Crooked bridge.
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Tuesday January 8th, 2008 @ 1:58 PM
Filed under: Eyebrow/Bridge
I recently split from my ex-fiance and decided that since I had to remove most of my facial piercings for one reason or another while we were together, that I’d get a new one to mark my new life and independence.
I settled on getting my bridge done. With years between piercings that I mentioned, I was sort of at a loss as to where to go. I did some cursory checking on BME and saw that the few (straight) bridges that I could find on the search were done by this one particular piercer, so I decided to try him out.
It’s crooked. I was super-nervous at the time that I was getting it, and I thought that the marks might have been a bit off, but I wasn’t completely sure… I preferred to defer to the piercer’s knowledge of where to place it on my admittedly not-so-symmetrical bridge… So I went ahead with it. Turns out that the marks were indeed off (left side lower than the right by about a millimetre), and that one side is placed deeper than the other, as well, which I didn’t initally notice, my friend did after I got back from it being done.
I want this to be right so badly. Is it reasonable to ask the piercer to redo the piercing? After some stories that I got wind of after I got this done, I’m not completely sure that I want to head back there, anyway… I got the piercing on Friday. How long after removing it do I wait before getting it redone?
Piercings do sometimes come out crooked or off center or less-than-ideal. Piercers are, after-all, human and not machines. In general, bridge piercings can be very challenging to get perfect…not trying to make excuses for anyone, just stating the facts.
However, regardless of the piercing, if it doesn’t come out the way it should, a “good” piercer will be willing to re-do it for you at no charge. Even if the marks were off initially, if the piercer thought everything seemed all-good, then they should be willing to re-do the piercing so it’s correct.
As for whether you choose to go back to that piercer, that will will have to be your decision. I’m not sure what other kinds of stories you’ve heard since having your initial piercing done, but I would encourage you not to let a crooked bridge piercing put a piercer in the “no good” category.
As for how long to wait…I would suggest 2-3 weeks, assuming you remove the piercing within a week or so of having the piercing.
Best of luck with your next go at the bridge piercing. And, next time, if you aren’t 100% confident in the marks, don’t proceed with the piercing.
If a piercing does come out not the way you want it,
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Thanks for replying.
I didn’t go back to the original piercer. It wasn’t that the bridge was off; if it was indeed just that I would certainly have gone back.
I went to a shop that people on a local piercing group were recommending (boy, I wished I had asked there first… Hindsight is indeed 20/20), and I was much more comfortable with her and the shop itself, as well. I would have removed the piercing myself but even with two sets of pliers, I was having no luck.
The barbell was externally threaded and far too short to account for the swelling, the balls had started to sink into my skin.
The shop that I went to get it removed uses Bioplast for their bridge piercings, which I am intrigued about. Is this a good choice?
I’m doing vitamin E oil rubs on the area now, trying to break down the scar tissue, since I definitely want this redone.
I have a hard time being assertive when I need to be (thus my problem), but the second go around, I’m not letting that needle anywhere near my face until I am completely happy (and I’ll probably bring a friend to double-check).
GekkoGeck0 on January 11th, 2008 at 1:07 amLeave a Comment