close up a little because they’re such a thin gauge. So I usually get 6mm 16 or 18g surgical steel ones. I don’t have the funds for nicer jewellery but I make it work

sorry I couldn’t be more help.

 

[restingbtcface]

I’ve had my nose pierced for over 10 years, I started with a stud and they pierced it with that. After about 1 year, I switched to a ring. I could never go back to a stud, it looks awful on me but they insisted I had to let it heal with a stud first

Thanks. If the bump doesn’t go I’ll just take it out. Studs are a pain in the ass!!!!

 

[Rayne]

I know lobes and cartilage is different, but a good friend had her 2nd lobes out for well over 12 years, and the studio managed to reopen them

I just had one of my second lobes reopened last month after it was closed for 7 years. You just need the holes visible each side

 

[jaymie]

I have three lobe piercings and I’m planning to get my conch done. I think they look good together

Can somebody with a conch piercing tell if takes long to heal? Is it a pain to get?

Mine heal perfectly. Is tucked inside of your ear so it is easier to heal. Do it.

 

[Narnachops01]

If you get it done by a professional piercer using proper needles (not a Claire's gun, which can't be sterilized properly and force a blunt earring through your flesh), lobes piercings really don't hurt. I was like you, and forced myself to get it done to help my phobia. I had it done properly with a needle and despite my fears and being generally sensitive, it didn't hurt at all. I was actually shocked by how painless it was.

It was also easy to sleep with them in.

If you want to cheat, you can probably buy yourself some EMLA numbing cream

I have four in each lobe, my flat and conch in my right ear, forward helix in my second ear.

I had an irrational fear of needles, god knows why after having children and put it off for years, just had two in each lobe.

I have since had the rest done with needles, and as said here it is in my opinion easier, quicker, more hygienic and less painful than a gun. I just ask them not to show me the needle or tell me when they are going to do it.

I convinced myself I would faint, be sick, cry, scream, every negative thing you can think of, it’s so easy and quick. I wouldn’t ever have a gun or recommend the gun.

You will be fine if you haven’t already had it done as I don’t know how old the original post is and that’s coming from me the biggest Wimp you will ever know..

Anyone on herr have their conch pierced?

I am thinking about getting my done. I got my helix done 3 months ago after 7 years of putting it off.

Yeah I had mine done last July, no problem as a whole just every now and then or if I catch it on a top it may play up for a couple of days but I just treat it with saline to be the safe side.

It didn’t hurt that much either, it’s more awkward from where it is and you are limited to what you can have in it until it heals. I’ve got a huggie for mine when I get it changed..

 

[miserysorrow]

Just realised do you have a faux snug? I think I want this next as I have the conch so just need the other

I think a faux snug is if you get a conch and helix done at the same time to get the 'snug' look if your ears don't have the ideal anatomy for one, it does look like one though

 

[Gym&Tonic]

I have four, two in each ear lobe. The first pair were done when I was 7/8, the second when I was about 12. I used to have the top cartridge of my right ear done (now called a helix piercing) but it was done with a gun in Claire’s Accessories which I’d never do now, and it never really healed properly and kept getting caught with my hairbrush so I let it heal up. I’ve thought of having more done properly by the piercer who did my nose.

 

[rlouisep9]

Does anyone here have their conch done?

I want to know if it interferes with earbuds. I would love to get it done but I think it would make wearing ear buds difficult.

I do, certain earbuds are more uncomfortable so I had to try out a few different ones but it is possible.

It did take longer to heal than any of my other piercings though because it can get knocked/irritated by earbuds, hair etc

 

[Snippysnips]

Can anyone help with healing? I had two extra lobe piercings done with a gun (stupid, I know) almost a month ago, and while both holes are healing, one of them is still sore. I saw some pus coming out when I cleaned them today, too.

What bothers me even more is my navel piercing. I had it done with a needle on the same day, it healed alright until recently. Now it looks a bit irritated but it’s not sore or anything. I will put the pictures under a spoiler, can someone tell me if it’s infected or just irritated? I’m mostly worried about scarring, my skin is not prone to particularly bad scars or keloids but it usually takes ages to heal. Sorry for derailing the thread a little bit.

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It's probably best to go to the piercest an talk with them, but from my own experience I had a little irritation an some pus with mine as well, he said it was cause I was maybe using too much saline an not properly drying it after so the moisture was building up, I started using less saline an giving it a more proper drying once done an it seemed to work, but like I say the best person to ask is them

Also when you got your lobe done with the gun did they maybe move it slightly when they did it? When I got mine done years ago at Claires the gun got a little stuck an they way they moved it to get it back left my ear sore for months

 

[1001 others]

I have one in each ear (in the traditional spots), along with a daith piercing in one ear (which I got to assist with overcoming a few health issues, which it's definitely done).

I had the initial piercings did when I was 10, but I had a really bad reaction to the earrings so let the holes close over. I had them re-done in my 20s and the woman must've been drunk as they're lopsided! (Noticeably so!) I made sure they used surgical posts this time, so I've had no reaction.

I had the daith piercing done last year. My mother-in-law thought it was the most outrageous thing ever. I like it, and I'd be tempted to get the other side done too, if it hadn't hurt so much.

I quite like the look of 'climbers' and would be tempted to get two or three more in each ear to create that look, but I'm not brave enough ... plus, I feel (at almost 50) that I'm a bit old to carry that look off. Maybe I should just concentrate on fixing up the lopsidedness.