Changing jewelry in awkward places?

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Friday February 27th, 2009 @ 3:52 AM

Filed under: Piercing

Hi BME!

I’ve been looking into getting a ring in my tragus changed out to a barbell. No shops in my town even carry barbells of the correct type/length, but one did suggest a size for me to order (18g 1/4″) and they offered to change it out for me.

It got me thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be so hard to just replace the thing myself. So, how hard is it to change jewelry in a location like a tragus by oneself, and do you have any advice in the matter? (ie: from which side of the piercing should I insert the jewelry etc. etc. etc.)

Thanks a bunch!

Sarah

I read the title of this and was all like, “what, like in the back seat of a Volkswagen?” ha ha!

Honestly, I don’t even change my own tragus jewellery, I get someone else to do it for me, it’s that fiddly and I am absolutely rotten at doing things backwards in a mirror. Yes, it can be done, though! Personally, I prefer labret studs over barbells in tragus piercings, and I’d say to insert it inside-out, obviously. You might want a pair of small haemostats (or mosquito forceps) to help hold it on the inside while you tighten the ball. Really, though, I’d go get it from the shop - it’s always good to support local piercing studios, even if they have to order your jewellery in, and they’ll put it in for you!

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