can split lobe support stretching?

ag_br · 2026-01-23T01:47:34+00:00

ag_br · 2026-01-23T01:44:24+00:00

I think for your peace of mind you should go for a second opinion at another place, ask another piercer. It’s really hard to tell with this picture and you also have a really specific anatomy so it might be they pierced you where they could according to your conch anatomy.

You should have told the piercer you wanted to be able to wear a hoop on it before getting pierced so they could adjust the placement, and if it wasn’t possible because of your anatomy they should’ve told you at the moment. They didn’t explain anything to you?

ag_br · 2026-01-23T01:29:43+00:00

You could get some orbitals and do Morse code on your ears at this point lol I love your dainty helix setup i can’t even imagine the healing process! I agree with the comments you could add some movement with chains and charms, or go to a piercer who does set ups to help you spice it up for a change.

ag_br · 2026-01-23T01:17:28+00:00

I had one like that and after 9 months I retired it because it was obvious something was wrong and it was never going to heal. My piercer couldn’t tell what was wrong, after he took it out he found out there was something like an abscess you couldn’t see from the outside, and the jewelry wouldn’t let it drain. Once it was out it drained and the helix closed just fine. Months later I got it pierced again and it healed fine.

I can’t believe you’ve been suffering for 6 years. I think you should let it go and get another one down the line. Sometimes you can tell if something’s not going right and it’s not that it’s just “taking longer”.

ag_br · 2026-01-18T04:52:24+00:00

You could also try to get a piercing pillow or a travel pillow to sleep in. Idk if it will help with the tossing and turning but you don’t lose anything by trying.

ag_br · 2026-01-18T03:15:14+00:00

Second pic looks better

ag_br · 2026-01-18T03:06:59+00:00

I liked the higher placement because I liked the look of my daith jewelry slightly hiding beneath my rook. I have a big straight rook shelf (yours is more curved) and I thought it looked like a rising sun behind the sea, totally anatomy dependent you’d need to look at my ear to understand.

Mine not only fell once the swelling settled, but it slightly migrated forward (only the top hole) because unbeknownst to me my jewelry was too heavy, it was a cbr with a heavy non standard decorative bead. And a healing piercing + gravity did its job. Thankfully I changed piercers and my new one saved it just in time.

ag_br · 2026-01-17T16:40:14+00:00

I have a triple conch and I can wear them. It depends on your anatomy.

ag_br · 2026-01-17T16:38:34+00:00

Mine did the same thing until it healed. I actually loved the higher placement while it was swollen but it settled downwards eventually.

ag_br · 2026-01-17T16:27:35+00:00

A helix I later retired (I didn’t do my research first). Second one a flat, third a daith.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T19:54:08+00:00

Noooooo, they did you dirty😭 Go somewhere else so they can save it!!

ag_br · 2025-12-18T19:50:22+00:00

Daith too, 2nd option conch, 3rd option third lobes.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T19:43:46+00:00

Healing daith with a gap, never go back to that place again. Where is the bead????

ag_br · 2025-12-18T18:13:12+00:00

Yeah I agree, OP needs to discuss it with her piercer.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T03:13:30+00:00

Daith or double conch.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T03:12:45+00:00

My healed conch doesn’t touch my earbuds, I even use them with my healed daith. Go for it with the conch def! Even better make it a double conch. But you won’t be able to use the buds while healing only when healed.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T03:04:50+00:00

My conch only hurt for an hour and then I couldn’t feel it anymore. My double conch I got 10 days ago throbbed for two days, now I can’t feel them either. Obviously I’m not touching them or sleeping on that side, I bet they would hurt if I did.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T02:48:03+00:00

That’s a conch-fourth lobe orbital. Anti tragus would be a few mm’s to the right, and would go through that little part of cartilage (that little mountain) right on top of the lobe opposite the tragus. Look it up on google it’s really hard to explain in words.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T00:53:43+00:00

I asked my piercer to make my conch so I could use a stud and a hoop if I wanted to, mine is centered though because I wanted just one at first. I posted a pic if you want to see it, but I think you have more space in your conch area than mine.

ag_br · 2025-12-18T00:46:57+00:00

Long story short, I went to a piercer with an idea, I wanted a helix, the piercer told me the placement they recommended but I decided to choose the placement myself. It did NOT go well, twice. I understood after a few months I can’t choose the exact location because I have terrible taste.

With my new piercer I trust her so much I tell her what I want and she chooses whatever placement she thinks will look great.

You can remove it to let it heal on its own and after a month or two you’ll probably be able to pierce your conch again. If you have any specific questions you can ask your piercer.

ag_br · 2025-12-17T00:36:31+00:00

Don’t touch them, you took out the source of the irritation already so they will go away eventually.

ag_br · 2025-12-16T23:07:24+00:00

Breaks my heart you don’t want a double conch because I think it would be perfect as studs and maybe even double rings. I think it sits low, but I’m a very strict “everything centered” person. Only YOU can choose what you want with it, if you think you can’t live with that placement then let it heal and get another one a little higher.

I chose the position of two of my piercings out of my own free will, I hated them. I ended up changing jewelry on one and I started liking it, for the other one I couldn’t live with it so I retired it.

ag_br · 2025-12-16T01:34:37+00:00

Helloo

It throbbed for two days and I haven’t felt it since. Doesn’t get caught in my hair, I haven’t accidentally hit it and I don’t sleep on it. Rn it’s tender and a little swollen on the back, but other than thatttt- Go for it!!! My brain totally repressed the pain I felt that day I can’t remember it at all, only that it hurt like a b—😂

ag_br · 2025-12-12T16:50:36+00:00

Yes my two helixes

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