Dermal piercing vs. anchor piercing

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Thursday March 5th, 2009 @ 8:58 PM

Filed under: Surface/Unusual

So I had my cleavage pierced with a bar about a year ago. The bar wasn’t evenly put in, so I took it out before I had any real issues and before I was left with a nasty scar. I now want to get it re-done but with dermal studs over where the tiny scars are.

I want to know if there is a difference between dermal piercings or dermal anchor piercings (or if those are the same thing), and if they reject at all. I don’t plan on taking these out, so I want to make sure it is done right, and by a person that knows what they are doing. Any tips on making sure the person is experienced in doing a proper dermal piercing?

Thanks, Carissa.

So I think we may have a piercing term confusion somewhere…

By the sounds of it, you had a Surface piercing done with a surface barbell previously and now you have a scar as a result.
Now you’re considering getting dermal anchors (also known as Surface Anchors, Microdermals, etc - depending on where you’re from and who’s doin ‘em)

I’ve found that surface anchors are generally easier to maintain than surface piercings are but are not guaranteed to be more “permanent” than surface piercings are.. I’ve also found that putting surface anchors directly over previous piercing scars will make a more unstable environment for the anchor so you may want to place the anchors slightly above or below where the old scars are.

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