Eyebrow

GrumPy

Got it done on saturday, (titanium bar) no probs till this morning, and as the day went on, it swell more, and a kind of yellowy crap is around my eyebrow, and it's trobing, ive been cleaning it with anti-septic, since i got it done, and dont know why its gone all sore and gay? it's a good bit painfull dunno what to do? will i take the bar out? or leave it a day or two and make sure i keep cleaning it? NEED ADVICE cheers.

amazingemmet

Could be a number of things keep it in, clean it with salt water NOT anti septic creams try not to mess with it and it should settle down in a day or two

GrumPy

thanks man, so i just stick a bit of salt and mix it with water? dab it on eyebrow with cotton wool?

porn_star

boil the water first...I'm not sure how much salt people use?I couldn't give an exact quantity of what i use myself, cos I'm so used to throwing some in a cup...is it quater to a half a teaspoon or something...anyway, a bit of salt...let it cool down first...
and yeah, you can just get some cotton wool/buds and clean the piercing with it...
I'd imagine that should sort you out a little better, then anti-septic creams,
good luck.

GrumPy

Thanks for the advice guys, hopefully it will be less swollen and goey in the morning! :rolleyes:

Shazbot

Like everyone is saying. Leave it in and just clean it with boiling water ( cooled slightly ) and sea salt ( not table salt ).

Use a pint of water with a teapsoon of sea salt disolved in it. Just enough to taste the salt in the water and not cringe.

Also use cotton buds , not woolen balls. Woolen balls tend to unravel easier and get caught on the bar which sometimes can be harder to get off than the dirt etc. Should settle down within a week at the max

Blub2k4

If you have a shot glass too maybe you can put the salt water in there and use that to cover the area and swish it around.

GrumPy

is twisting the bar once, twice a day a good idea? to stop puss staying inside wound? skin all around area is sore to touch, and yellow dry and junk

Blub2k4

anytime you touch it wash your hands first preferably with an antibacterial soap and then give it a clean. There is no point in turning it for the sake of it as if you dont wash it at the same time you can rip it more inside with the hard crusty bits on the bar. Wash first and use the salt water to soften up or remove the crusties then spin it.

GrumPy

since my last post, it's already alot less swollen, just the water/salt trick, and a bit of anti-septic cream on the drier parts, and it's on its way to getting better, cheers for the advice.

GrumPy

well, it came out today, since about 3 weeks after i got it done it was grand, but the last week, the skin just gave way, got really thin, and just broke away basically, it wasnt sore, or infected or anything, just prolly wasnt pierced right in the first place!

It wasn't me!

It migrated. It happens and isn't uncommon with eyebrow piercings in particular. It generally isn't a problem with the piercing, just and unavoidable risk.

GrumPy

it sucks :mad:

Aimee_gleeson

Irish GrumPy wrote:

it sucks :mad:

Ive heard about a person having it grow out 3times all depends on the way your body reacts to it i guess. I want to get it done but then again i really dont want a scar on my face :rolleyes:

GrumPy

well, now you mention it, i cant see any scar YET, and never experienced any pain, i would love to get it done again, but im not spending another 2-3 months with it done, then it deciding to fcuk off again

Aimee_gleeson

Irish GrumPy wrote:

well, now you mention it, i cant see any scar YET, and never experienced any pain, i would love to get it done again, but im not spending another 2-3 months with it done, then it deciding to fcuk off again

Ya might be lucky and not get one! Thats a risk ya gotta take with getting piercings done, ya never know will it last, how long or short, will it be sore etc, all depends on the person.

memphis

Don't do it... you'll be left with a permanent scar on your eyebrow. Had mine done for about 4 months when it gradually started to grow outwards, so had to take it out as it was just hanging on with a very thin bit of skin.

Really wasn't worth getting periced. i know of others that had em in for ages and they too have big scars... compete waste of time.

ta2kev

I had the same problem with mine, I got it pierced twice in two different studios and both times it migrated out. The first time I had a large sleeper in it and it came out after around 5 months, the second time I got a bar put in and it lasted about a year and a half. The guy who pierced it the second time told me that if you re-pierce it in the same place each time it lasts longer as the scar tissue is stringer than normal skin tissue.

GrumPy

ive decided to get it done again, arguably a waste of another €20, as it will prolly grow out again! :rolleyes: but i thought, (and my mates) felt it suited me! so im gonna get it done again next time im in town, i refuse to let it migrate/grow out this time!! wish me luck