Thursday January 24th, 2008 @ 12:29 PM
Filed under: Ear
Ive had my industrial since september of last year,
and ive cleaned it regulary, and its sore?
I have the enlarged bar in for swelling just in case.
I havent made it to the shop to get it changed.
What should i do?
It’s certainly not unheard of for an industrial to still be sore after 4 months. It’s possible that the angles of the piercings are off slightly, making it hard for your body to hell…and therefore still sore. It’s possible that if the bar you are wearing has too much extra room, that is resulting in excess pressure on the piercing…and therefore the soreness. It’s possible that you are simply sleeping on the piercing too frequently or bumping it too much.
It’s also possible that everything is just fine, and your body is simply taking longer to heal the piercing.
If you feel the jewelry is longer than it needs to be, I would start with going back to your piercer to get a shorter bar. While you’re there, have him/her take a look at the piercing to see if they can spot any obvious issues.
Good luck!
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Thursday January 24th, 2008 @ 12:21 PM
Filed under: Ear
Greetings. I plan to have an inner conch to conch orbital done. I’d like a placement close to the one in the attached picture, however I’d like a larger gauge, 0 or at least 2. Now I wonder, what’s the best way to do this particular piercing?
On one hand, considering pressure to ear cartilage and such, I’d guess it’d be best to punch the holes and heal them separately, and insert the ring after healing.
On the other hand, I’m also worrying about unwanted pressure from the inserted ring if the piercings are healed “straight” like a tunnel. I’m thinking that perhaps it would be better to insert the ring immediately and deal with the prolonged healing period, thus shaping the piercings according to the ring jewelry.
I’m at a loss here, and I’d be very grateful for your advice.
Regards,
mxy
PS. Image credit: Christiane, Pinpoint Piercing, Oslo.
Before we get into the best method for doing this, I think it’s important to consider the possibility that your ear may not be of the appropriate size and/or shape to accomplish an orbital in the position you want and at the size you want. I would be a bit concerned about there being enough room to accommodate the placement of the lower hole at the size you mentioned. I can’t see your ear, so obviously I’m just “spitballing” here, but it’s something to keep in mind.
If I were doing the piercing, I wouldn’t be willing to start the piercing off with a 2ga or 0ga CBR or circular barbell. I personally feel it’s likely a recipe for disaster…or at the very least, a whole bunch of excess scar tissue formation. If your piercer is willing to do it that way to begin with, you should insist on a titanium piece of jewelry, instead of stainless steel, due to the decreased weight.
If the piercings are placed and performed at the appropriate angles and take into consideration the size of the jewelry you will wear when it’s all healed, there shouldn’t be any problems doing the piercings separately and changing the jewelry at some point down the road.
Good luck!
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Posted by Derek Lowe | Permalink | 2 Comments
Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:28 PM
I keep hearing different things from different retailers, what is the proper way to clean a PTFE barbell? Does alcohol damage PTFE like it does with acrylic? And while we are on the subject of cleanliness, can PTFE be sterilized?
The joys of retailers and even sometimes piercers who can’t differentiate between PTFE(Teflon), Silicone Tubing(Tygon), Polysulfone(BioPlast) and Acrylic (how you can confuse Acrylic and PTFE is beyond me).
When alcohol and acrylic meet the alcohol ends up cracking the acrylic, with PTFE this will NOT happen. Also yes with the right type of PTFE, Tygon, BioPlast, even Acrylic(Dental Acrylic) these materials can be sterilized.
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Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 @ 10:03 PM
I am a dance major and I do ballet and modern dance. This means lots of rolling around, lifting other people(with my legs and upper body), and other wacky not day-to-day movements. I want to have my vertical hood done but I’m not sure what the best type of jewelery would be and if that is the same kind I can be pierced with. Any thoughts, or helpful hints would be wonderful! Thanks so much!
Hi,
Rock on with being a dance major! Sounds like fun, although at the same time…exhausting haha!
Personally I find the best jewelry option for Vertical Hood piercings is a Curved Barbell. Depending on your anatomy (the shape of your hood, how much hood you have,etc) will dictate the thickness and the length required.
A qualified piercer should have a wide range of options to choose from and upon analyzing the location to be pierced, will discuss with you the jewelry options available for your specific anatomy.
As for your training, ie: dancing, I’d really suggest finding at least a week of time where you can just relax and not stress/over exert your body out too much. Giving it some time to heal with definitely be helpful as usually after about a week you won’t even know its there. Sometimes women say they don’t even know its there from day one, others experience a little bit of discomfort for the first week or so…So yeah just better to give yourself some time to rest and heal before going full on back to dancing,etc.
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | 3 Comments
Saturday January 19th, 2008 @ 12:14 AM
I am working with someone else to open up a piercing studio in Philadelphia, PA. The piercing would take place in a beauty salon, but with a proper room and proper sterilization equipment for safe body piercing.
Do you know what kind of licensing we need to get in this area? And where can we go to get this licensing?
I don’t believe there are actually any regulations in PA (someone correct me if I am wrong). That being said, from a business perspective I WOULD HIGHLY DISCOURAGE putting any money into ANOTHER shop in Philly. Talk about an over saturated market, there’s one huge respected piercing shop, a few good ones and DOZENS of places offering half ass discount piercing. You probably can’t compete with the reputations of the good shops and unless your cutting serious corners you can’t compete with the prices of the total hack shops. It’s your time and money, but I had to throw in my two cents.
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | 11 Comments
Saturday January 19th, 2008 @ 12:03 AM
I own a few piercings downtown already. I have a PA and an Ampallang. I have been looking into either extending the PA into an apadravya, or more interesting to me, getting a shaft apadravya. I have found alot of stories about self done shaft apdravyas. Ive heard fake stories of possible death and more credible stories of the skin wouldn’t stretch afterwards, but what are the cold hard facts? Is they a signifiucant risk of erections not fully being attained because of the shaft skin not being able to stretch? Is it really uncomfortable in the long run? Is it a bad idea, and may I ask why? Thank you very much for reading this.
Lucky for you I personally learned this lesson for you. I scalpelled a 00ga shaft ap on myself. It healed fine, but it made erections painful and difficult. I have removed it, and most everything has returned to normal, minus some scarring and the fact my preseminal fluid production has greatly reduced.
I imagine in a much smaller gauge these issues would be lessened, however I still advise against this piercing for men wishing to retain full sexual function of there penis, the risk for short term and/or long term damage just outweighs the benefits in my opinion. A better option may be genital beads implanted in the same location.
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | 7 Comments
Friday January 18th, 2008 @ 11:53 PM
There are a few piercings I’ve been looking to get done for a while now, but because of my job I wouldn’t be able to leave them in long enough to heal. Is it possible to get the initial piercing with a retainer, or is there some other solution to this problem I’ve not thought of? Thanks!
Thanks to the quartz glass retainers there is a viable option. I use Glasswear Studios retainers for initial piercings in; lip/labret, eyebrow, nostril, navel and various ear piercings. However, I do not use them for tongues because the o-ring just doesn’t work well in the mouth. These pieces have been a great item to offer clients so that they may now have the option of a bio-compatable retainer for initial piercings.
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Friday January 18th, 2008 @ 12:05 AM
I’ve had my lip rings out for almost a year. I recently decided to put them back in. is tapering them up to a 16g an option, or should I should just repierce them?
Depending on how long you had your piercings, before you took them out, yes you might be able to taper them back up to a 16ga. Of course the only way to see is by visiting a piercer and have them analyze the area and attempt to pass the taper through. The taper should not be literally forced through, it should just slide through easily.
If this is potentially an option expect a bit of tightness and treat the piercing as if it was a fresh piercing for a little while, normally 3-4 weeks
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | Comments
Thursday January 17th, 2008 @ 12:39 PM
I’m looking to get a PA at a large initial gauge (probably a 2), and I’m curious if there are any tried-and-true techniques for peeing standing up with a large hole, or if it’s just a trial by fire thing.
I definitely want the piercing, don’t get me wrong, but if I were able to have it while retaining the ability to stand, that would be nice.
Thanks!
Just lean into the urinal a bit further, or twist your penis in your hand so the bottom/frenum/jewellery side is on top - I have it on good authority that this doesn’t hurt, although it certainly seems like it would be painful to me, a female, ha ha! If the jewellery is on top, there’s nothing for the urine to “run down” from the urethra, which is what causes the splattering. Wearing jewellery like a curved/banana barbell rather than a ring or circular barbell can help with that, too.
And on behalf of everyone else who uses the toilet after you, if you make a mess anyway, please clean it up. 
Comments, large-gauge PA wearers?
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | 9 Comments
Wednesday January 16th, 2008 @ 7:07 PM
Filed under: Ear
I stretched my ears up to a 4G this evening. I used a taper, and the taper went into both ears beautifully - no burning, pain, blood, etc. I was able to slide in the jewelry on my left ear with no problems (I have SS single flared eyelets), however I just can’t get it to follow the taper on my right ear.
Any advice, or should I just get a piercer to stick it in there for me?
It’s possible that the jewelry you are trying to insert is slightly larger than the taper. As with all things manufactured, there are are tolerances and variations. Add to that the fact that for many people, one ear stretches better than the other…you could find one side is hard to get in. Eyelets don’t have much surface area to rest against the taper, so they can, in general, be tricky to put in after a stretch…so perhaps the angle you’re working from is simply not good for that side of your head.
You could try leaving the taper in your ear for a longer period of time before trying to insert the jewelry. Perhaps take a really warm shower to help loosen the tissue. Or, a piercer should be able to help you pretty easily.
Good luck.
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