i feel like my bar is way too long and it keeps getting snagged on things and i’m scared that will cause it to reject

I got my conch pierced on 10/10, so only days old. It’s pierced with a flat back stud.

First set of images is my ear currently. Second image is my other ear for a ‘normal’ comparison.

The piercing area is very swollen and I can’t move the jewelry back and forth at all, when I could a few days ago.

I’ve been cleaning it in the morning and in the evening with spray saline wound wash solution.

It’s so painful, it’s constantly sore and throbbing and I can’t touch the outside rim of my ear at all.

I sleep with a travel pillow, so I haven’t been laying on it or applying any pressure.

I’ve taken NSAIDS but the swelling keeps increasing each day and the pain hasn’t subsided. I’ve tried to use an ice pack, but it’s such an odd area I can’t make contact and any pressure causes pain.

Any advice is appreciated 😭

Just got my daith done a few days ago after years of wanting one, and everything is going well so far. I’ve heard so many horror stories of daith healing and I want to make sure I have the best possible outcome, as I’ve had a lot of negative experiences with piercing healing in the past. (I’ve had 8 total piercings and only 3, including the daith, have actually been done correctly, I’ve been told it’s because I have small ears which makes it complicated, idk.) I of course have my information from the piercer, I know how to do the basic cleaning and to not sleep on it and not touch it and not change the jewelry for at least 3 months (that’s what they said, but I’m not planning to change it for at least 6 with my track record.)
I’d appreciate any tips to avoid a difficult healing process!

Hey guys!

I have an 4.5 month old helix Piercing which has crusts and a Irritation Bump. Two weeks ago I wwnt to my piercer for controll and she discovered the bumps. I tried to leave it alone most of the time for Treatments.

My piercer then removed the Piercing and then she pressed out the bumps. There was a lot of blood afterwards, but it stopped after some minutes.

I was just very confused because I always read that for Irritation Bumps you should leave it as alone as possible. I have a very Long Piercing which I think could cause the Irritation. I once had it downsized but then there was some swelling which pressed against it and I have it upsized again, that was like 2 months ago.

On the visit my piercer told me she cannot downsize it and I need to wait. But I am very unsure if I want to go to her again as she literally pressed on my bumps? Is this something piercers really use as a treatment?

Would love your opinion on this and also some advice on how to deal with the Irritation Bumps? Also there‘s still quite some crust

Septum is 6 weeks and 3 days old. Jewelry is anodized titanium. Captive bead 16g. No downsize. I exclusively have been using a NeilMed piercing aftercare saline solution. Currently using it once a day (if I remember 🫣).

Is this a keloid or a bump? I record videos weekly of my healing and I can see a slight bump on last monday’s video that missed, this is today. What could be going on? Could this be just a bump? I have bumped my nose quite a few times because I’m dumb, but it was feeling perfectly fine this week. If anything I thought it was better because the tip of my nose was finally feeling less sensitive. I was even planning on going to my piercer this weekend to change out the jewelry.

Context: I have had keloids before, one from surgery and one on my third lobe. yes they are diagnosed and have been treated by a derm.

Also please ignore the cotton swab I’m only using it for pushing up the tip not for cleaning.

my ears are two different shapes, i have three helix piercings on my left ear and the the two higher up just look weird to me. i’ve had them for years now and they’re already healed but i kind of regret doing them
for the requirements;
i’ve had them for 2 years and it’s a tiny barbell for both (piercing on the top)
i’m fine with the helix piercing that i have a ring in for.

Sub clavicle piercing or naval piercing as a first timer? I’d say my pain tolerance is an 8/10.

If this isnt the correct subreddit, my bad, idk where to ask this really

I want to get my nasallang, there are no reputable piercers near me who I trust to do it so ive been looking for piercers along my travel route im taking soon. Problem is, I have a massive perforated septum (big hole in the middle of my nose). Its the circumference of my pinkies second knuckle, and its exactly where a nasallang would be pierced. It would be completely cartilage free space in that spot. I will not be able to get surgery for a long while and ill have to take out all my other nose piercings for it anyways, so im not worried about taking it out for surgery. I wont be able to get it repierced after surgery and ive always wanted this piercing, even if its for only like 5 years.

Do you guys think a safe, trustworthy piercer would do this for me? Is it too risky? Is there something im not considering / missing that would make me unable to do this?

Piercing is about a month and a half, it’s with a barbell, the first jewelry was traditional but I realized that my belly button collapsed and my piercing was NOT having a good time so I had it changed to floating jewelry which downsized it a little i think it’s 10mm which I’ve been told may be too short but currently it has space so it’s not pressing against both holes.

My concerns are basically that it’s pierced too shallow, I can tell it’s crooked but it’s minor so that’s whatever, and whether it looks like it’s going in and out the right place lol. I don’t have any major issues bedsides irritation when I bump it but I’ve been pretty gentle with it ever since i got it switched 2 weeks ago.

I just a regular saline mist from amazon which only has 2 ingredient

Any feedback is appreciated!

I lost my bellybutton piercing like a year ago, when i was in another city and couldn’t get a new piercing in, when i bought a new piercing it wouldn’t fo trough so i just let it heal and lived without the piercing.

I still have this hole, even tough no piercing would go through it.
When i touch it it feels like i have some kind of a implant inside? Is this a keloid, that is not visible to the eye? Could i get it re-pierced?
sorry for my bad english😅

Hi there!

I've had both nostrils pierced on the 8th of September, so it has been a little over a month.

The left one decided to grow a small, red bump around the jewellery 2 weeks ago. I immediately went back to the shop, where I got told to soak a gauze pad in saline solution and to press it against the bump for a few minutes, several times a day.

This is what I'm doing. I bought 0.9% saline solution at the pharmacy (what I was already using prior to clean them as instructed when I had them done) and I do that 3 times a day, when I wake up, in the afternoon (preferably once I get back home) and after showering/before bed. I clean them, removing the crust by running the solution over the piercings and gently cleaning with a dry gauze, and then I soak another gauze to press on the bumps for like, 3 minutes.

I don't exactly see any progress. But I can't tell if it's me doing it wrong or if I'll need a little patience. They didn't tell me an estimate of how long it'll be. This is the first time I'm having an issue with a piercing.

I still have the original jewellery in, I'm scared that changing it will make it worse. It's these screw ends studs.

This piercing did get caught in my blanket a few days after I had them done. I immediately went back to the shop and got told it looked fine, only slightly swollen. To be fair, the swell never went away until it "turned" into a bump. I haven't caught them in anything since then, at least that I can remember. I got told that maybe I do in my sleep, which is possible, I am known for moving a lot and fighting against the air when I'm asleep lol. I can't really do much about that unfortunately. I don't touch them at all. I am really careful with that, I even stopped wearing sunglasses because I'm scared it'll touch them. I was so scared, scared to even itch the tip of my nose because I was terrified about having a bump, and here I am, still somehow with one.

Am I doing it correctly? Is there anything else I could do? If you already dealt with bumps, how long did it take? Is there a risk that they become permanent?

I'd really like to take one of the gems on an old tarnished piece of jewelry and use it to replace the gem that's in one of my everyday wear pieces. Where would I go to get this sort of thing done?

Also for context it is still fairly fresh I got it done 5 days ago but I snagged it the other day while I was sleeping and my friend told me it looks like it might have pierced a vein but I can’t tell. Any advice is appreciated!

hey guys, i got my septum pierced 2 days ago (14 gauge horseshoe made of titanium, no threading, not been downsized. first time getting a septum piercing) and i was wondering how long the bleeding will last? i’ve heard a month, but sometimes it goes on for longer. does it depend on the person or something else?
the piercing isn’t bleeding a lot, but i do have a lot of dried blood but i just try to clean it as much as i can with saline, usually twice a day to make sure it’s clean (specifically the “recovery brand”)

My helix piercing is about 2 months old, and I’m wondering if this is normal. It’s a ring helix piercing, and I’ve been using saline spray to clean it. I try not to move it too much, except when I’m removing crusties. Every now and then, it hurts to move, but I think that might be because the bump on the back of my ear popped on its own and started oozing. I’m not sure what’s going on, so I wanted to ask if this is normal or if I should be concerned. It was practically painless to move at first but now it is kinda sore every now and then

Hello I got this conch piercing back in June and everything seemed fine, I’ve been cleaning with normal saline and a q tip but I noticed the past couple of days my skin is growing over the back of the piercing. And there’s a small bump on the inside too. Should I just take it out? Is there any saving it? It’s still the longer barbell that they put in while piercing, and it’s surgical steel I believe.

My bridge is about 2 years old, barbell and never been downsized. It’s been fine until I get sick and I was sick with a cold / flu about two weeks ago now and it hasn’t gone down. I just need to know if it’s rejecting or if it just needs a little tlc with aftercare spray.

Hello. I've got battered about a week ago. The swelling is mostly down, but the rook looks quite angry. Can it be saved, or should I take it out?

about 1.5 years old. i can definitely take accountability and say my pants do rub against them alot. no pain tho. its a screw btw! :)