anxious to be exposed - septum.

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Tuesday July 15th, 2008 @ 10:09 AM

Filed under: Nose

i got my septum pierced with a 14g retainer at new tribe in toronto about a week ago. it all went fine and so on. but the guy who pierced me said i had to leave it flipped up for three weeks, soaking in salt water for 5 mins twice a day.

was he lying when he said i had to leave it flipped up constantly? is he just covering his ass incase i hurt it or something? after reading many articles on bme the majority say you can at least flip it down for proper cleaning, but he didn’t even say that.

i am anxious to see how it looks on me!

maybe it was just his healing preference.. or can i rebel and flip it down as long as i promise not to play with it too much?!

thanks!

Flipping the retainer up and down during the healing process will irritate your piercing and lengthen the healing time. If you are pierced with a retainer you should either heal it flipped up or down but not flit between the two. Most prefer to heal with the jewellery up as the whole point of a retainer is that the piercing is not too noticeable and also it is less likely to fall out in this position. Moving the jewellery in any fresh piercing is not advisable.

Your piercer was not lying, he gave you sound advice (although I would have suggested longer than three weeks, but that’s how I roll!). He is not ‘covering his ass’, he is just wanting to make sure you have a nice, healthy piercing that you will enjoy for as long as you decide to keep it.

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