Hip piercings

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Wednesday June 4th, 2008 @ 8:04 AM

Filed under: Surface/Unusual

I got my hips pierced a few days ago, and the piercer who done it inserted curved barbells for jewellery and told me to come back in a week or so to get surface bars put in if i liked.

I know it’s normal to be a bit red and whatnot afterwards, but I’m really paranoid about them rejecting as I cannot afford to have them repierced or have microdermals instead.

My lack of funds is why I opted for surface piercings instead of the microdermals and I’d like them to last as long as possible.

I was wondering if I could get the jewellery changed to to the surface bars sooner than she recommended or if this would pose problems with healing?

They’re also a bit bruised and tender still, but I’m not sure if that’s normal, if there is such a thing. I attached a picture so you could see the bruising and the redness around the holes. I can also feel the bar really prominently underneath the skin but I don’t know if that means they’re too shallow? I’ve seen many rejecting piercings and they look somewhat similar and I’m starting to worry.

I fail to see the logic in why your piercer decided to initially fit curved barbells and not surface bars. Switching out the jewellery will only serve to irritate the piercing. Why the unecessary trauma when they could have so easily been pierced with surface bars from the get-go and allowed to heal undisturbed?

Piercing can be a false economy - more times than not, allowing finances to dictate when, what and how you get pierced often leads to the loss of that piercing and subsequently having it re-done at a later date by someone more experienced and reputable.

I seriously doubt that swapping the jewellery will be of much use now, but you can try. I would suggest removing the jewellery sooner rather than later, saving up and having them pierced at a later date by a practitioner who has a good track record with surface work.

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