Wednesday May 9th, 2012 @ 11:52 AM
Filed under: Nipple
I’ve had my nipples pierced since October 2011. About 4 days ago my nipples became really sore and started crusting up more than usual. They are kind of swollen and it hurts to touch them. About two days before they began hurting I was with a guy and he had been playing with. If they are infected what do I do??
Sounds like its just been aggrivated by the person playing with it, infection would be VERY rare in a healed peircing that old.
I would strongly suggest you treat it as if it was brand new, start doing warm saline solution soaks in a half filled shot-glass and make sure that you don’t irritate them further by using any chemical cleaning solutions.
You most likely will get some crusties coming out of the piercing (like when it was new), so be careful not to pick them off.
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Wednesday May 9th, 2012 @ 12:26 AM
I have always been interested in suspensions but the only crew i can really find in Australia is hack in Newcastle and it is hard to find out when their events are on . could you recommended any crews in the Sydney area?
Well, whenever someone asks about where they can find a local group my first response is to always tell them to go check out suspension.org. However, everyone knows that already and since suspension.org just lists groups but doesn’t actually vouch for the quality of any, i’m assuming that what you’re really asking is what group i would recommend. Well, there are some groups in the Sydney area, for instance First Blood is in Sydney, Waylay is in Brisbane and there are others but what i would do is shoot over to NZ to hang with the Skindependent crew. In that part of the globe Eden and his crew are definitely my go to people and i can vouch for their work.
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 11:04 PM
I am attending college, and as of now I have a research paper due and I need to interview someone who has experienced this. I have experminted with suspension, I just want to see if any one on here is willing to state there opinion on this?? if u can it would help alot thanks!
State their opinion on suspension? Thats a bit broad of a question. Do you want to discuss how it can utterly change your life, opening up doors to yourself that you never knew? How it can completely be an amazing release and allowing you to regain yourself? How it can test your own strength and show you your true merit? Do you want to discuss procedures and techniques? The current trends in the community? Sadly there is too broad a topic given, except i will say this… suspension is the greatest thing that i have ever experienced in my entire life.
As for finding people to interview, you are always welcome to email myself (cererop@gmail.com) but you can also find many other like minded individuals right here on IAM. Make some friends here and i assure you, youll have no lack of interview material.
+1 / 1 votes
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 10:52 AM
Filed under: Nipple
I got my nipple pierced in early July and it’s migrated quite a bit down since then, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of skin for it to hang onto it looks like to me. Should I be worried/get it checked out/consider taking it out?
I would strongly suggest to get a STRAIGHT barbell in there right away, if it is still savable - this will be the only thing that will help.
Rings often cause aggravation in nipple piercings, even once fully healed. It’s not uncommon for a ring to ‘pull’ a piercing down slowly over time, however its more commonly caused by a lower initial placement.
You could also see a reputable piercer and get them to re-pierce it back in the correct spot with a straight barbell. If it was my nipple, I would get it re-done however it would be much cheaper and less painful to try and save it.
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 10:37 AM
Filed under: Ear
So my left ear lobes is becoming quite thin. I heard about fat injections and wanted to know if it would be to my advantage to get fat injections into my earlobe.
As far as injections go, there are no really ’safe’ things you can inject into your lobes to make them thicker.
You can naturally thicken up your tissue, by taking out your jewellery for a week or two (letting them shrink up) and massing them every day with jojoba oil (or Emu Oil if you can get it) will promote more blood circulation to the area and in turn thicken them up. As you SLOWLY stretch back up to the size you were at, you will notice that your lobes will feel thicker and healthier - this is because you are promoting the natural growth of collagen in your lobes.
Oiling daily is a very important part of having stretched ears, it keeps them happy and healthy and lets them relax much quicker (letting you stretch quicker).
Try swapping to oiled woods, especially while you sleep (or sleep with them out). This will also help you to naturally thicken them up.
+1 / 1 votes
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 10:37 AM
Filed under: Ear
Hey guys! just hoping I could get a definite answer for something that’s been bugging me for a little while now, my ears are currently at 5/8ths and ever since about 8mm ive noticed my left one sticks out a little while the right one lies in line with the rest of my ear. Is this due to one being pierced in a different spot? and also is there any way to fix this? ive thought about maybe scalpelling to remove some excess skin from higher up my ear and stitching that up to pull my ear into place, any advice or answers would be greatly appreciated! scalpelling and surgery however would preferably be avoided!
It’s very normal for both your ears to sit differently once stretched because your ears are different at birth. I found that one of my ears stuck out a fair bit while I was stretching and scalpeling did make it sit flatter against my head - however don’t just scalpel your lobes up to fix that.
Scalpeling should really only be done as a last resource to correct an off placement or to stop a thin spot from getting worse, you could potentially limit your maximum size by unnecessarily scalpeling.
If you do decide that you want to cut em, make sure you shop around for a reputable piercing with a HEALED portfolio of lobe scalpeling.
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 10:30 AM
I’ve just pierced my smiley 5 days ago and ive notices indents on my gums where the balls of the ring lay. is this normal? is it a bad thing?
Totally normal! You could try and wear smaller balls to reduce the indentation or try a smooth segment ring (no balls) once you are healed.
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 10:30 AM
Filed under: Navel
I’ve had my navel pierced for about a year and a half, but in the last few months this red/brown are has appeared on the skin over the bar, although it isn’t covering the entire length of the skin covering it.
It isn’t sore at all, it isn’t pussing or bleeding and I can’t feel any difference in the thickness of skin in front of the bar, but I was wondering if anyone had had this trouble before and if it is rejecting?
If so, can I do anything to stop it or should I just take it out?
Thanks 
It sure does look like its not a happy camper. The redness may eventually turn from red to translucent and thin out, often refereed to as rejection.
It could be for a number of reasons, mostly irrational from either poor grade/shape jewellery or from constant knocks and bumps.
My suggestion would be to get a good quality (internal thread titanium) curved barbell in there, something light and no dangley thingies. Try to figure out if it has been recently aggravated or pissed off in any way - and don’t do it again.
I would say to try all of these before you decide to retire the piercing as it would be real shame.
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 5:19 AM
My body has shown an affinity for keloiding. I am having a large keloid removed from my ear as a result of a professional piercing there. My doctor recommends I don’t get any more piercings, and have surgery when it is a matter of life or death only. He seems quite insistent, which makes me very sad. I am hoping that someone in the BME community will give me some hope of continuing my many body modification plans. Is there anything can do to minimize the chance of keloiding? Any tattoo artists or piercers (in the northwest us, hopefully) that specialize in such a thing? Of course the chances can’t be completely 0, there will always be some risk, but isn’t that at least part of the fun of this subculture? Any and all advice is very much appreciated. Thanks for reading and replying.
As keloiding is a genetic inherited condition, there isn’t very much that you ‘can do’ to make it not happen.
Saying that, many people prone to keloids have had mods done with good success. You could also look at getting scarification done and embrace your super scar nature!
As far as mods go, its a legal grey area in most places (especially America) and most artists won’t publicly announce that they do it. My suggestion would be to go to a few local reputable piercing studios and ask them if they know anyone who has done heavy stuff done in the area and go from there.
As always, make sure that you chat to your body mod artist before getting anything done. Make sure you are 100% happy with their healed portfolio and ask them if they have had experience with keloiding clients before.
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Tuesday May 8th, 2012 @ 5:15 AM
Hello, I am wondering what the best inks are for tattooing, there seems to be quite a few brands available, moms, scream, dynamic, etc. Whats the best?
That would all depend on personal preference! Some artists rather to push in thicker inks, some prefer thinner ones which can go in smoother.
Some inks come in some pretty rad colours, which you can’t get pre-mixed from other companies.
It also depends if you want to use vegan approved inks like Classic, Dermaglo, Electric Ink, Eternal, Intenze, silverBack, Skin Candy, Stable or Waverly brands.
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