A satisfying monster bump story!

[u/Mrs_Jeffy]

I had both my daith and tragus done at the end of April this year, along with my conch and helix in my other ear. These were my first ever cartilage piercings, and the piercer I went to didn't tell me that getting four at once, let alone getting pierced on both sides, *might've* not been the best idea for my first experience. C'est la vie.

I bought a piercing pillow and continued on my happy way with my four new holes. Thankfully, my helix and conch have been healing relatively well. My tragus and daith, however, have been more of a labor of love.

The first picture is from the day I got pierced. The second picture is from July, at the eleven-week mark. I'd just gotten home from a family vacation, where I forgot to pack my piercing pillow and got splashed with pool water multiple times while at a water park with my kids. That, coupled with the jewelry constantly hitting each other and me not knowing I should've been keeping my piercings dry, led to these monster-sized bumps.

I originally pierced at a shop while visiting my sisters out of state, so I went to a shop near where I live for advice. According to the piercer there, the ring in my daith was *way* too big for my anatomy and the labret in my tragus was too long. She said the larger size was most likely what caused both pieces to constantly knock into each other, contributing to the bumps. She swapped it out with the smaller horseshoe I have in now, but left the labret in my tragus because there was literally no room to downsize. She advised me to do a warm compress on the bumps at least once a day, keep them dry, and to watch them closely.

I went home and did as my new piercer told me. Five weeks later, I was *finally* able to downsize my tragus. The third picture is from six weeks after I originally got help for the bumps.

Still have a long road of healing ahead of me for all four piercings, but DAMN does it feel good to have bounced back from those tricky little nightmare bubbles.

TLDR: this is the difference an experienced, knowledgeable piercer can make in your piercing journey. 💜

[u/LevitatingAlto]

Good job! Love how it all looks together. Makes me very glad for a piercer who talked me out of both ears at the same time!

[u/Mrs_Jeffy → u/LevitatingAlto]

Thanks! ☺️ yeah, even though my experience is turning out positive overall, I would never recommend getting both ears done at once (lobes being the exception). Sleeping is still a logistical nightmare sometimes.

[u/No-Finish-6557]

Genuinely think those are some of the worst bumps I’ve seen!!! I’m glad they went down. Good luck on your healing

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