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Should I bother?

  • 05-05-2006 03:31PM
    #1
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭


    Had a number of piercings throughout the hears. Back in the day I had the standard ear and eyebrow and they were both fine. A few years ago I had my tragus done and andother one higher on the ear after the tragus. Neither healed properly and developed keloids and I ended up taking them out in the end. Tried again with the opposite tragus and had the same effect. Then I had my nipple pierced and yet again it didn't heal and developed a keloid and when I took it out it healed but with scarring.
    I made sure I cleaned it properly and always did my best not to irritate the area pierced. So do I just have an immune system that rejects piercings? Is there any point in getting anything pierced again or will I just respond the same way? Any advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    caracal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭caracal


    this link might help

    http://tattoo.about.com/b/a/028262.htm

    hope the link works


  • #3
    munkeehaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭munkeehaven


    you seem to be like me,the only things i have pierced are my tongue and ears..i pierced my ears myself (when i was 14) and ended getting a keloid that i had to get surgically removed..
    My tongue is fine and fully healed (a year now) but i still have a slight lump on the underside...I'd love to get a monroe or labret done but given my past history,i just think that i have sensitive skin and am prone to scarring.Whereas with tattoos i'm totally fine.


  • #4
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    Cheers for that info bedlam, I thought all those lumps were keloids and presumed that if I didn't remove the piercing that I would end up with the lump there permanently, like my sisters keloids. Would gold jewellery be an option as my body may be less likely to reject that?


  • #5
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,215 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    Had titanium in the upper part of the ear. Maybe I'll go for the tragus again and get titanium. What woyuld be the best to get, a bar or ring? I prefer the bat but maybe the ring might heal better.


  • #6
    edibility
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭edibility


    Bars heal better, is it not? I know I have a titanium bar in my tragus and it's healed fine. It's only been done a short while as well.


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  • #7
    porn_star
    Closed Accounts Posts: 958 ✭✭✭porn_star


    yeah, bars heal a lot better. obviously the amount of care your gonna but into it is gonna be a huge factor, but I've always found bars heal better.
    When I first got a trague piercing I got it done with a ring, when I got my second, I got it done with a bar, cos I was after changing the ring to the bar and I wanted it matching, anyways got a short story shorter, the bar healed a hell of a lot quicker.


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