I’ve had this piercing for over a year, and it’s just been having issues ever since. I’ve had this piercing before and it healed so fast. Then I got it repierced and the piercer did it so crooked. Some weeks it’s fine no oozing no redness then if it gets bumped it does this!!!! Any advice? My piercer told me to use rubbing alcohol but that doesn’t even sound right

I have this septum for 4 days old now and this "red ball"(?) just appear , im just new and scared with this, yesterday i asked my piercer for a revision and all was good but idk if this was here yesterday, it does'nt hurts only in the other side, the material is surgical steel, im cleaning it with water and neutral soap, is a horseshoe

hello all! i have a mid helix cartilage piercing on my left ear that has been inflamed since i switched out the jewelry. I have two upper cartilage piercings on my other ear that actually didn’t fully heal until i put a hypoallergenic ring in. I did the same thing on my left ear and the extreme difficulty i had getting the earring from my piercer out has resulted in trauma that has not yet healed ~6 weeks later. it was an open wound that has since healed but it is now a hard, clear, shiny bump. it is also quite red in the surrounding area

I am looking for recommendations to heal this piercing. I currently try to not touch it or give it too much friction but where it is on my ear it naturally happens. I use saline multiple times a day. any other recs? I could switch back to a flat back but I’m concerned that would just cause more trauma.

Hi guys!! I just got my Side labret pierced Yesterday and I was wondering, can I still smoke (cigarettes) as long as I use mouthwash Afterwards?

Hi! I got my tragus pierced recently, and I’m having an issue with swelling that I’m really worried about.
When I first got it pierced, I followed aftercare using sterile saline spray only, and everything seemed fine. My piercer also recommended an ointment to use for a week, but I initially didn’t use it because the piercing was doing well with saline alone.
Eventually, I decided to try the ointment. After applying it, I woke up and noticed that my tragus was swollen. I also experienced intense itching around the area. I thought maybe I was overthinking it, so I applied the ointment again before bed to see what would happen, and the next morning the swelling was noticeably worse.
Now my entire tragus is swollen and puffy, not just the area around the piercing hole. I suspect I might be reacting to the ointment, possibly irritation or contact dermatitis, but I don’t know for sure.
Some other details:
I don’t have any pain at the moment.
I don’t have a fever.
I can still see both ends of the jewelry.
There’s still a little bit of bar visible, but there’s not much room left because of the swelling.
My tragus sometimes feels affected when I yawn or cough because my jaw moves.
I’m planning to see my piercer as soon as they’re available to have the swelling and jewelry checked. I really love this piercing and paid quite a bit for it, so I’m honestly scared they’ll have to remove it. I’d really like to keep it if it’s safe to do so.
Has anyone experienced something similar after applying an ointment? Could this be an allergic or irritant reaction, or should I be more concerned about an infection? And has anyone dealt with swelling like this while still being able to see both ends of the jewelry?
I’d appreciate any advice or similar experiences. Thank you!

i have gotten multiple different responses from different professionals either privately or publicly in the comment section.. let me know your opinions.

hey, I got this done three days ago. it's a 90° angled surface bar, supposedly titanium.

when I move my arms, let's say when I bend down to pick something up, the bar comes out on the lower side, like you can see in the pictures. I push it back in but it still sticks out.

also I feel like it's a little crooked?? it doesn't really hurt, just itchy. and I have noticed it sticks out less when I wear a bra.

I'm honestly worried it was done incorrectly :( do I have to take this out?

So I recently noticed that my belly ring shifts to the side constantly and I’m nervous it’ll start healing like that (like in the video but all the way to the right specifically) but also in the video I try to show how the opening is a purple discoloration when it wasn’t before, I also noticed that I can feel it more prominently through my skin than before

soooooo I got this pierced last year, found out it was piercing incorrectly and was switched to floating navel jewelry. The place I went too after I found out it was done wrong told me I could probably keep it in but there was a chance it might reject since the placement was a bit off. I can’t tell if this is rejecting and if I should just take it out or if it’s just really REALLY irritated, especially since I work with kids and have had some hits to my stomach and things of that sort. I’m worried it’ll go inside of the skin and heal over or smth so any advice is needed 🥲🥲🥲

I'M SO SORRY I KNOW THE PICS ARE BAD BUT SO IS MY CAMERA So, I got pierced 5 days ago and sometimes (it already happened just two days ago and also now), a sort of yellow, slimy fluid comes out of the hole. I’m not sure if it’s pus or just plasma, and I’m really worried about getting an infection. I clean my piercing 2 to 3 times a day using a saline solution specifically made for piercings.

I’ve had this dermal for a little over a year. I’m really not sure what to do I don’t want to get it removed I know it’s gonna hurt like a bitch

It’s been four months since I got it pierced and this is still happening…bumps and crusties. will it be ok? It isn’t hot or that painful . I just clean it with saline solution. I might’ve made it worse bcuz the first two months I used regular contact solution which apparently can be problematic . Thank you 🙏

hey guys (sorry this is my first reddit post) js wanted to ask if this is normal ????? looks like mcdonalds logo lol but im on my 2nd week / doesnt hurt / using non alcoholic mouthwash & brushing after every meal !

help an anxious girl out omf

I've had my nose pierced 4 months ago, so i went to switch it out with a hoop. After two days the hoop started to hurt my nose so i tried switching it back with my starter piercing and it didn't go in, so i tried my hoop again and that didnt either😭😭What do i do and why is this happening

i got a fresh hidden helix yesterday, as you can see in the pictures. i was told upfront that the hidden helix wouldn't completely hide the bar, but would cover most of it. now that it's pierced, i feel like you can see most of the ball. i want to mentally prepare myself if you can see majority of the bar bc i've been wanting this specific piece for a while now. im unsure if the ball of sitting this low as of rn bc of swelling and all that. i have hopes and wishes for the hidden helix to be very well hidden, but if not any other pieces of jewelry i can put in instead. also any recs for jewelry, looking for silver!

removed it two weeks ago and the scar is painful for me to look at

ignore the crusts she’s angry cuz i just changed the jewelry but my piercer told me it’s getting shallower, i want to keep an eyebrow piercing on this brow specifically, so im wondering when to remove this so i can get it again but in a slightly different spot

can someone tells me is this a bad sign or rejecting sign? or is it a normal healing process? i got it last month and because of my movements during my sleep, sometimes i accidentally bump it with my fingers, scratch it, or even bump it to the pillow (there are no crust, no blood, no puss)

I’ve had my eyebrow pierced for 1 year and some change, it developed a pimple quite a while ago, like 6ish months ago, and I popped it without knowing it was a pimple by tweezing hairs out of the way of the piercing. It’s had a little discoloration bc of it since but no issues, this piercing has been nothing but perfect, I could rub it in dirt and it’d be fine. However, that has changed, and idk what is going on. My piercer is on vacation or I’d be asking them….help?? It’s definitely weeping white pus/fluid, and blood if it’s been messed with or general traffic irritation but I’ve been trying to leave it alone and rinse with warm water each night and leave it. I will be so sad if this piercing is too far gone pls help !! Ignore my eyebrows being unkempt I am more worried about my piercing rn

The ball fell off of the front of my conch piercing, so I took off the back part and now there’s just a random piece of metal in my ear in the piercing hole? It feels like it might be the screw, but I don’t understand why it didn’t come out with the flat part of my piercing or fall out when the ball did. It feels stuck and I’m not sure what to do. I’ve washed it multiple times and put it in a salt water rinse and it won’t move. Does anyone have any idea what that could be stuck in my ear and how I could get it out? The closest piercer to me is unfortunately a 30 to 45 minute drive away and that’s not feasible for me to drive anytime soon.

I got this floating navel piercing back in August,It got a moisture bump and I’ve been starting to dry it more throughly (even using a hairdryer on low like suggested) but it keeps leaking pus that dries and crusts,sometimes it’s brownish.I think I keep irritating the bump because when I sit I think my stomach folds up to touch it,is this normal and should I keep waiting for the moisture bump to go away or is it infected??

hi everyone, i'm panicking really bad and i would love if a poercer could tell me whats happening here

pic 1 and 5: today
pic 2: fresh
pic 3: a week ago
pic 4: right after i hit it 3 days ago
context:
ive had my piercing for 5 months. im going to the gym often and ive irritated it a bit, lately have done it a bit more than usual (especially on heavy lifts, i brace my core and it sits weird).
a week ago it started getting better. i noticed crusties forming and it didnt look too red, actually was so positive that it was going to be all right.
then, 3 days ago i went to the gym again and also wore a tighter bodysuit. it looked inflamed. the next day i hit it and it turned reeeeally red. my piercer said it has migrated and it might come out. its true that compared to when i got it done, the skin bit is way thinner (vertically tho, like the bar isnt visible through the skin, more like the top hole came lower a bit). i panic and i use an antibiotic cream (ive used it before on ear piercings, it helped a lot, piercer said its not an issue). it hurt, kinda stung, but i figured it was doing its job. next day i used it again then i stopped (i asked an AI if its good and it said no). i noticed after i used the cream that the skin looked kinda raw. right now, its not red, but under the top ball its red and if i bend it kinda hurts. piercer also said i dont have the greatest anatomy for it, she doesnt really know how to help me out.

about jewelry: its a 10mm banana barbell. i think its really long to the point where if i bend, the lower ball touches the lower part of my belly button, creating tension and pushing it outward (if that makes sense). should i change into a shorter bar?

so what happened? is this normal healing?did i just hit it and its recovering? if its migrating, can it be stopped? what do i do???
up until now, it only looked midly irritated, but it didnt look like it was rejecting whatsoever. from last week until today i feel like the skin had become thinner (just by looking at the pics), but im not even sure anymore!

please help😭

10mm internally threaded curved barbell, titanium (normal i think, not implant grade, question mark)
5 months old
hit it and used cream on it lately

What do i do. Past two months it's been doing pretty good and suddenly i wake up to this disaster.

First photo is my left ear and the second photo is my right.

I’ve been wanting to get some new piercings for some time now but aren’t really sure what would work nicely with my other piercings. Was thinking of keeping most piercings on my left ear in the lower half of my ear and having more overall on my right ear.

I’m 3 months into my industrial and I’ve tried everything to make this heal and I feel like nothing is helping, this bump comes and goes it pops and it bleeds for a bit then comes back but now I feel like this is puss I want to pop it but idk if that would do any good, should I just give up and take it out?😭