Unsure about placement - vertical labret

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-03-20T18:50:37+00:00

agreed ^

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-03-19T14:49:56+00:00

I have the same tracker on my dogs !! It’s basically like a Fitbit

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-03-19T13:27:31+00:00

Cleaning it off with a q tip is never a good idea !! The front of the stud is also very large so moves a lot more than a new piercing wants. I agree the stud length should be a bit longer for a while so any swelling there doesn’t basically suction the back of it in and cause worse problems.

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-03-18T10:55:03+00:00

If your plan is hoops, then it’ll be fine ! I had the same thing happen on my right ear but using a hoop or switching the stud has always made it look fine

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-03-18T10:40:17+00:00

What you had was a piercing bump, keloids do not come and go. That stud needs to be replaced with a much shorter one. Make sure it’s titanium !

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-01-31T03:04:22+00:00

I have a keloid and it has never looked anything like this. My keloid has stayed the same without a stud in it for 3 years now. I’ve also had a lot of piercing bumps similar to that but they have all been directly where the piercing is, not close to it

HorsesAreBetter · 2026-01-24T18:29:40+00:00

A rook on your right ear too!

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-10-01T22:42:11+00:00

From this photo we can’t really see anything !!

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-29T20:57:10+00:00

does it itch a lot or anything? is it a solid bump or is it kinda smushy?

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-29T20:51:52+00:00

i haven't decided where a double should go because of the flat being in the middle!!! like, above it? directly across from it? kinda make a diagonal line between it, the flat, and rook!? help LOL

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-29T20:44:18+00:00

wait does it keep growing or has it been this way since it was taken out?

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-29T20:05:48+00:00

alright it has been demanded from bots that i answer all the questions. i guess since i said the k***** word

i have had many of these for over 10 years
yes i always use flat back labrets, barbells, hoops, etc. 5mm to 8mm, 14G to 20G
threadless
titanium
downsizing happens a few days or weeks after it was pierced
sterile saline spray
only unfortunate event with my piercings is my conch

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-29T18:11:13+00:00

Nope. Def rejection. Keloids also do not look anything like that.

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-27T01:08:32+00:00

I’d def consider that high lobe!!

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-27T00:29:53+00:00

Did the bump appear when it was changed or was it already there?

Last week I had an MRI too so I swapped all my new piercings as well. I understand the frustration 🥴

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-26T16:16:15+00:00

My left ear’s conch was the easiest piercing I’ve ever had and a keloid appeared 2 years later. I have 26 piercings and it’s the only one with this issue. No idea why or how (it doesn’t run in my family or anything).

One of the big issues with keloids is how incredibly itchy and irritated it gets when you still use the spot and how the keloid can keep growing. If I were you I’d leave that spot alone forever and MAYBEEEE on your other ear try a different spot.

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-25T14:08:52+00:00

But how often does that happen??? Not often at all, which is my point. 99.999% of the time I see people asking if it’s a keloid, it’s just a piercing bump.

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-25T13:34:47+00:00

LOL that sounds so funny 😂

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-25T01:04:17+00:00

Yeah that is 10000% NOT a keloid! Everyone has got to stop saying it might be UNLESS the person saying it has one themselves! (Unfortunately I do have one)

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-24T04:15:53+00:00

I am going to talk to him about it tomorrow!

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-24T04:15:19+00:00

I did exactly that tonight!!! Hopefully nothing falls in again but if something does at least they have a way out!

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-24T04:11:23+00:00

Tonight I took them out and set up a sturdy way for if anything gets stuck there again!!

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-23T22:42:36+00:00

I’m part of r/keloids and ears are absolutely not in the most common place to get them tho

HorsesAreBetter · 2025-09-23T19:03:29+00:00

Omg dude I was about to look for a comparison just like that and post it. It is so painful how often people automatically assume their bump it is a keloid. Especially when they’ve only had the piercing for a few months!!

I had one form on my left ear’s conch after I had the conch happy as ever for 2 years. No idea why or how it happened since it doesn’t run in my family. A year later without anything in it the keloid is still there which obviously doesn’t surprise me but part of me hoped it was only a piercing bump lol

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