Tragus

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Thursday December 6th, 2007 @ 2:43 PM

Filed under: Piercing

I had my tragus pierced a few weeks ago and apart from a little swelling, it’s doing OK. However, I might need to have a brain scan soon, for which I would probably have to take the piercing out for around 45 minutes. I know this will probably aggravate it a bit, but do you think I’d have a problem getting it back in, or with healing it after having taken it out? Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

It’s very unlikely the piecing will “close” in that short period of time. However, for no longer than you’ve had the piercing, it wouldn’t be uncommon for the hole to “shrink” a bit, making it difficult to get the jewelry back in. If you’re having a brain scan, I’m assuming they won’t want you to have anything at all in the piercing. However, if it’s simply a matter of not being able to wear metal in the piercing, you may want to consider wearing some sort of retainer (plastic or quartz) in the piercing.

If this isn’t an option, you may want to consider going to a studio you trust to have the jewelry put back in. They should be able to do it a little more easily and smoothly, and thereby reduce the irritation to the piercing.

Best of luck with your piercing and with your scan.

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