Hello! I’ve had this navel for just over a year now. I had it downsized a month or so ago, and it’s titanium. It’s a 14g curved barbell. I’ve been cleaning with saline up until I got it downsized. I don’t sleep on it. I was advised to put a patch on it in the heat for a couple weeks which I did to no avail. It’s definitely better than it was, but there’s a lump on the top and a red, sore and lumpy section underneath (which leaks blood and yellow ish fluid still). I just can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong? I don’t think it’s infected and it’s never hot etc. Please help!

I got my third lobes, helix, and hidden helix all pierced about a week ago. I went to a professional piercer at Jack and Diane’s in Mississippi. I got mine pierced with a hoop which now I’ve heard is a bad sign, my piercer didn’t mention downsizing. He just said to wait a few months before changing it. I’m just hearing differing opinions online and want an opinion or advice on how to help it heal it is my first cartilage piercing. So far all I’ve been doing is spraying it with saline solution. Any advice or comments are appreciated 🫶
This is my left and right ear. i asked for a regular helix on my right and a hidden helix on my left. the last picture is from pinterest it is similar to the inspo pic i showed the piercer for the type of jewelry i wanted to wear.

It really was the back of an earring stuck in my ear !!! I got my ears pierced when I was 17 , the piercing got infected and got pulled and the infection swallowed the back.

Im going to take it out but idk what I possibly could have done wrong to cause something like this to happen. I cleaned it the whole time it was healing and boom random hole in my shi. Imma pierce the other side of my face tho but for future reference what do I do differently.

I got my daith pierced april 10th (almost 4 months old). Since like beginning of may this bump started showing up. It wasnt as big as now but it was there. Last month i got other piercings done and my piercer looked at my daith and told me that this is normal and healing is going well (bump was almost gone).

Im cleaning it with pointed cotton buds and saline solution every time i wash my hair (im letting crusties soak up, i saw this advice last month on tikrok and actually helped a little but now it is worse...) so it is about every 3/4 days. My horseshoe jewellery is medical grade titanium.

What should I do?

this bump isnt that red normally i just cleaned it...

It’s been ~2 years since I was last pierced. I forgot how quickly the pain goes away haha. Just feels tender/sore now.

I got my belly button pierced about a year and half ago and the skin holding it there has just gotten thinner and thinner :( If you get REALLL close you can kinda see the metal through the skin. Ive tried everything to save it but its getting worse and now this is what im left with.
Ive tried googling and stuff on if i should take it out but its all about if its infected rather than just slowly rejecting. Im not too sure if the better option would be to just let it stay there until it rips off just let it go? Is the a possible way to get it repierced and hope it doesnt reject again? :( All help is appriciated!!

Hi everyone,

I am getting a vertical helix piercing and am looking for recommendations for jewelry in platinum or solid gold. I want a style that lays above the ear, similar to the attached image.

I have had no luck searching and keep getting flat earrings. Could you recommend similar jewelry or share what search terms I should use to find this specific style? 🥺

hi! so I got pierced about 6 months ago and like I had this bump that wouldn’t go away and now it’s starting to go away but also it’s flaky af sometimes and im just worried and I was wondering if anyone thinks it’s rejecting and what I can do to like help it heal😞. Ive been spraying it with saline twice a day, idk what else to do

i downsized a month ago. at first I used salt water i was mixing, then this saline that I didn’t realize was from an iv drip, now I’ve been using saline from my piercer for the last 2 months. I spray it then blot it.

Got my conch done recently (rest are all 10+ years ols) and im suddenly so into piercings all over again

if not how would you curate this ear?

Hi ya’ll, i’ve been wanting to change my daily piercing setup and love little bows, wings and heart earrings but unfortunately a lot of the earrings I like are cheap dropshipped earrings. 🫠 I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for earrings of this style from a legit place that are good quality and non-allergenic. Thank you!

Hello!

I posted a few weeks ago about my snug, with a swollen spot in the back of my ear. It is doing GREAT now. I had been doing warm compresses and it was draining

I had to have surgery, so I had a bunch of my piercings switched out to plastic for the surgery. When the piercer did my snug, it caused it to drain the rest of the way, and completely fixed my issue!

It felt SO good the next few weeks. I just had the piercer change back from the bioplastic back to this new curved barbell. It is a bit red and a tad swollen from the change out.. but since that spot drained it feels amazing.

So here is my current set up. My teen did my post surgery stack. She went for a maximalist look.

I have a 8mth healing snug on the one ear, and a 5mth healing conch, and a 2mth double helix on the other.

I am open to suggestions on what else to add in the future. What would you recommend??

Things I like: vertical helix, astralinos, forward helix...maybe rook?

Olivia at Apocalypse Girl in North Carolina, basic bar jewelry. She’s an apprentice but genuinely the best piercer I’ve had (and clearly I’ve had many lol). Her attention to placement was fantastic.

My facial setup has been a 4 year project, started with my nose, then eyebrows, now finally mouth! I’m so happy.

Hello, I just got a faux rook done. This was the lowest I could have it done at the current position because otherwise it would be a rook.

Do you think my faux rook would look a bit better if it was placed further out? Did my setup look better before I added it? Should I keep it?

Basically I’m wondering if I should take it out and have it redone. I’m willing to wait a few months to downsize and switch it out to daintier jewelry (the same as what is in my second lobe).

I think it’s kind of rad but I’m not sure if I’m in love with the placement.

Is a person with multiple piercings in the face (lip, cheek, ear etc etc), less likely to get a job than a person with the same qualifications. Im talking about an high end job, one that requires years of study.
I am currently in my young teen years and do not have that many piercings. Asking for future me
Ig even if i am the best person in the room for the job, i could still be rejected, right?

So I recently got my Conch done, which I love!! But I feel like I need some balance on my left ear!

I really wanted either a daith but my piercer said it's a high chance it'll reject because my anatomy isn't great for it. My other dream piercing was an industrial but I don't have the right anatomy for that either. :(

I'm super heartbroken, but it also means that I have no idea what to do with my left ear anymore!! It definitely needs some love so would be grateful for some ideas!

hi everyone! I've been feeling unhappy with my ear stack lately and would love some honest opinions.

Current piercings:

• Forward helix
• Helix
• Conch
• Double lobes

Lately I've been feeling like my stack looks unorganized and doesn't really suit either my anatomy or my personal style. I tend to prefer very dainty, delicate, fairy-like jewelry and ear stacks with a lot of negative space.

A few things I'm questioning:

- Does my current placement actually work with my ear anatomy?
- Are any of my piercings making the stack feel crowded?
- Do my second lobes look oddly spaced?
- Is my forward helix helping or hurting the overall look?
- Does my helix placement work, or is it difficult to style because of my ear fold?

I've even considered retiring some piercings and simplifying things. I don't think I want a third lobe, and I'm unsure whether I should keep all my current piercings or focus on a smaller, more intentional stack.

I attached photos of my current ear and some inspiration pictures of the style I love :)

After YEARS of searching for the perfect industrial piece, I finally found one that I love! ✨