Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:42 PM
Hey,
About one month ago I discovered interesting reactions with acrylic jewellery on my septum and lobe. Most of my lobe stretching jewelry from 8ga to 0ga had been acrylic. I decided to put allmost-6ga-jewelry on my septum. After 3 days my whole nose was sore and piercing area was heavily swollen. No bleeding, just a lot of redness. So i downsized it back to 8ga steel ring and it felt immediatly better.
I kinda let the whole septum case be and stretched my lobe from 9/16″ to (again)allmost 5/8″ with uv-acrylic taper i bought.(<-this happened about 2 weeks after the septum-case)My plan was to keep the taper only few days on my ear to get a flared plug in more easily. Again, on the 2nd and 3rd day my ear was very itchy, dried (small pieces of dried tissue falling off) and bit red. So, i took of the taper and the inner lobe skin (=fistula?) looked like something would be scratching it. Not bleeding but allmost. Rash-like skin. Downsized it and helped the dried areas with bepanthen for few days and it was good again.
Weirdest thing with all this is that I had a 0ga uv-acrylic ring on my other ear during both cases with no reactions.
Is it possible to slowly get somekind of allergy on plastic jewellery? And on only some parts of my body? O_o
Is there some very allergy friendly plastic material to wear? I really like the look of plastic plugs and uv-jewellery and it’d be a great loss not be able to wear them.
[offsite link] thats quite a lot what my ear looked like (not my ear on the pic)
I still use my acrylic tapers I allready bought, to help plugs get in. If I wear them +12hours my ears starts intching, so I can only keep them for couple hours to keep the ear healthy :S
Thanks for possible help
-Tuomo
Cheap UV Acryllic jewelry is completely inappropriate material to wear for a period of time in a piercing. It’s also inappropriate to stretch with.
You could definitely be having an irritation as a result of not wearing implant grade materials in your ear, it could be that you stretched to fast and tore the fistula and you could most certainly be allergic to the O-Ring.
I’d downsize a couple sizes and put in some implant grade steel or titanium or glass eyelets in until the piercing heals back up.
+4 / 4 votes 
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:41 PM
I’m doing a in depth research project with my topic being body modification. I am EXTREMELY passionate about body modification and I am determined to make it my career. I want my research to reflect my passion but still be relevant to the body modification community and something that isn’t already answered, something I can really research. Do you guys at BME have any suggestions on things that need further research in our community or things you as an artist, body art lover or practitioner that you are particularly interested in and would like to see more attention payed to it? Thank you so much I would love to hear back from you!
Thought I’d leave this one to the comment forum. Anyone have any mysteries they’d like researched?
-2 / 4 votes 
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:37 PM
Filed under: Nose
About two weeks ago I went and got my septum pierced professionally. I was told to clean the piercing with plain old soap and water or he suggested using some bactine on a q-tip. I went ahead with the bactine method because he seemed to favor that over soap and water. Also, if it makes any sort of difference, the jewelery I have in is a horse shoe that he widened for me to flip up when I have to work. The first day my piercing was done things were fine and dandy. Up until the third day I felt basically no pain, by then my nose felt almost as if it had been punched pretty hard. Now it’s been two weeks and my nose is in the WORST pain. I’ve seen no type of puss or anything like that but my piercing has a feeling like it is chapped. All the way up to the middle of the bridge of my nose is sore as if I were punched. If I accidentally touch the bottom of my nose or it gets brushed by putting on or taking off a shirt I feel enough pain to want to take some tylenol. I’ve also noticed within the past few days, if I have to blow my nose or when I go to clean it, it is bleeding. Not a lot, but there is blood. I haven’t experienced any type of blood from it up until now. Should I be worried? I can’t lift my nostrils enough to see the actual piercing itself and doubt that even if it weren’t this sore I could do so.
Ugh. I feel your pain!
It was a couple weeks after I had my septum pierced that it felt like I’d taken a good bop to the nose.
To the touch, it’s pretty normal for it to be sensitive.
As far as your aftercare goes, you’re probably overdoing it and drying the heck out of it. (Hence the chapped feeling) Soap and bactine in the mucous membrane inside your nostrils is going to be very very irritating. I wouldn’t suggest either.
I tell my clients to rinse their fresh septum piercings in warm running water to loosen any crusties that may slide through the piercing. I also tell them to keep the flipping up and down of the the jewelry to a minimum.
+5 / 5 votes
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:34 PM
My question is in regards to my getting a piercing over, or else close by enough to cover, two diagonal beauty marks I have near my cheek/lip (picture attached).
First of all, I am not planning on getting this done ANYTIME soon: I’m too young to be making decisions like that right away. But, I am interested in maybe getting it done in the future.
I assume that they would have to be microdermals because of the location. I wanted to know if this would be completely out of the question, or if not, if there are any other options aside from microdermals.
Any advice or comments you may have are appreciated.
By the looks of it, you wouldn’t be able to have straight-through piercings like a monroe in those areas based on the oral anatomy alone.
I also don’t like surface anchors in place or oral piercings whatsoever. Too much movement, in my opinion and they end up leaving nice scars when they reject out.
Another issue is piercing through those beauty marks. As a rule, I don’t pierce through any abnomal tissue like moles. I’d double check with your doctor about the idea of piercing through them. If he/she doesn’t think it’s a great idea, there are other options for mole removal and laser treatment.
+5 / 7 votes 
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:32 PM
A real quick question (hopefully)…
I have a job in which I cannot have visible piercings. My 20 ear piercings are covered nicely by my hair, which triggered an idea. Would there be any problems placement-wise with a microdermal near the temple, possibly rather close to the hairline? I picture it being placed as if it were on the same curved line as the bottom of my eye. Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
I’ve put surface anchors around the the temple area many times. You shouldn’t have any problem with it.
Anatometal makes TINY wee 18g ones that can have 1.5mm ends on them that are very subtle for work environments that don’t appreciate piercings.
+2 / 2 votes
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:30 PM
hi!
alright, so i love my dimples but my family hates them.
so whenever i go to visit them they completely ignore me or just make really rude comments, it’s shitty that they can’t be more accepting but i’d rather adjust to them without removing my mods than ignore half my family.
i wear a 5/8s barbell in one cheek and a 11/16s barbell in the other, and i don’t think glass labret retainers are long enough..
any suggestions? or if you
know of anyone who will do custom glass pieces like that?
I’ve had great custom retainers in from Gorilla Glass.
That said, glass in your mouth around your teeth can be relatively dangerous and it’s not suggested you wear them for long periods of time, sports or even eating - for obvious reasons.
+3 / 3 votes
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:22 PM
Hi. I had 4 8G CBR’s in my scrotum done last month. Everything went fine and they are healing nicely. The problem is that there is a distinct bad odor coming from the piercings. It’s not “weeping” or anything. I first noticed it when it was still bleeding. Did I somehow get a scent gland pierced or something like that? I’d like to know if I’m stuck with this or if it will go away in awhile. Thanks!
Unfortunately my knowledge of human anatomy fails me when it comes to scrotal scent glands..
There could be a number a reasons your piercings have a foul odour:
The first would simply be personal hygiene. Balls hang out between sweaty thighs and in between a bumhole and a urethra all day. They often don’t smell very nice, but a nice shower with soap and water in all the surrounding areas usually does the trick.
Secondly, large gauge piercings create a larger surface area and, like stretched earlobes, can get what we so affectionately dub “cheesy”. That discharge and foul odour is literally a by-product of staph bacteria. It STINKS. You can rid yourself of it a few ways.
-Again with the personal hygiene. Have a shower, wash that! Rinse the piercing out with clean, warm water. When the piercings are healed enough that you can introduce a mild soap, that’ll be nice too.
-Wear implant grade jewelry. If you have a piece of tin “surgical steel” or mystery titanium CBR in there, your body is going to have all kinds of tissue stuck in the poor finish and it’s going to be fighting the foreign object. This will cause more smelly secretions and tissue decay.
Keeping the surrounding area and the actual piercing site fresh and clean should keep the problem under control.
+6 / 6 votes
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:20 PM
Hi I have had a keloid on my earlobe for the past 6 years. With time it has reduced to the size of the actual earlobe however, it is still raised. I have gone to doctors to see what they can do and they prescribed me some silicone sheets that did not do much. I have tried sea salt soaks ( I have have had an industrial piercing on the same ear for 3 years and still do sea salt soaks to keep it in check),massages with tea tree oil,and other “remedies” I have found on the internet. One of my questions is, how can I treat it? Another question is will it be possible to pierce and eventually stretch? I have been told it is pretty difficult to stretch scar tissue but, I was thinking since a keloid is just an excess of collagen, wouldn’t that just lead to thicker lobes? I honestly have been wanting to stretch my ears for over 4 years and the fact that I cannot do it makes me anxious -_-
Well your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
- Danny with the fro
Danny, that picture is not showing up very well. Unfortunately I can’t see a thing!
If you have an actual keloid on your earlobe, I would seek the opinion of a dermatologist for removal and treatment. I personally don’t pierce through keloid scars as they can grow pretty rapidly.
+1 / 1 votes
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:17 PM
I got a navel piercing approximately 3 or 4 months ago. I got a bump on the top hole of the piercing that was full or puss and blood so i sterilized a pin and i popped it because it was putting pressure on the ring and it hurt. I took the ring out so the puss filled bump to heal; so i want to know how long do i have for me to be able to put the ring back in?
Thanx
Popping abcesses around your piercings at home with a pin is going to put you at an enormous risk of serious infection.
I would suggest you don’t do that at all.
Nor would I suggest you put the jewelry back if you’ve removed it for the same reason.
Check with your doctor to make sure you’re not suffering from an infection that may need to be treated, leave your jewelry out for a couple months and have it repierced.
+2 / 2 votes
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Sunday October 18th, 2009 @ 2:14 PM
I want to get microdremals but I don’t know how much they cost and if they can be done on minors. I really need to find a place in Eastern NC. My main questions:
Are they really permenant? and which is better the needle or punch and taper method?
&& what would be a possible cost for 4 hip microdermals to give the appearance of surface piercings?
I don’t believe there is a real difference in a punch or needle technique for the piercing.
Surface anchors are not permanent, but it’s important to realize that they do not come out with ease. They’re not really something you could remove safely at home and they are prone to migrating and rejecting like any surface piercing.
As far as price and age go, that would completely depend on the piercer you seek out to do them.
Regardless of your age, it’s most important to find a piercer who is experienced in the procedure and removal and who is using implant grade materials.
+2 / 2 votes
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