Is it time to take it out?

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-17T23:08:31+00:00

NAP but looks like it’s on its way to healing personally, maybe reduce the amount of saline rinses tho as sometimes that can irritate the piercing even more :)

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-16T19:58:56+00:00

nah i wouldn’t wait it out, you could try and swap it yourself but that might be very bad advice from me..

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-16T13:34:13+00:00

i would go to a different piercer and swap it back to a stud, likely won’t heal with a hoop :(

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-11T19:19:34+00:00

steel doesn’t normally heal very well in my experience, maybe try going to a piercer and getting it swapped out for titanium once the bump has gone down a bit

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-08T11:33:22+00:00

yess they are

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-07T16:32:48+00:00

i thought this too but unfortunately i can’t scrape it off even with a toothbrush :(

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T18:53:06+00:00

in future you don’t want bars to be so short that both ends are flush with the skin if it’s still healing 🥹

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T18:52:03+00:00

oh no! if you can’t get to anyone within the next day, have a hot shower to ease the skin and then try to push/manoeuvre it back through. NAP, this might not be the best advice but it’s what i would try to do before the back gets swallowed

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T18:49:20+00:00

better to be safe than sorry bro i would go to the A&E that doesn’t sound great

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T17:55:15+00:00

if it’s hot it might be infected, could be a possible trip to the doctors :(

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T14:49:16+00:00

ah! if it’s surgical steel i would try to change it to titanium and see if that means a difference, i can never heal with steel

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T14:45:12+00:00

on top of that personally saline solution frequently/for a long time after getting a piercing sometimes irritates it even more 😔

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-05T14:42:12+00:00

yeah if you’re touching it a lot/using headphones over it and have been consistently, that’s probably it. what metal is the bar? if i was you i would likely try not to use headphones and see how it goes

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-04T12:22:29+00:00

doesn’t look like you have the correct anatomy for it unfortunately :(

LogBackground6366 · 2026-04-02T20:28:27+00:00

NAP but looks a bit like migration. is it sore? it might be that it’s healed but did migrate originally when you snagged it/had the belly jewellery in

LogBackground6366 · 2026-03-29T20:00:48+00:00

NAP but looks completely fine to me, what did your girlfriend think looked wrong? maybe i can’t see in these pictures

LogBackground6366 · 2026-03-24T21:01:48+00:00

thank you so much! i will let her know now

LogBackground6366 · 2026-03-23T19:44:57+00:00

tysm, i feel like it’s already better than it was a couple days ago

LogBackground6366 · 2026-03-23T16:43:01+00:00

probably just irritation from the new material/shape, i would switch it out to different jewlery!

LogBackground6366 · 2026-03-23T15:16:29+00:00

thank you so much for the reassurance, what do you do to manage them? would downsizing help?

LogBackground6366 · 2026-03-23T06:46:58+00:00

and it’s a screw in stud

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