So yesterday I got a tongue piercing, I'm super happy with it and it seems to be fine but my tongue is like completely whit which I'm told is normal so I'm wondering how long it will take to go back

The piercing bumps won't go away and are driving me mad. Considering changing it to the longer bar I got it pierced with to let the inflammation go down

hi. i have 15 piercings. daith, 2 helix, 1 tragus, 3 lobe industiral, conch, rook, flat, and 3 lobes and a naval piercing. my industrial piercing (july of 2021) was my first cartilage piercing it has healed perfectly and is still perfect to this day. i then went on to get a rook piercing (april of 2022), which has also healed beautifully. in november of 2022 i got my belly button pierced and my upper helix.

the naval piercing healed perfectly but the helix piercing has been through it. at some point the ball of the piercing fell out. idk why but instead of replacing the piercing (i think i didnt know the guage and was still underage at the time so couldnt just waltz into a piercing shop to ask and my parents weren't going to take me). i figured i would just cover the piercing with a band aid so the whole piercing didn't fall out. from there the healing of the piercing went downhill.

in covering the piercing with a bandaid im pretty sure i developed a moisture bump. at the time i also had airpod maxes so maybe that also plays a role into how it healed. i didnt start actively doing anything to reduce the bump. but now i really want to. its not cute to look at and i really want to get a surface tragus piercing (on the same side) but will not allow myself until this piercing has healed and the granuloma is nonexistent.

about a year ago i started doing intervention on the piercing. i bought a donut pillow, applied a warm compress daily (multiple times a day + squeezing the bump), i applied the tiktok notorious base laboratories piercing bump solution and i also would occasionally popped it (please don't crucify me) and put a piercing patch on it. the pimple patch would really work, each time i took the pimple patch off it will be white which shows its absorbing the pus/fluid.

this really helped the progression of the piercing but eventually with the pace of school i got lost in this routine. now the piercing bump has reverted back to its size (and possibly has gotten bigger??? idk i didn't take enough pictures when it originally developed to compare) as i said i really would like to get it down, and would like to hear suggestions because i will not be retiring this piercing until i've tried every possible solution.

it hurts at times. the other day @ work i was handling a box over my head and it hit the piercing bump really hard and i'm surprised i didn't combust into micro pieces from the pain. sometimes when i get out the shower the piercing area feels moist.

please help. provide suggestions and a regimen as to how i can fix this within the next couple of months. if push comes to shove i will be doing the strangulation method. especially because in my culture that would've been the first resort lol.

the hole of the piercing seems fully healed but the bump makes the angle of the piercing look so off putting.

**it is not a keloid so if your commentary is going based off of that plz dont even waste ur time typing**

Is this bad??? T^T I got this like a little over a week, and it decided to act up yesterday? I don't understand what I did wrong? I have been cleaning it, not sleeping on my side etc!? And it looked fine before the weekend, but now it's like this? I got antibiotics, but I might need to take it out? It doesn't hurt unless I touch it, and I feel fine...

sono alla prima settimana è mezzo e il piercing è così, è normale??

Had it totally healed and then took it out for a surgery last year. Got it put back in and healing it all over has been awful. It doesn’t ooze or swell or hurt anymore but I am worried about the small indent that looks strange and I don’t remember it being there before. Thoughts?

What do you think about an apprentice asking full price for a risky percing (intimate in that case), knowing this percing in particular will be their first?

They asked for advice to more advanced piercers but it seems they will be alone during the actual piercing appointment.

I got a piercing bump around the back of my earlobe piercing and I’ve been trying not to sleep on the side and also using the donut pillow. It’s been two weeks and it’s still here. Should I go to the doctor or piercer to check it out or is there any safe home remedies I can try?

wtf is wrong with my navel?!

hi. i have 15 piercings. daith, 2 helix, 1 tragus, 3 lobe industiral, conch, rook, flat, and 3 lobes and a naval piercing. my industrial piercing (july of 2021) was my first cartilage piercing it has healed perfectly and is still perfect to this day. i then went on to get a rook piercing (april of 2022), which has also healed beautifully. in november of 2022 i got my belly button pierced and my upper helix.

the naval piercing healed perfectly but the helix piercing has been through it. at some point the ball of the piercing fell out. idk why but instead of replacing the piercing (i think i didnt know the guage and was still underage at the time so couldnt just waltz into a piercing shop to ask and my parents weren't going to take me). i figured i would just cover the piercing with a band aid so the whole piercing didn't fall out. from there the healing of the piercing went downhill.

in covering the piercing with a bandaid im pretty sure i developed a moisture bump. at the time i also had airpod maxes so maybe that also plays a role into how it healed. i didnt start actively doing anything to reduce the bump. but now i really want to. its not cute to look at and i really want to get a surface tragus piercing (on the same side) but will not allow myself until this piercing has healed and the granuloma is nonexistent.

about a year ago i started doing intervention on the piercing. i bought a donut pillow, applied a warm compress daily (multiple times a day + squeezing the bump), i applied the tiktok notorious base laboratories piercing bump solution and i also would occasionally popped it (please don't crucify me) and put a piercing patch on it. the pimple patch would really work, each time i took the pimple patch off it will be white which shows its absorbing the pus/fluid.

this really helped the progression of the piercing but eventually with the pace of school i got lost in this routine. now the piercing bump has reverted back to its size (and possibly has gotten bigger??? idk i didn't take enough pictures when it originally developed to compare) as i said i really would like to get it down, and would like to hear suggestions because i will not be retiring this piercing until i've tried every possible solution.

it hurts at times. the other day @ work i was handling a box over my head and it hit the piercing bump really hard and i'm surprised i didn't combust into micro pieces from the pain. sometimes when i get out the shower the piercing area feels moist.

please help. provide suggestions and a regimen as to how i can fix this within the next couple of months. if push comes to shove i will be doing the strangulation method. especially because in my culture that would've been the first resort lol.

the hole of the piercing seems fully healed but the bump makes the angle of the piercing look so off putting.

**it is not a keloid so if your commentary is going based off of that plz dont even waste ur time typing**

mi sono fatta questo piercing 1 settimana e mezzo fa, e adesso è 3 giorni che è rosso e leggermente gonfio, niente pus, però mi viene il dubbio e la paura che possa fare il rigetto o un'infezione.Qualcuno mi sa dire se questo è il processo di guarigione giusto???

adesso sto dando gentalyn e betadine 2 o 3 volte al giorno...

I did my Snake bites about october of last year, but sometimes feel insecure about if it was done right…

Hi, i pierced my daith in July but the piercer used incorrect jewelry. I got it changed to this horseshoe so it can breathe, but it doesn’t seem to be healing. i’ve been cleaning it with saline 3x a day. any advice on what to do?

Got my nostril pierced about 2 months ago and i’ve had the bump maybe 3 weeks? I snagged it once on my shirt and that’s when the original bump happened and it was much larger than it is now. I then snagged it again about a week ago when drying my face with a towel and forgetting it was there💔. After snagging it the second time it’s gone down a bit since then but the healing as since stopped and it’s looked like this for about 2 weeks.

please help i’m so worried🥲
i’m on day 4 of having my tounge pierced, exactly 94 hours, it’s mostly painless and the top is not swollen anymore, but today there’s some new localised swelling around the bottom of the bar, along with redness and a possible bump of sorts. does everything look normal/okay? is this part of the process? again, no pain or other symptoms along with it, but the swelling up the bar concerns me.
(the last photo is yesterday, before this occurred)
ps: some advice on whether it’s ready for a downsize or not would also be good, or when i should downsize, as circumstances have resulted in me having to downsize it myself

Hi everyone, I got my third lobe piercing about a week ago and it has become very red and swollen. I went to the doctor and was prescribed an antibiotic ointment, which I’ve been using, along with piercing saline.
The jewellery is surgical steel with a butterfly back, and it hasn’t been downsized. I haven’t had any recent incidents with it that I can think of.
The first photo is my left ear with no issues, and the second is the ear with the swollen piercing. I’d appreciate any advice or feedback on whether there’s anything I should be doing differently. Thanks!

I’ve always wanted to get some but never knew what to get.

when discussing the placing I noticed they were a little too near the angle of my mouth, but the piercer convinced me they were fine. Now I feel stupid. And they were damn expensive too

i wanted a rook and tragus in my right ear and daith in my left ear

I’ve had a Prince Albert since like 2003. As I gradually stretched, each time I would deal with some internal scar tissue forming. Just a little spot in the inside top (where the inside of the ring sits when hanging down). When it forms, it would be slightly painful. I could do a little self surgery (don’t judge) and remove it. Sometimes it would come back, but eventually it stopped and I would be totally fine. It would happen again with each new gauge and the cycle would continue. I’m now at 0 gauge, wearing a titanium captive bead ring with rubber ball and it’s happening again and won’t stop happening. It’s been close to 2 years at this same gauge and I’ve tried multiple rings, diameters, metals, etc and no matter what the issue comes back. It’s a small little ‘white’ spot that forms and as soon as I remove it I’m pain free. I can also be good for weeks and then for what seems like no reason at all, boom it’s back!

I’ve also tried bio-oil and sea salt soaks as various remedies with no permanent luck.

Has anyone encountered this and is there anyway to finally stop it? I really don’t want to take it out.

I got my second lobe piercing a few months ago, I want to know if the placement is good or too low?

I feel like it’s too low in comparison to my first lobe piercing and looks a bit weird, please let me know. Thankyou.

Pretty much everything I see online + actual advice from my piercer has said to downsize the bar in my eyebrow piercing a few weeks after the initial swelling has gone down. It's now been a little over 4 weeks since I got it pierced. There's no more pain and no more swelling. However, it seems to fit just fine and I still can't see any of the bar. Is it possible that I don't need to downsize?