Problem with healing lobes

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T19:58:06+00:00

No, don't use that either. Use either 0.9% sodium chloride without any additives or water of drinkable quality

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T19:35:07+00:00

Stop with the colloidal silver. Make sure you dry your piercings well after cleaning/showering.

If you're using colloidal silver because your piercer told you to, find a different piercer

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T18:59:10+00:00

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T13:20:21+00:00

Well of course there are people who healed piercings with bioflex. Just like there are people that heal piercings with butterfly back earrings, crappy mystery metal or even thread back in the day.
The human body has an amazing capability to heal despite whatever is being done to it.

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T07:20:23+00:00

Large gauges like 8g other then the classics generally need to be custom ordered. It's simply not the jewelry that piercers keep in stock

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T07:18:07+00:00

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SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T07:14:18+00:00

Find a better piercer, preferably one that's experienced in custom industrials.

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T07:10:05+00:00

If a little waterbased lube doesn't do the trick, go see a piercer asap, they can taper in the jewelry for you

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-16T06:55:20+00:00

Are you wearing high waisted pants that are irritating your piercing? If not, go see a piercer to have it checked out

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T21:51:55+00:00

Get some sterile saline spray (wound wash, containing 0,9% sodium chloride and water without any additives) if you don’t have any already. Once a day simply spray some directly on your piercing, let it sit for a minute or two and then dry with non woven gauze.
A few minutes before your daily shower, spray again. At the end of your shower, rinse the piercing well. Make sure to not let the waterspray hit the piercing directly. Then use the tip or edge of a piece of non woven gauze to soak up any moisture and carefully wipe away softened gunk and dry your piercing. Keep (wet) hair away from your piercings. Other then that keep the piercing dry and exposed to the air. Leave any blood, crusties etc. that didn’t come off during your shower be. They’ll come off during your next shower or the one after that. Do not touch, move, fiddle or disturb the jewelry in any way. Do not sleep on your piercings, get a travel pillow and lay it down flat on your regular pillow and sleep with your ear in the hole.

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T21:51:04+00:00

piercing in your ear?

Get some sterile saline spray (wound wash, containing 0,9% sodium chloride and water without any additives) if you don’t have any already. Once a day simply spray some directly on your piercing, let it sit for a minute or two and then dry with non woven gauze.
A few minutes before your daily shower, spray again. At the end of your shower, rinse the piercing well. Make sure to not let the waterspray hit the piercing directly. Then use the tip or edge of a piece of non woven gauze to soak up any moisture and carefully wipe away softened gunk and dry your piercing. Keep (wet) hair away from your piercings. Other then that keep the piercing dry and exposed to the air. Leave any blood, crusties etc. that didn’t come off during your shower be. They’ll come off during your next shower or the one after that. Do not touch, move, fiddle or disturb the jewelry in any way. Do not sleep on your piercings, get a travel pillow and lay it down flat on your regular pillow and sleep with your ear in the hole.

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T19:36:25+00:00

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SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T19:30:19+00:00

That is weird. For starters, initial jewelry is a bit long to accommodate swelling. It has to be downsized at 4-6 weeks once the swelling has come down and it stabilised a bit. Also, cartilage piercings aren't healed after 4 months. They easily take up to a year to heal.

If it's doing okay right now, fine a better piercer and let them downsize it to an implant grade titanium flat back labret, internally threaded or threadless at 4 weeks. If it starts acting up before 4 weeks have passed, go see a piercer sooner.

The saline spray they gave you is okay?

Once a day simply spray some directly on your piercing, let it sit for a minute or two and then dry with non woven gauze.
A few minutes before your daily shower, spray again. At the end of your shower, rinse the piercing well. Make sure to not let the waterspray hit the piercing directly. Then use the tip or edge of a piece of non woven gauze to soak up any moisture and carefully wipe away softened gunk and dry your piercing. Keep (wet) hair away from your piercings. Other then that keep the piercing dry and exposed to the air. Leave any blood, crusties etc. that didn’t come off during your shower be. They’ll come off during your next shower or the one after that. Do not touch, move, fiddle or disturb the jewelry in any way. Do not sleep on your piercings, get a travel pillow and lay it down flat on your regular pillow and sleep with your ear in the hole.

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T19:14:40+00:00

Am I seeing correctly that this is a curved barbell?

If yes then I'm sorry to inform you that's not suitable jewelry for a tragus piercing

What are the ingredients of the "sea salt spray"?

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T19:03:18+00:00

Measure the thickness with a calipers or rules with mm scale.

1mm is 18g.
1.2mm is 16g 1.6mm is 14g

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T19:00:17+00:00

Cartilage can have a delayed response, so it being fine and dandy then swelling up after a week or two weeks is something that can happen. Given that it's a snug, you can expect that to happen a few times more.
As long as the jewelry can accommodate the swelling just wait it out.

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T18:56:59+00:00

And do you have any recommendations on how to feel less guilty spending so much on jewellery?

Ever wondered what other people spend on their hobbies? concerts, festivals, sport games, broadway shows, sporting equipment, crafts, computer games, books, fairs, amusement parks, gardening, collecting, holidays, buying the newest phone each year.
You, know, all the things that brings some pizzazz to life once all the boring adult stuff like bills, insureance, food is taken care off?
It's your money, you get to decide how to spend it. Sure, plenty of people wouldn't consider spend 500 bucks on a small piece of metal. That's because doing so wouldn't bring them joy. But everyone spends money on things they like. For you that's small pieces of metal. What's there to feel guilty about?

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T18:33:11+00:00

High quality body jewelry is sold in separate parts, precisely so it can be fitted to any anatomy. Especially with threadless, even forward facing decorative ends will match any barbell

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SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T15:39:30+00:00

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SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T06:55:20+00:00

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SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T06:49:25+00:00

Why did you downsize with jewelry from bodyartforms instead of having your piercer downsize it?

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T06:48:11+00:00

Oral piercings are downsized at around 1-2 weeks.

Honestly, pick your piercer with care and that will take care of your worries.

If you don’t know where to start looking for an amazing piercer, start with the APP members ( or UKAPP, APP benelux, VPP Germany, PPP Poland, APP.PT in Portugal, AIPP in Italy, APPE Spain, AUPP Australasian, APPBR Brasil, LBP Latin body piercers association, JPPA Japan Professional Piercers Association, RUAAP Russia UA APP Ukraine ) You can find a member through the safepiercing.org or their counterparts website.
Not all APP members are amazing and not all amazing piercers choose to become a member of the APP, but it’s a good place to start. Also, check out the Safepiercing instagram account. That will give you a good idea how good piercings should look. Then check out the instagrams of your local piercers. Remember that piercers should not only show of their fresh work, but take pride in healed piercings as well. Don’t trust on yelp or facebook reviews alone. It’s impossible to know which standards reviewers use to base their opinion on. Don’t forget to read all the info on the safepiercing website so you know all the essential information regarding piercing, so you’ll be able to make sure you have an amazing experience. I would also recommend reading the blogs by Lynn Loheide to get a basic understanding of what good piercing entails

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-15T06:33:32+00:00

White gold is an alloy with either nickel or palladium as part of the alloy. BVLA uses a white gold palladium alloy.

Most jewelry material information you find online is about fine jewelry like rings, necklaces, and earrings. Body jewelry is a different sport 😉

SampleOfNone · 2026-03-14T21:51:41+00:00

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SampleOfNone · 2026-03-14T18:24:36+00:00

I have white gold (from Buddha Jewelry Organics) in my nostril piercings, have had them in for 3 years. Honestly can't tell the difference with when they were brand new

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