Eyebrow Healing
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Tuesday November 11th, 2008 @ 3:02 AM
Filed under: Eyebrow/Bridge
I just had a horizontal eyebrow piercing 2 days ago with a curved flexi barbell. My question is that during the initial piercing I only had a small drop of blood and since have not had any discharge at all. I only have a small bit of swelling that isn’t really noticeable unless you know to look for it. I’ve soaked and cleaned it but, my concern is since I have had no discharge should I be looking for a future problem or is this normal?
It’s great that you’re not having any discharge (and you really shouldn’t be after only a couple days) However, with whatever the “flexi barbell” is made of, you can probably look forward to some crusties in the near future and possibly the rejection of the jewelry entirely.
Wearing implant grade jewelry is imperative. I think that the flexi-barbell will cause you more harm than good eventually.
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3 Responses to “Eyebrow Healing”
You don’t know what you’re talking about. It could well be a PTFE Barbell, in which case this is the best thing to put into an eyebrow piercing.
Jade on November 24th, 2008 at 1:16 pm…I do know what I’m talking about. I’m a body piercer and I see things like this regularly. A PTFE barbell, a bioplast barbell, a “flexi barbell” are definitely NOT the “best things” to put in an eyebrow piercing as a matter of fact.
Lexci on November 28th, 2008 at 12:15 amIn my experience and the experience of my colleagues and peers, the best thing for an eyebrow piercing an implant grade steel or titanium” barbell.
Furthermore, in the case of a HORIZONTAL eyebrow piercing (ie. A surface piercing) the only acceptable jewelry besides a surface anchor, in my opinion, is a surface bar - the staple shaped kind - made of implant grade steel or titanium.
I’m with Lexci on this one. I use flat-bottomed internally threaded titanium surface bars in all horizontal eyebrow piercings and wouldn’t dream of using PFTE. Although PTFE may be flexible, unless it exits with a 90% angle between the jewellery and the skin, there is still going to be pressure at the site which can cause the piercing to reject. The trick with healing any type of surface work is placement, technique and jewellery.
First there were straight bars, then came curved bars followed by PTFE and now we have surface bars - that’s the evolution of surface work jewellery.
Tiff Badhairdo on November 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pmLeave a Comment