Eyebrow Piercing Won’t Heal

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Thursday June 12th, 2008 @ 8:40 PM

Filed under: Eyebrow/Bridge

Okay, so I got my eyebrow pierced in February, and it STILL hasn’t healed and isn’t really showing any signs of healing. It has a large bump” underneath it (NOT on the bottom or top hole, just underneath it ALL) and there is also a red scab like thing beside my piercing about a cm away. I’ve been back to my piercer 3 times and she just keeps saying it doesn’t look TOO bad and t should still heal. What I don’t get is why there is this scab thing like a full cm beside the piercing, and why it’s taking this long to heal if i’m caring for it properly. Anyways, if anyone has an idea PLEASE let me know!

The scab you are showing, is hard to figure out exactly WHY its appearing. In order to figure out why we will need to assess quite a few things, so we can troubleshoot the situation and pinpoint the problem. So assessing things like what manner of aftercare protocol did you follow, what type of body hygiene products you’re using, among various other things…It could even be a result of you sleeping and scratching the area while you sleep.

Just from initial observation I can tell you that the jewelry is too long and needs a downsizing. Also, and I just don’t want to continue beating a dead horse, but hey its dead already it won’t feel another prod…Just out of curiosity in the picture it appears the jewelry is some form of flexible material either PTFE, Tygon or BioPlast, do you happen to know WHAT material your jewelry is actually made out?

Also, just a personal suggestion, if you’ve visited the piercer THREE TIMES and all they say is that it doesn’t look too bad and that it should still heal. My suggestion is to perhaps go get a couple other opinions from other piercers in your area. As it would personally raise the bells and whistles in my head if I kept returning to a piercer with a problem and they just said it looks ok and should still heal. A reputable artist would instantly be wanting to consult with you every single time and really source out what is causing the issue. From aftercare, to jewelry, to body hygiene products,etc they would just run through the lists and figure out exactly what the problem is. Now maybe she did and you just failed to let us know that, but yeah I’d still suggest visiting a couple other piercers to get their opinion on how the piercing is looking/doing.

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