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Healing Surface Piercing

  • 17-10-2014 11:02pm
    #1
    Kgood913
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi, I just got a new surface piercing on the side of my face (anti-treagus, curved 16g barbell, not a dermal) and it seems to be pretty swollen still after about a week. My question is, the skin around the balls seems to be surrounding the jewelry, like my skin is swallowing it up, is this normal? It's been 6 days today. And I don't want the sling to completely surround it, any suggestions? I'm definitely not ready to ditch it.

    Ps I use salt water soaks or antibacterial hand soap in the shower to wash it.


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  • #2
    Adiboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Kgood913 wrote: »
    Hi, I just got a new surface piercing on the side of my face (anti-treagus, curved 16g barbell, not a dermal) and it seems to be pretty swollen still after about a week. My question is, the skin around the balls seems to be surrounding the jewelry, like my skin is swallowing it up, is this normal? It's been 6 days today. And I don't want the sling to completely surround it, any suggestions? I'm definitely not ready to ditch it.

    Ps I use salt water soaks or antibacterial hand soap in the shower to wash it.

    Go see your piercer. But if your piercer used a curved barbell in a surface piercing instead of a staple bar I would recommend going to see a different piercer.


  • #3
    Kgood913
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Kgood913


    Adiboo wrote: »
    Go see your piercer. But if your piercer used a curved barbell in a surface piercing instead of a staple bar I would recommend going to see a different piercer.

    It's like an anti eyebrow, staple bars are not used.


  • #4
    Adiboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Kgood913 wrote: »
    It's like an anti eyebrow, staple bars are not used.

    Nope, staple bars should be used in all surface piercings, even surface tragus'.

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    Anyway, go see your piercer because without seeing it you won't get the advice you need.


  • #5
    finality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    It sounds like it could be infected or rejecting, I would second the suggestion to get a different piercer to take a look at it.

    Also, this is an anti-tragus piercing?
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  • #6
    jeanrose770
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭jeanrose770


    Maybe you need a longer bar or piercing? Move it around a bit more to keep the skin from covering the end. No hydrogen peroxide.


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