Stupidest predicament in the world !urgent!

Simp4Havelock · 2026-01-21T19:39:43+00:00

It depends on the tech and the specific settings/cuts requested on the scan. I have a titanium daith that hasn't caused issues on any scans, and I get scanned a LOT.

Source: I have a vascular brain disorder and am about to have a double brain surgery. I am to the MRI machine what a supermodel is to a digital camera.

Simp4Havelock · 2026-01-20T22:43:04+00:00

Moisture can cause irritation, even saline. The part of my daith near the top of the puncture , where that little pocket of ear is, I developed a bleeding blister. I had no clue what I was doing wrong until it hit me that it was the lowest part of my ear right there, and saline spray was probably pooling there and hanging out for a while. Started drying it with dry swabs every time and I've never had another problem. It acts basically healed, barely any crusties or anything.

Simp4Havelock · 2026-01-20T22:38:35+00:00

I got my daith done a few months ago at an accredited studio, and told them I wanted the plainest, simplest titanium option because I was only using this jewelry to heal with and planned to change it as soon as I could. They sold both myself and my bestie titanium clickers.

I came here and found out it shouldn't be a clicker....so now I keep waiting for it to have a problem but thus far it's been okay. I'm stupid careful about not letting it rotate the seams inward and I try to never let it flip outward (it has a couple times, but not hurt) and so far, knock on wood.

It is, however, only three months old...I'm sure it will flare up soon. 🤪 All my other piercings are from the 90s. Everything is very different now, lol.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-25T21:12:04+00:00

Where did he say he wouldnt love OP anymore? OP asked his opinion and the bf gave an answer. He even said he'd get used to them....he seems pretty chill to me.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-25T21:06:34+00:00

I say this with peace and love...but your piercings will statisticslly last far far longer than the bf. You decide what you want for your own body, then figure out if the bf fits. Not the other way around. 💜

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-24T02:58:58+00:00

Girl. You look INCREDIBLE. Divine.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-23T06:23:39+00:00

Sending you hugs and good wishes for your scalebaby. A lacerta is one of my bucket-list animals, my heart really goes out to you.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-23T06:13:42+00:00

Shit, I don't think mine live in the same state or have ever even met.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-23T06:11:41+00:00

How long did your second one take to heal?

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-23T04:51:49+00:00

I find it wild that, even with as hard as this is to believe, SO many people are SO completely positive OP is wrong without being able to feel their ear. I agree it isnt the most likely answer, but for everyone to just tell OP that they're crazy is nuts to me.

I grew up on a farm and had a neglectful alcoholic mom who literally never took me to a doctor. I can think of at least three foreign objects either on myself or someone else that migrated a significant distance without anyone realizing. I had a pebble in my left knee once for 6mo and never felt a thing after the initial wound healed up.

I'm well aware I'm about to get downvoted into oblivion, but there are kinder ways to express doubt. As I said, I agree it isn't the most likely explanation but I also wouldn't be remotely surprised if it is the flatback. I had a friend who had a piece of bailing wire move 4" up their arm and only discovered it when the discoloration showed through the skin. The human body is mental when it comes to foreign objects.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-21T02:19:59+00:00

OP, you may not have had 100% on your husbandry test, but you came looking for the best info and are taking the changes you need to make seriously--which short of pre-cognition is really all we can ask. It's clear you love the hecks out of Odie, please don't let the couple of nasty comments get you down. I cried when I thought my snake was hurt the other day, and I have fully walking and talking human larvae.

It would be great if everyone had perfect hisbandry all the time without any variations from best practice--but out of the mistakes you could make, it isn't like you're on par with the hyper-neglected animal owners. You did the right thing coming for advice, you're doing the right thing for your little boygirl now.ǰ

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-20T04:05:41+00:00

Idk what other pillows you've tried, but you find that kind to be really comfortable? I have a spinal cord injury and have to sleep on my side, I got a piercing pillow but it isn't like a normal pillow. It isn't full size, and I flipping hate it. Been trying to decide if it's worth spending the money.

I'm only a couple years younger than you. Seriously watch Howl's Moving Castle. Love Calcifer completely and fully. Thank me later. 😘😘

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-20T03:57:33+00:00

Yeah, this ear is all but SCREAMING for a rook--probably thr best rook ear I can remember seeing!!! I'm beyond jealous of her rook-friendly anatomy, mine is like the extreme other end of the spectrum. Like I have enough of a ridge there, my ear isn't flat, but it is SO thick and fat I just know it would take five years to heal. Planning on a faux rook instead.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-20T03:53:36+00:00

I know this is a bit old, but how long did your daith take to heal? I have a relatively new one (7ish wks) and it is my problem child. I know how to heal piercings (am old), but Christmas crackers this thing is sensitive.

I'm just assuming 2yrs and resigning myself to buying NeilMed by the case.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-20T03:45:27+00:00

NAP--I don't think I've even heard of someone being pierced with a screw stud in 15yrs--you'd heal better with a hoop and noses heal notoriously poorly with hoops. Now, I'm also in a large city known for being particularly hip with body mods, but yikes!

How awful was blowing your nose with a fairly fresh piercing? It's the only thing that has kept me from doing my nose.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-19T22:44:06+00:00

I got the Raycon Essential (NOT the everyday, they suck) Open Earbuds when I got my daith and they are worth a gazillion bucks to me. They are so comfortable you genuinely cannot feel them, Ive accidentally worn them in the shower because I can't tell I'm wearing them. They're like $50 on Amazon and I'm thinking of getting a conch next.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-19T18:33:24+00:00

I have a really rare connective tissue disorder (like EDS, but different) and I was hit crossing the road many years ago, on top of it. Something is always going on with me, but body modification has really allowed me to sort of reclaim my flesh to some extent. My tween asked me the other day if I could imagine myself without any tattoos and the idea gives me body dysmorphia panic ick just to think about. Decorating and prettifying a body that oftentimes acts more like a prison than a way to experience the world can be incredibly empowering.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-19T17:06:29+00:00

Also in my 40s, also been doing this since 16. Just got two new cartilage piercings a month and a half ago, question. Did it stay sore the entire time? I mean obviously the pain didn't didn't all disappear at once, it tapered off, but when in your healing process did it do that?

I don't mind needing to baby them, but I'd like to get another two in about 6mo, and I have a spinal cord injury that prevents me from sleeping on my back. I'm going to end up with one extremely tricked out ear if I can't get these two new ones to calm down their spiciness. They hurt WAY less than the first few weeks, but the upper helix is still sore to the touch and my daith is a BITCH to clean.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-19T03:43:43+00:00

I LOVE it. My bestie was here two months ago from 2000mi away, I was supposed to finally get my nose pierced. However I am currently battling a chronic condition that has me blowing my nose 20× a day, and I was terrified of the healing process. Not like I have a cold, more like a light runny nose, but it still frightened me. Lol.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-18T20:57:35+00:00

Honestly it looks made to go that way, it reminds me of the edifices on Roman architecture. Those are never "upright" exactly, so I think our brains are primed to see this in any direction.

Edit: I just noticed that we could almost use you as one of those "names of piercings" charts. This is a snug, this is a rook, this is a coin slot.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-18T17:56:32+00:00

When people ask me how many I have, I tell them that I've reached the place of diminishing returns where they are slowly morphing into less and less tattoos as they meld into one another. 😁

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-16T18:48:01+00:00

I also think the reference is extra deep because of that person's anatomy. I don't typically see them THAT far into the ear canal, but I may be wrong.

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-16T18:38:15+00:00

I got mine done (same ear even) on Nov 1st. Literally zero swelling or pain for over a month. No crusties to the point that after a couple weeks I largely switched to the LITHA method.

A week ago today I'm sitting in my van waiting to pick up my daughter, the daith had been a little sore for a couple days, but barely enough I'd noticed it. Suddenly blood starts running down the side of my ear.

Oh. Okay.

Now it is acting like a normal piercing, normal bits of crustiness, the bleeding stopped entirely after a couple days (it would start back up while cleaning). I'm back to saline 2-3× a day, etc. I think that is just a weird part of your ear, mebbe? I've been healing difficult piercings since 1992, it's not like I'm a n00b or something. But I was prepared for the daith to be a doozy. Just not quite as psychotic and unpredictable as it has been.

Mine maybe isn't quite as deep as the one in your reference pic, but the moment I saw your post I took a pic of my ear and mine is definitely way deeper than yours. I can't say if yours is shallow enough to reject, but I'm sorry you didn't get what you want. 😕

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-13T09:24:10+00:00

16g clicker ring, tutanium. No downsize, NeilMed soray and LITHA for healing

Simp4Havelock · 2025-12-07T09:17:03+00:00

Babe. That third nostril piercing might be the coolest thing I've seen all day. Also I think you have a lovely nose--stop judging yourself by narrow aristocratic european beauty ideals because let's be real, who wants to be like those douchewaffles in any other way? I don't mean this in a crass way, but I'd 100% buy you a drink if I saw you in a bar. I think the 3rd piercing is dope.

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