Will it make a difference?

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Monday February 25th, 2008 @ 9:53 AM

Filed under: Ear, Piercing

My industrial got a little irritated from the barbell being too long, and little lymph bumps formed (they are definitely not keloids or hypertrophic scarring). I got a custom fit stainless steel barbell a few months ago and it has helped immensely. I was wondering if I got a custom fit titanium barbell, would it be even better for my piercing? or would it not make much of a difference at all?

Eh, six of one, half-dozen of the other. Titanium is more biocompatible than steel, as a rule, but that being said, some people demonstrate allergic reactions to titanium alloys and have no dramas whatsoever with steel. So, as with many things in the world of body mods, there are no hard and fast rules. I think the polish of the jewellery has at least as much to do with it as the metal - I’d take a mirror-polished piece of Anatometal steel jewellery over a lesser-quality, less-shiny piece of titanium from another company any day of the week.

If you’re going well with your steel barbell, I wouldn’t bother changing it out, personally. If the piercing is still healing, changing the jewellery will just tend to irritate it and should be avoided unless completely necessary.

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