Snug problems

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Thursday August 21st, 2008 @ 1:39 AM

Filed under: Ear

Hi there.

After much thought and discussion with a piercer, I chose a snug as the least problematic of piercings I was considering having, so that’s what I ended up with. The piercer went out of his way to calm me (though I already have an industrial and was aware of the pain issue and possible long healing time) and explain to me about the piercing. He also showed me the barbell he was going to use and talked with me until I was ready. Anyway, that was six weeks ago now. It’s been painful and itchy, but I didn’t really see any problems with it until today. This morning I woke up and realized my head (not ear) was itching and when I lifted a hand to check it, I had crusties on my scalp and in my hair. Naturally I checked my ear next and it seems as if the curve of the barbell was too sharp (?), because there’s a raised, scabbed and crusty spot on the back of my ear just about the center of the snug. My question is whether I should try and keep it clean and leave it alone and hope for the best for the skin or if I should just remove it and try again another time with a straight(er?) barbell? At the moment it doesn’t hurt especially, but I’m worried about overall/future damage to my ear. Any advice?

I’ll personally question the theory behind a snug piercing being the least problematic of piercings to choose from… I would say it’s one of the most prone to having problems piercing you could pick…

I’m concerned that you have a scabby raised part on the BACK of your ear. This leads to me think that you didn’t the right anatomy to accommodate a very anatomy-dependent piercing such as this and that your piercer may have pierced in a way that’s causing the barbell to expose itself out of the back of your ear.

I usually use a straight barbell for snug piercings (Which is why I’m so choosy as to who can actually wear a snug piercing with minimal potential issues.) Some people have a very pronounced fold of cartilage there, others don’t and a snug piercing will basically become a cartilage “surface” piercing and end in disaster.

Without seeing the piercing it is hard to say for sure, but it sounds as if you may want to remove the piercing.

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