My two surface piercings…

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Friday February 6th, 2009 @ 10:06 AM

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I have two surface piercings on my wrist done with ptfe and I’m wondering if they are starting to reject… Both piercings seem to be settling quite well, and I’ve had them for around 6/7 months.

I recently had a dermal anchor put in between the two piercings and I’m thinking of having the surface piercings redone with dermal anchors to acheive the same effect, but due to the cost I don’t want to retire the surfaces if they are looking fine.

Anyway here are a couple of photos, any help and your opinion would be awesome!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3242322333_88cdff16cc.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3242322849_8765699209.jpg

Bobbin.

The inflammation is on the inner portion of the piercing and you will notice that this redness will start to follow the length of the bar. I would retire them sooner rather than later. In my opinion, PTFE is not the best material for surface work and you would have had a better chance of success with surface bars fitted with flat discs, particularly in that area where balls are likely to catch on clothing.

The problem with PTFE is that although flexible it is still a straight piece of jewellery. This causes pressure at the piercing points and it is this pressure that will encourage your body to reject the bar. having a bar that has 90 degree bends where it exits helps alleviate some of the pressure thus lessening (but not wholly removing) the likelihood of rejection. PTFE may very well be flexible, but it isn’t as flexible as skin.

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