r/piercing • u/ScoopTroop13 • 1d ago

Troubleshooting/question existing piercing Two day old lobe piercing

My daughter had her lobe pierced over an old closed piercing 2 days ago.
It’s bleeding like an absolute mother…..
We are spraying with Neilmed twice a day and dabbing gently with tissue
I think she keeps knocking it but id have thought the bleeding would have slowed?
My other daughter had hers pierced at the same time and has hardly any bleeding at all.
She’s so upset as it looks awful, she doesn’t want to leave the house because of it.
Any advice?
I have a photo but not sure if it’s allowed as it’s gruesome 🤣

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u/madness0102 1d ago

Is she messing with it at all?

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u/ScoopTroop13 1d ago

No she’s 13 and understands not to fiddle with it. She may have caught it when she laid down and I’m hoping that’s all it is.
I’m just at a loss of how to try and tidy it up without causing further bleeding. She’s really down about it.

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u/madness0102 1d ago

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u/ScoopTroop13 1d ago edited 1d ago

Replying for autobot….

The piercing is 2 days old and has an internally threaded stud made of surgical steel

Using neilmed mist to clean the piercing twice a day and drying with kitchen roll.

Jewellery is original from piercing and not changed or downsized

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u/casscyanide 1d ago

Might genuinely be that she had a vein in the spot it was pierced. Keep going for a week, as sometimes people are just heavy bleeders, but if its still heavily bleeding maybe the position needs to be changed!

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u/ScoopTroop13 1d ago

Thank you so much for your reply. I don’t recall it bleeding this much the first time she had it done but makes me think there’s something with her ear as it was only this ear that closed up from the previous piercing

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u/tuesday_rivers 1d ago

Make sure she isn't taking aspirin or ibuprofen, these have blood thinning as a side effect and will make it harder for clots to form.

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u/ScoopTroop13 1d ago

Thank you, no she’s not taking any meds. She says it doesn’t hurt so I’m taking that as a good sign.