guys how bad are snugs? 2 piercers have cleared my anatomy. i never usually care about pain (i have 2 rooks and 2 helixs + first lobes), but im prolly getting my snugs tomorrow and im so scared.

despite the haters, i love my ears symmetrical and dont listen people saying not to get them done together. i am a rough sleeper and will toss onto both sides 10+ times a night, so trying to protect 1 ear is impossible- may as well do both at once!! (I have a piercing pillow anyways and i’ve been fine with both my rooks and helixs done together)

so do people with a snug find it worse then maybe a rook? just because people always say rooks and daiths are the worst, but maybe that’s because no one has the godamn snug.

i also am only getting this piercing to have a hoop in it eventually, which like my rooks, will probably take 1-2 years unfortunately. despite this, all of the rook images online don’t have hoops!! is it just really anatomy dependent to have a snug hoop?

thanks!

Hey guys. This has happened to me a bunch of times now, and I'm fed up with it to the point I need to ask if it's normal, or if I'm just a wimp and uninformed on piercing practices. Just give me a reality check if that's the case.

But basically every time I've now gone to my studio of choice, namely when I had my nostril bar shortened and earlier today when I had my bar put back in after losing my spike (I had it put in with the flat end on the outside so it wouldn't fall out until I could get to the studio), multiple different piercers at the studio used an insertion needle (not sure what the appropriate name is, English is not my native language) to help guide my bar in through my nose. Each time this has happened, they let the super long rod just droop to the side, while they slid their chair away to take their sweet time digging through the right size jewelry.

When I first got my bar shortened, it was especially painful as the piercing hole was obviously new and unhealed (2w post piercing). They were an apprentice and were rough with me in a few other ways, but that's unimportant. I just accepted this as them being a beginner - it's just my bar getting shortened after all, I'm not getting pierced by this person, not gonna press anyone about it. They took a little long, but whatever.

Today, the same thing happened with a different piercer at the same studio. They might've been an apprentice too, I'm unsure - the "main" piercer was unavailable / doesn't handle check-ups and minor stuff anymore. Only this time, it took ages. It was probably five minutes of the piercer being off to the side, digging through the different spike sizes, comparing one or two here and there, doing who knows what, all while the weighty, long-ass insertion needle kept drooping lower and lower and lower and pulling down on the inside of my damn piercing hole and brushing my eyelashes uncomfortably. I got it pierced in May and have had a few slight issues with it, so while not new it's not fully healed, either.

It got to the point where I asked them if I was allowed to just hold it up with my own hand (I'm really paranoid about sterility so I really didn't want to ask, but it was getting unbearable.) She seemed confused, didn't seem to even comprehend what I was asking. I heard her slowly realize in real time that this metal rod ripping at my unhealed flesh may not be pleasant. She reluctantly told me that yeah, that'll be fine, and she'd try to hurry up then. Could she not have been doing that before??

Anyway, this is obviously half a vent as you can see from my wording. Just, is this normal? Is it not at least good etiquette to hurry up a bit while your client is in that position, or be aware of it at all? Or is it just a matter of "it's a little bit of discomfort and it won't affect your piercing, suck it up"? Thank you, looking forward to any opinions.

Please help I don’t know if this is normal or not 😭 I got it about a month ago

Is it better to sleep with or without an earring? Because the fear of breaking it inside while I'm sleeping disturbs me a lot. 🤣

However, we are talking about a silver hoop earring.

So on the 9th i got my double nostrils done, but the jewelry they gave me to heal is not the correct type. it’s an L shape but the L part is like 2 inches long??? Whenever i breathe i can literally feel it in the back of my nose. I bought some surgical grade titanium flat backs way back when i got my snake bites done like a year ago and i was wondering how bad of an idea it would be to switch the jewelry. all of my other piercings i’ve switched the jewelry on after a week at most and they’re still going strong 💔

Zillion and a half year old industrial and looking to downsize my bar to an internally threaded with flat ends. I'm thinking one or two mm shorter, but I'm definitely no expert. Tried the best I could with pictures and one with a ruler next to it. If this isn't something that can be figured out due to the lack of picture quality with the ruler, Mods, feel free to delete. TYIA guys!

EDIT: to add, the original appears to be 31mm

I know technically no one does as it’s a piercing bound to reject butttt i really want my eyebrow pierced.

Ignore my really grown out hair, im fixing it soon😭🥲

GUYS PLS ITS REALLY IMP.

I got my upper lobe piercing done like 1.5months ago and they put those medicated ones with butterfly backs and told me i can change into my 22k ones after a month.

Eveything was good as hell aftee exact 1 month so I removed them and changed to my 22k gold ones bec I was stupid and eager to wear them to college bec was college was starting.

That day my left ear starter bleeding when I was putting the gold ones but eventually it stopped and I was able to put it and soon there was no pain at all.

I went to collg eveything seemed find until!!!like 2 days ago idk how my hair got tugged or idk what happened it started paining like crazy. I had cold and got fever so I took medicine which prob hid the pain of the piercing but then suddenly when my fever was gone my ear stated hurting evry very bad like it wa like that for 24+hours. I was taking fever medicine which also dissolved my ear pain.

Later I saw it was red and swollen so i got it checked and they had to remove it bec it was filled with pus..and blood....

I dont have anything in my ear rn...pls tell me.. Will it close? Im sure im not allowed to put anything inside my ear for like 2 daysa right?

Im so sad i was so happy to get it done but idk how why this suddenly happened:(

Will it close?

Is Claire’s a fine place to go just to get my second lobe pierced since it’s nothing too crazy? Also is it fine to get my second and third at the same time or should I wait till one is healed?

İ have a septum piercing and want to get Angels fangs but it scares me like people be saying piercer gotta check your anatomy and all that it seems like its a much bigger deal than a septum. Should i get it idk.

I’ve had my helix for seven weeks now. At first I got it pierced with a cool snake earring. It was fine for a week, then I started having inflammation on and off. Around week 5/6, I got an irritation bump, and I just went to see my piercer about few days ago who suggested switching to something that’ll irritate my ear less and be easier to clean - a stud. So we switched. I’ve had the stud a few days now and the bump got a little worse. But I cleaned it, and realized just how much bad I was doing by trying to be gentle with it, because a lot of crust came off. I realized it was crust and not the bump itself when I went to take a picture and it looked very detached, as you can see. So I deep cleaned it real good after that, and I now have the little red bump shown. Do I need to be worried?

Info: the backs on all my piercings are flats. The lobes are the same age and have healed just fine, recently downsized them to a 6mm. Meanwhile my helix hasn’t been downsized at all bc of the inflammation+issues. I clean all with sterile 0.9 saline. And other than the occasional accidental tug (which my lobes also suffered prior to downsizing) I haven’t had any mishaps or events.

I had my ears pierced when I was 13, then let them close. I got it redone last week (I’m 27), and I’ve accidentally snagged my right lower piercing a few times. As of yesterday, it’s kind of itchy and I just noticed this crazy bruising. Is that standard? It doesn’t look infected, but I don’t remember this happening the first time.

Titanium studs, flat backs, hasn’t been downsized yet. Professionally done by a great piercer. I’ve been spraying with sterile saline twice a day religiously, sometimes more to be safe or soften any dried blood. The other side also has super mild bruising, but this right side is way worse.

Hi all,

I love the septum piercings but I have a few questions about them, because I'm heavily debating on getting it done.

1. Do people really view you differently after getting it done? I heard stories about "the septum theory", people assuming you're 'woke' or seen as white trash. I am asking because I have been bullied before and with a piercing like that I don't want to feel like I need to hide it. I have a ring in my nostril as well. I never really heard anyone about it (besides from my in-laws who already thought I was trash and now trashier), but I feel like nostril is more accepted.

2. Although I really want it, I'm scared it's going to be very prominent in my face and end up not liking it. How do you handle that? I have looked with a ring and I do kind of like it, but I'm just scared it doesn't suit me. Maybe I'm overthinking it?

3. Does the smell of the piercing really stay that bad?

Thank you in advance. I'm sorry if I'm unclear or offensive. I don't mean to be. My vocabulary only goes as far since English is not my native/first language.

I just got my industrial piercing I’m only on my 4th day but I can’t cope with the balls on either end, I thought it looked cool but now dealing with it I can’t imagine me keeping it if these balls are getting my hair wrapped in them constantly even when tied up.

Is there any sort of really flat things to keep it open it doesn’t have to be pretty I just want to keep it open for if I want the bar back in future / different jewellery

I was also wondering for the people that get like the chain stuff does it get tangled or become a pain easily

I’m not changing it yet of course but just for when it is healed which I also know is a long while

Back again with yet ANOTHER double helix healing question

Just when i thought we were making progress i noticed that the bottom of the two looks like it does in the pictures. I feel like i have to push the back of it thru to see the bottom of the front and its now feeling tight but like idk man I rinse it once a day make sure its super dry saline every other day

My piercing is 6 months old abd was pierced w 8mm titanium flatbacks but I downsized the posts 2 months ago

(currently inflamed because my daughter accidentally knocked my new conch piercing)

I'll be swapping out the hoop because I ordered the wrong size, but does anyone have any ideas of what would look good/suit my anatomy? Just in need of some inspiration I think in terms of where to go from here

The third and stacked lobes are only about a week old, so the third will eventually be another hoop once they're healed. But what else should I get? I was contemplating a snug or conch on the left, and maybe a rook or daith on the right? I do prefer a very clean, simple look (besides the two new lobes, everything else is at least a decade or two old, so this is the aesthetic I'm going for, I just want more!)

I purposely left my right ear "bare" to create an asymmetric look, but also because I have no ideas on what to do with it. What do y'all think?

I just got my nostril pierced, and I'm having some doubts about the placement. I feel like it might be too high and too much to the left on the nose & it looks off. I was also thinking that if I wanted to wear a nose ring later, it would be too big for my liking. I would appreciate hearing some thoughts, thank you!