Same. I have my lobes pierced, 2 in my left ear and 2 in my right ear. The 2nd one in my right ear just acting up when I change the earring. My piercer did it with a black bar to match it with my other ones. I followed the instructions, changed it to one of my hoops that never caused a problem to the other holes. I'm cleaning again and I just hope it heals.
My nose piercing did NOT heal the first round, and i was intensive about aftercare. It kept getting swollen and infected. I let it close. Waited a year. And got it re-pierced. It healed in 2 months. I had no scarring, keloids, infection, pain. It was a miserable piercing, and i had it pierced almost 2 years. It healed perfectly the second time. So, sometimes…you need a re-pierce.
Yep. my first tongue bar was a little crooked and never healed properly. I had a sore swollen tongue for about a year. Had to take it out for dental work, and got it redone a couple years later. Healed in about 2 months and was perfect for several years after until I had to take it out again for more dental. Only down side was after the three days it was out it closed up again 🤦 I had no idea it'd close that fast after so long being perfectly healed. Gutted.
Another note for those with longer hair: If you have a fresh piercing, make sure you blow dry your hair (or pull it back in a ponytail, bun, or clip) after you shower! I used to dry my piercings off after I showered, but the smallest amount of water from my hair would get back in the piercings again since I left my hair down. Because of this I had bumps on my rook and tragus for 6 months until I figured it out. People always bring up, "Keep them clean!" But I'd argue the full saying should be, "Keep them clean, and dry!"
I closed my nipple piercing because of this. I tried absolutely everything. Used so many different ‘remedies’ I finally took it out after 4-5 years. Healed up in like a month. I was so mad lmaooo
Same! I babied them for 4 years, even took out one and had it repierced thinking the angle was off. Same thing. It was such a relief and was so liberating once I retired them... they were such a hassle. Had good and bad days.
Hey someone please help me out!!!! So here what I'm going through I got my lip piercing from gun and it got infected so removed the jewellery but after that i got bump and my hole got closed so what to do now sometimes puss might come out and it won't be getting any better please someone help me out am I going to die ??
Same, like the first time was at Claire’s so that one had a reason to not heal, but this one I got at a piercing place that’s really good, and it absolutely doesn’t wanna heal and hates every type of jewelry and everything I do, and idk what to do at this point. It’s been like 5.5 months, I’ve cleaned it, but the cleaning stuff actually makes it worse and swollen. 😑
these comments made me feel so much better. i thought something was wrong with me cause no amount of saline spray or salt soaks helps my piercings even when i re pierce them :/
Another thing to add is that your body might just take longer to heal things. I’ve got 2 sets of lobe piercings, and each took me about 6 months to fully heal. I got my first cartilage piercing (just a helix) over 9 months ago and it still decides to flare up randomly. My guess is that it will probably take well over a year to heal completely, but it will be worth it when it does.
My industrial was super problematic for a year after I got it done. Finally took the barbell out and put studs in both the piercings to let them heal individually for a few weeks, and they both healed up just fine! So glad I didn’t have to get rid of it, I know industrials are notoriously difficult to heal.
This is me rn!!! I've had my industrial for 1½ years and the top hole just doesn't want to heal while the bottom hole is like fully healed. I keep getting a piercing bump at the top too🥲
Got both my lobes pierced. One healed and the other one is angry. It's been months. I've switched to sleeping on a different side although I always rest my head on my arm. It's very crusty compared to the other one.
Same for me! I got my third hole done in my ear lobe last month and they are still very tender and sore and my first 2 have never given me problems. I feel like the jewelry was not cleaned well before the piercer put them in and I went to an actual piercer.
Had to take my seconds after 2 years. One angrier than other but both flared up. Thought it healed but swollen and painful bloody piercings said no. Had real gold, cleaning etc. nothing worked. Did have a gun piercing though….
I just stumbled upon this video, and I'm definitely gonna keep those tips in mind. Almost one year ago I got both of my earlobes pierced for the first time, and one ear has been an absolute angel about it, but the other one just decides to be an ass every once in a while. So frustrating, but nice to know it isn't totally uncommon! 😂
Same I have 6 piercings 2 cartilage and 4 lobe ones all but one have healed and I just don’t get why I will clean it religiously and it’ll be fine so I think it’s healed and than as soon as I stop cleaning is as often it goes back to acting up its driving me crazy
My rook absolutely refused to heal after over a year. it constantly hurt, some cleaning methods and treatments helped, but ultimately it was never happy from the moment it was pierced. I honestly think the way it was pierced is what did me in, because it felt the worst of all of my other cartilage piercings. I got my rook done by the same piercer who has done all of my piercings, all of which have never had an issue. the jewelry was titanium like all of my other jewelry, i didnt use hairspray or other hair products, my ear just hated my rook. Eventually i got tired of the pain, so i opted to take out the piercing and the area has been totally fine ever since. I don't think i will choose to get my rook pierced again after all i went through with the first one
I got my diath pierced august 2019. And im having the same issue. Its gona b 2 years this august and ive never been pain free or bump free im sick if cleaning it too. 3 weeks ago i got my jewellery changed from titanium to gold and its much worse. And im planning to take it out after a couple of weeks
I’ve had mine for 1 year and 5 months and STILL NOT HEALED. Same with my tragus 😭😭😭 and my tragus earring fell out, and I’m forced to change it on my own bc all shops are closed due to covid 😭😭😭 wish me luck. I don’t want all of that work to go to waste, and have it close before I’m ready to give it up
My double forward helix sucked to heal! Took 2 years before it didn’t flare up! Another thing that can cause issues is having too long of jewelry where it’s moving around too much. Finally figured that out with my anti tragus! It’s been almost a year for that one and I have been fighting not taking it out. Been good now for about a month after putting in shorter jewelry 👍
thank you for mentioning movement of jewelry in double helix !! - i think (hope) you are right. it’s been 14mos since they were done & they still get angry & hurt -- i had put small hoops in them at 6mo & were healing perfectly until an ER visit/CAT scan had me removing them & they’ve been temperamental ever since:/ 🤞🏻that putting back in the shorter studs (the 6wk ones after original piercing length) does the trick ! thanks again:)
People don’t say what you should or shouldn’t do with a new piercing. They always say don’t touch it and aftercare bs but I did all that but then I realized I constantly wear headphones. Remember to let you ears roam free from headphones after awhile because bacteria on the headphones can affect the healing process. Use earbuds for a couple week then you can go back to your headphones for a little
Been struggling with my nostril for two years and today I took it out for good. I just accepted the hard truth of it. My boody just doesn't like it, no matter how well I cleaned it every time it flared up, or the different piercings and materials I tried. So sad about it...
Same issue here! Double helix which was done 4 years ago still isn't fully healed - They always have a little crust and sometimes there's also some blood, but I can't bring myself to take them out because I've persevered with trying to get them to heal for so long 😭😭😭
I got my helix piercing two and a half years ago and it's never healed. I wanted to keep it too, like I came too far to give up lol. But I finally did give up 2 weeks ago and the idea of finally getting my ear back and not having to center everything around it feels great 😂 only problem is now it's starting to feel warm and look a little red and I'm beginning to get worried about it again
Omg!!! Thank you for this. I’ve had my nipples pierced for over a year and a half now but my right one just HAS NOT HEALED!!! I don’t want to get rid of it so imma try the other steps properly first.
The only piercing I gave up on was my first industrial. The piercer who did it mis-angled the holes, so it was never going to heal. I only found this out when I went to another piercer (who has done all my subsequent piercings) to get better quality jewellery for it. I had some issues with my conch and second industrial, but I think that was more because I got them done in opposite ears 3 weeks apart. My piercer knows me well enough to know that I take good care of my piercings, which was the only reason he agreed to it in the first place. Even with me being very careful, I still ended up with a bump on my conch and on both sides of the top piercing on my industrial. The bumps eventually went away with lots of babying. I’ve got to say that the experience made me realise that it’s better to wait a while between piercings than to rush getting everything done in a short space of time.
@@imjustyourfriend me too, I got it professionally done and have done everything to look after it, I’ll keep it until it’s been a full year and if it doesn’t heal I’ll take it out lol
My conch was the one I gave up on one year in... It probably would've been fine, but everything started going south when I was on a roller coaster that was REALLY ROUGH and my head ping-ponged around and my conch smacked into the headrest a bunch. It was bloody and mad for the rest of the day, got a bump on the back, and a bit sore most of the time since. A few months later, I tried changing the jewelry and that worked for a while until it popped off one night while cleaning it (at like 10 PM of course) and I could not get the little gem screwed back into the post. I found a longer bar (1/2") and used it and said that I would find a piercer who could fix it after corona died off... but then it was months later, and my conch hated the long bar. It got a bump on the back and the inside of my ear, and over all just the biggest pain in the ass to deal with. It was getting caught and irritated on everything too, so I took out the bar and just said "fuck it, if I want something there so bad, I'll just get cuffs and move on with my life"
my daith is one of those piercings i got and sometimes it's like, "hi, i'm here, and i'm gonna hurt for no reason". i've had it for a few months now so it's still healing, but %99.9 of the time, it's fine!
I have a rook piercing that is almost 2 years old and it just doesnt heal, i've changed it multiple times to different jewelry and its always the same, im considering taking it out but i dont really want to so i think ill keep trying for a little more to see if it heals.
Im having the same issue with the diath. It wil b 2 years this august. My diath was the most painful piercing ever and if i do eventually take it out i wont ever re pierce it so just giving it a bit more time
fun fact I'm actually allergic to gold!! the reaction acts like a chemical burn and my whole ear got swollen to the point where I had to put longer post in all of my piercings. very uncomfortable and didn't have the jewelry in longer than 3 days and it took my body 4 months to finally get over it
Funnily enough, gold is the kindest material to my body. I suspect that part of the reason my ear lobes healed so fast was because I switched to it after 3 months (the studs they gave me at the shop were steel). Haven't had any issues since, and I can touch them as much as I want. I had two additional ear lobes and a helix done almost a year ago, and those still haven't healed (ESPECIALLY the helix). I was holding on switching to new piercings, but now realizing how quickly my first holes healed with gold, I think I'm going to try doing the same with my latest ones.
I just took out my three bottom lip piercings. I had them for about a year, but they were in a constant state of redness, discomfort, and bumps. I guess it was a bad idea in the first place since I've had problems with my bottom lip before. Oh well 🥲 Thank you Ms. Gretchen for the informative video :)
Ive had my bellybutton piercing like almost 2 years. Changed to titanium and that was slightly better. I treated it so well and still had major problems. The top hole healed but the bottom still bleeds. I changed to a titanium eyebrow bar and that really helped. The normal belly bar is too bulky. But it still likes to randomly flare up and sometimes pus. The bottom hole is still raw sometimes and then will bleed and scab. Hasnt rejected just stays mad
@@bryannapena6452 so as of a month ago its decided to just heal? Its 2 years and 3 months old now. Which makes me scared because i had my daith incorrectly pierced and when it decided to "heal" it just slowed rejected out. But as of now its great
@@savannahredmond6004 It's been 10 months for me & same w the top being perfect and bottom still being flaky & getting crusted. It's like it gets stuck lol. I'm gonna wait for another year and a half at least, because it isn't painful and I have faith :,)
@@kynnxg9929 mine healed at 2 years and has been great since. It's 3.5 years now and doesnt have any problems. Just dont touch it or pay any attention. I was cleaning too much i think
@@savannahredmond6004 you have given me so much hope. i’ve had mine for 2.5 years now and it’s still like this. the top is perfect and the bottom still will scab and bleed randomly. i’ve tried cleaning it all the time, i’ve tried leaving it alone, i’ve tried changing jewelry, and nothing seems to work. i’m hoping with time it just heals 😢
I had a nostril piercing that just WOULD NOT heal!!! Never had this issue with the many others I have had. After 1,5 year I took it out and as soon as corona lets me, I'm trying again (my piercer doesnt pierce "under the facemask" currently.
@@paerisane146 i currently took my nose piercing out bc the bump next to it won’t heal. did you do anything to help the healing process after you took it out so it didn’t get infected? please help 😭
@@ilyguac I've JUST repierced my nose again. i missed it so much! don't worry, the bump should be gone in a week or so. the mark won't be noticible. just make sure to clean it thoroughly until it's healed and you'll be fine. good luck! ❤️
I had my 2nd and 3rd lobe piercings done at the same time 7 months ago. Still won't heal. Months 3 and 4 they were fine! but then started acting up again and have been such a pain since. I followed all the maintenance/ cleaning instructions but they still get this way. I think part of the problem is the n95 mask I wear at work so much. it pulls and gets caught on them.
I have figured out the healing process varies from person to person. Some people tend to get bumps easier and some got bodies that heal the piercing fast and easy. I'm lucky coz despite having many piercings including tragus, industrial, rook, lobes, conch, helix, flat, nose, tongue, belly etc. I only clean them twice a day using saline water. No specific or extra caring things I did to heal them and all of them healed beautifully fast and easy. However, my bestie got many piercings too but she constantly gets bumps and they all took forever just to semi healed.
It's been a 1 year and 6 months for my nose piercing and I'm honestly thinking about taking it out. I've had so many issues with it and still won't heal. I don't understand why I have issues with it because the first nose piercing I got was perfectly fine and healed.
Omg same it's been 2 years for me I switched from a stud to a hoop even worst now I have a bump that refuses to go away when usually I can get rid of them 😫
@@trishm7451 I'm not sure what's in mine, whatever the piercer used. I've had other piercings from the same guy with no problems. Not sure my 2nd nose piercing gives me problems.
@@Natasha_Mae so what’s the update now with the piercing? Any better worse? Try going to your piercer to find out the metal and I eat in some 14k jewelry..do you wear makeup? Maybe that could be the reason for some irritation as well
My nose piercing ( i have it almost 2 years now) is still not healed. It keeps a little red bump all the time, every time i see its healing it goes right back after a couple day
Oh man, I had no idea it could be so difficult! I just got my first piercings in my lobes and I was told 1-3 months. It’s been 3 months now and they’re not particularly sore, just always crusted. I’ve been taking care of them properly for the most part. But I didn’t know about things like my hair products. I’ll be more careful and hopefully it’ll help! 😩
I got a helix piercing two years ago and it just refuses to heal. It looks gross. I've done so much, even went back to the pierce twice and they said as long as I clean, etc it should go down but nothing. I'm so over it 🥺. The piercing was professional and all that but I'm sooo over it
Just found your video! It was so helpful. I’ve been having trouble with my rook piercing. I had it pierced almost 3 years ago. I thought it had healed after a year so I changed the jewelry. That’s when the problems started. It would hurt and bleed all the time. After a week I went in and changed it again to different one that was titanium. I have had it for a year and a half and there were days where it was fine, then all the sudden it would hurt and bleed. Finally went back they said it looked good not an infection. To avoid sleeping on it and keep cleaning it. Today I changed it to the original jewelry going to give it a month or two and if I still have the same problems, I’m just taking it out. I don’t want to do it but its better than being in pain for another year.
the main key is to no push the pircing thru, if u take it out to clean in, make sure u do it really slow and wiggle it thrue, if u dont your pircing end" the scru" part will iritate the wound/scar, like me I use pyrispet/antiseptic salve, too get the pircing thrue without irritating the open scar/wound, u will soon see that it will grow/heal much faster, alot of ppl just clean and then push the pircing thrue, and then its like restart, some get big bumps, some get all this kind of "non infected" things, and dont know why, this is bcuyz u push the pircing thrue too fast/rough/ slow and steady :) hope u find thius helpful, sorry for dysleksia and bag english
I had bumps on all my piercings at one point or another, it sucks. Sea salt soaks with water as hot as u can stand helps. Also, keeping the area dry after. Swapping jewelry material or the kind of jewelry helps. After I changed my forward helix to a hoop my bump is almost gone and my daith bump is gone.
Got my earlobe pierced twice, just wouldn't heal both times. Waited 10 YEARS before trying again. Didn't heal again. Pierced it again on my earlobe in a slightly different spot. 4 months in and it's irritated. I don't think I'm asking for much... Just earlobe piercings :'(
So I’ve had my nips pierced now for two years, one seems to be healing very well, the other one keeps getting “angry” and flared up. Red, tender, even formed two bumps on it (and mind you these are two year old piercings) but I started to give it attention twice a day (am/pm) and just cleaning it with a piercing spray and lightly with either a quick compression or if I’m in a rush I’ll just clean around it with a q-tip and spray. It’s only been two days of doing so and the bumps are gone (still tender) and I feel as long as I do something even if it’s a small rinse twice a day it’ll do the job. It just takes commitment and I cannot skip a day I found. Patience, patience.
None of my piercings will rlly fully heal. I have double lobes, a nostril, and a belly button piercing, I’m looking to get a septum or snake bites. I get them all professionally done and pay a lot for good jewelry, my body just doesn’t like piercings lol
All my piercings healed perfectly, can wear any earring I want but the 2nd hole in my right ear just doesn't want to heal. For a second time! I did it on January, followed the instructions, had a small problem and was in contact with my piercer and she gave me an extra step to the aftercare process. But due to some issues I couldn't keep up with that and now I started it again. I just hope it heals for good because it acts up few days after I change the earring to something else. Please heal! Please!!!
I just took out my 3 year old helix piercing. Never wanted to heal and would flare up too often. Getting caught on my mask a lot was the last straw. Bye helix!
Meanwhile I have a piercing I've had for over 14 years that healed just fine but it's been throwing a hissy fit for the past month because I *checks notes* put new jewelry in after not wearing any for a few years.
I'm on year 2 with my belly button piercing.... it won't stop having a ring of raw skin, like a prolapse, around the base. I am going to try one last time with a smooth ball jewlery that won't trap scabs. but ugh 😪
My bridge was perfect for the first six months, then I did my follow up downsize and it’s never been the same since. Went from almost healed to a daily nightmare. Since then I’ve swapped back to the initial jewelry and doing my best to revisit those first happy months. It’s been over a year and things are okay enough to not remove it. Better than they used to be but never the same. I think the smaller jewelry doesn’t give me enough space for my face to flex (I live with furled, focused eyebrows). Honestly I’m just big embarrassed to go ask for help 😭
Uodate! I trusted my gut and installed a smaller bar, longer than the initial downsize. It’s WAY better! A dream come true. There’s room to clean, for all my facial expressions, and no more issues. It’s gonna take time now to heal properly- this change saved my piercing.
@@ashdurio9899I’ve had my bridge for a year now and it was also fine the first 7 months then it started having bumps and redness it just looks not the best :( I use antibacterial spray for it but I don’t think it’s doing the job:( I’m also to embarrassed to go to a piercer about it
I have one done with a piercing gun that never healed, it's been like 15 years 😭 it still randomly gets angry even tho it's been 10 years since I put in any jewellery
helix and daith for me. had both for going on 2 years and they still feel sore and sting when i clean them as though the wounds are still fresh. they both have bumps on them but the helix one is HUGE. at least the daith bumps are tiny and are getting smaller with tea tree oil treatments. i might have to get the helix bump surgically removed because it isn't getting smaller no matter what i do.
ugh this happened with my nose piercing, i unfortunately pulled it out once and that was game over. I had it for at least 7 months and it didnt heal a day after that. However now that its out, im getting it done again on the other side again😁
I had my 2nd lobe piercing last November 2020 but I don’t know it just doesn’t want to heal and still bleeds from time to time. What should I do with it?
My daith seemed like it didn't want to heal with the cbr I had in it, as it kept moving around, but after I changed it to a clicker, (after 6 months) the jewellery doesn't move around and its healing nicely,
My first and second piercing healed amazing but my 3rd one I have had for a year and a half just won’t heal and it kinda hurts to change, but it is not infected. The only thing I can think of is that I sleep on it. In the past My sister had an infection in her piercing and she soaked it in hydrogen peroxide and it healed it in a week and is fine.
Unfortunately I have been having this problem. For my first lob piercing they took around a year and a half before they fully healed due to my ears being very sensitive and getting infected. I have recently gotten my second lobe done and one of the sides had a weird scare or something to push through while piercing it. It has gotten infected for the second time now and I don't know what I am doing wrong! I am going to try these methods to see if I can get it to heal.
I’ve had my bottom lip and tongue pierced twice and they healed fine…I recently got my nostril and Medusa and so far they are healing nicely and quickly my nose is still a little tender when I mess with it or bump it I’m so ready to change it to a hoop or maybe a bigger stud and change my Medusa to a shorter bar
Hey someone please help me out!!!! So here what I'm going through I got my lip piercing from gun and it got infected so removed the jewellery but after that i got bump and my hole got closed so what to do now sometimes puss might come out and it won't be getting any better please someone help me out am I going to die ??
I've had a conch piercing for 3 years and it still flares up sometimes. Also a tragus for 2 1/2 years that is not fully healed yet. I REALLY want a nostril piercing but I'm not sure I want to deal with a years-long healing process... I don't know what to do!
my conch had a bump that fluctuated in size from the night after i got it to almost 2 years after i got the piercing. I refused to give up on it because I had suffered for it so much and I eventually got frustrated and just changed it to a hoop and the bump finally went away and it hasnt been back since. I fully think it was a reaction to the jewelry :(
Can you explain what the difference is between an infection and a flare-up? Like how do you know which one it is? Redness, hotness, pus are present in both, aren’t they?
A flare up is an irritation that typically only has symptoms of being red and possibly sensitive to touch; irritations don't typically need much treatment and will go away (or at least diminish) after a few days. An infection includes redness, sensitivity, swelling, pus/discharge, etc. and needs a treatment (like a salt soak) in order to get better.
I got my conch like 4 months ago. I know it’s still healing but goodness it hates me. I’ve got 2 bumps, back and front. The front one is by far the worst. It’s huge and getting bigger. I currently have a steel banana barbell in. I’m gonna switch it out for a straight titanium barbell soon. Hopefully that helps, if not solves it.
please tell me how it goes! I have a conch piercing since March, it was healed but then a little bump came in. it's titanium but... I think I'll do a care to it so I hope it heals. but I think I'm in your situation with my helix, I really have it for so long, not a year but so long. it has a small infection in the front, the back is like realllyy bumpy and it never fucking heals. there's a huge bump. idk what to do!
ejj jj Hey! So I switched it out, so far so good. It’s been about a week, and it already feels better. The back bump is basically gone and I do believe the front bump is getting smaller. It’s less gunky than before. I also had a helix done at the same time. That one had a butterfly backing earring in (yes I went to a tattoo shop and they used a needle. Don’t know why they used that earring. I was a dummy for letting them do it.) so I switched that out for a titanium barbell too. That one had a small bump/scab that kept bleeding. No lie, within 2 days that cleared up. I’m also starting to clean with dr. Bronners soap. So in all, I think that’s all helping. I’ll update in a few weeks.
Have a really finicky cartilage piercing. I got a double helix done two piercings at the same time the top one healed perfectly fine the bottom one went through more cartilage and 5 months later it is still swollen. I just do a saline spray once a day and try to keep it dry and make sure not to sleep on it like my piercer said but it is still swollen and angry and I'm at my wits end I swear. 😐 About ready to give up.
Had a pair of lobe piercings done for a second time this year, and have had just as many problems as I did last year. Better quality jewelry, better piercer, better and more reliable cleaning routine, and... they're still a problem. The right ear finally healed up, but I poked a hole in the side of the fistula and accidentally pushed all the scar tissue out when I tried to put my threadless post back in. (Yep, it came out as complete tube. That's a thing that can happen.) I'm going to try shorter posts that won't move as much and hopefully that will resolve my problems, because fuck if I can find ANY piercer that will let me use steel in them.
I had my belly button pierced once and it did not heal after 4 years of trying. I got it pierced again 2 years after that and then another 2 years and it still never healed. Idk wtf to do. The top ball fell out and then it started to close a week after so I guess I give up
it’s been like 7 months since i got my second lobe piercing and like one side is healing(very slowly but its healing) and the other side is like completely not healing at all😀😀. i have no clue what to do tbh as it loves to excrete gunk and bleed and just overall be a menace to me. just rn i replaced the back(again) and accidentally took the front part off and it was so painful to put it back in i almost just left it out and let it heal. idk what to do anymore and im kinda tempted to leave it and let it close up😭😭
I had a nasty bump on my tragus for weeks that would not go away, no matter what I tried. My piercer advised me to go to a dermatologist that could prescribe me a cream that has corticosteroids. This has been the best advice he could have given me. I went to the dermatologist, she knew exactly what to give me, got my prescription along with a treatment routine and I got rid of the bump in a few days and it stopped flaring up. Therefore, if your bump does not go away, I highly recommend going to a dermatologist and that can definitely help your healing!
I’ve recommended that before, as I went and saw a dermatologist for one of my nose piercings (bump just would not go away no matter what I did). I usually only recommend that course of action as a last ditch effort though because it can become expensive (depending on insurance and the like). It does really help though!
@@GeauxGretchen you are right, it can be quite expensive. The upside though is that you know what to use for future bumps without spending the money on the consult again.
I’ve had my 2nd lobe piercings for around 5 years I think(?) and they’ve NEVER fully healed. I took my earrings out for a few months around 3 years ago, and they partially closed, which turned into a BIG issue later on when I wanted to put my earrings in. I quickly figured out that they partially closed, and I was literally in my bathroom shaking and crying while I kept trying to shove them back in for like 20 minutes. The pain was absolutely HORRIBLE and my ears burned and throbbed for days afterwards! I’ve now resorted to keeping a pair of earrings in at (almost) all times so they don’t close. I’m honestly scared since I really want a 3rd lobe piercing on just my left ear, but I’m super worried that I’m gonna have the same issues if I actually get it. I got my 1st lobe piercings 12 years ago (With a piercing gun, mind you) and they healed in a few months, I also got my septum pierced about 3 years ago, and it healed in 6 months, so I really don’t know what’s wrong with my 2nd lobe piercings 💔
You know when to stop cleaning them if they aren’t sore anymore and don’t crust- if you can move it freely and it doesn’t feel irritated (warm) you’ll be fine. BUT OF COURSE- remember it’s still important to clean your ears 😹😹 as everyone should. take care
Mine finally healed, so I thought. I went to get the stub out, and replaced with a hoop. The girl had to use pliers to unscrew it. It started bleeding again. I confess, I used peroxide. So, no more. I’ll just use sea salt, and let you know if it finally, completely heals!
omg my nose took like a year or more to heal I just kept getting bumps it come and goes I was so confused like is it healing is it not and it looked so ugly with the bump but eventually it went , lol now I realize maybe it was cuz I changed it too early which ishoudnt have done but thank. god its fine now and its my second fav piercing along with my belly
Did you do anything to make it go away or anything that helped heal it faster? I’ve had my second nostril piercing for about 6 months and it still gets a bump:/
I did a double nostril 7 months ago.... The both got angry af but after a few months the right one calmed down... But the left one.... OH. MY. GOD. There is a bump and its red no matter what I do. I never touch it, i clean it every day. Now I think I maybe cleaned it too much. The right one was pierced under a good angle but the left one was not. When I went to change the jewelry the piercer told me it was pierced under a bad angle which is why it took her forever to change the left one. The right one went in without trying. I dont know what to do, i dont wanna take it out cause I love it and I know I wont pierce it again cause I am sick of it.
guys please help I cant find nothing in the internet but I have a labret pircing and its fine on the outside but on the inside it has this bump on one side of it and Ive had it for like 6 months and this bump comes and goes, can someone please help? I really dont know what to do and I dont wanna take it out :(
Have had my ears pierced for several years. One of my ears still bleeds a little every time I take out my earrings. Don't know what to do about it except apply peroxide each time.
got my first lobe piercings 11 months ago. it was so painless i was like “i’m so excited to get more!” but then they didn’t heal after 6 weeks. and then still not after 14 weeks. now here i am, almost a year later, same earrings in… wondering if i can switch them out yet. i’ve been very dedicated to aftercare (switched to h2ocean 6 months ago which seemed to help) and am wearing very expensive gold earrings. they SEEM ok, but when i tried taking them out at 14 weeks, they seemed okay too, but stung when i took them out. so i’m very nervous.
I'd go to a piercer and ask them to swap the jewellery out for you-it'll cost a little bit (usually about a tenner where I am, plus jewellery) but they know what to look out for and can tell you what's going on with it
hey i got both of my lobes pierced around 5 weeks ago and they almost stopped hurting but they are still swollen and when i wake up , i wake up with dried blood and a lil whitish dried pus.. what should i do??? did your piercing heal now?
My conch is my oldest cartilage piercing and has been terrible since I got it. Turns out though for all my piercings I haven't been using the correct thing to clean them like I just found this out rn... I thought the spray I had was saline solution and it's not so I'm gonna buy actual saline solution. I have 5 piercings so you'd think I know what I'm doing but apparently not. The piercer who pierced my conch gave me the wrong advice on cleaning then I bought actual saline solution the second time but then ran out and bought the wrong thing
I’ve had my belly pierced for 9 years and it still hasn’t fully healed! I don’t want to take it out but also I’m just over it because sometimes I want to take the jewellery out and have a break 😭😭😭. I wish I had taken it out because now the scars around it make me sick!
I've had my philtrum piercing for 6 months and it's just a bitch. It still bleeds and gets sore randomly. I don't want to take it out but I feel like I may not have a choice.
Got my eyebrow pierced , 4 months later got a bump on it, bump wouldn’t do for months until I changed the piercing then the bump went, for few weeks and now it’s came back !!! I acc don’t know what to do
5:14 I have the same issue! Every single piercing I've ever had hates it except for my septum. All the others I have to pierce it, keep it for several months, take it out, let it heal for about a month and then get it redone before my body will accept it and heal (I've tried keeping them for years but this is the only way I've found that they'll accept). I'm trying a new thing with my lip piercing where I started with a 12g and am dropping to a 14g, see if it heals, and then I'll up-gauge it again if it heals alright like that. (it was an accident. I just got smaller jewelry than I intended but it gave me the idea.) esp since getting everything pierced twice just to get it to heal is _expensive_ so I'm here looking for other options. Definitely don't want to have to redo my industrial but it's super difficult.
3 years and 5 months after professional piercing. No hair products or makeup. White gold plated sterling silver disc studs. They still get infected every couple weeks/months and bleed / weep. Paid a lot of money for the safest type of piercing and spent years doing after care. Both have hard scar tissue around the piercings. I’m so frustrated with the whole process and haven’t been able to wear any other earrings yet because they still haven’t healed.
One question.... It's more then a year that I had my lobe piercings done so are healed, but I'm still having troubles putting on some types of earrings in one hole. like, If the needle is slightly curved it doesn't go in.... It only have to be straight and it's only on one ear, in the other goes in perfectly and it doesn't hurt like in the other.... What should I do?
literally just got my first ear piercings 4 weeks ago and it’s bothering me so much (not exactly pain but discomfort) i don’t know why people would wanna do this multiple times
hey i got both of my lobes pierced around 5 weeks ago and they almost stopped hurting but they are still swollen and when i wake up , i wake up with dried blood and a lil whitish dried pus.. what should i do???
Does this advice count 30 years later? I was 7 when my mother forced me against my will to have my ears pierced (typical old-fashioned lobe). I remember that I had some kind of minor infection in one side. I have no idea if we did the right kind of aftercare. I have gone for long periods as an adult many years later where I have not worn any earrings in the hope that I would let it close up altogether and it never has. I have tried the opposite where I would wear some nice clean basic gold earrings for months and months in the hope that it would help. I really don't understand what is going on here. When I wear earrings they get sore and a little bit weepy. No pus, no bleeding. This was done with a gun.
I got my second lobes done when I was a freshman in highschool.. The one on my right here closed up so I got it redone about a year ago. It still is not healed. No matter what. I am now a senior so as you can imagine it’s been awhile. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to take it out but I don’t know why it don’t heal. There’s been times I’ve thought it was healed so I was able to leave it out for a couple of days. I don’t really know what to do. My other one is sort of fine for the most part.💔
I had my eyebrow piercing for about 4 years and it never healed, i have the correct anatomy aswell so it wasn’t that, but it just kept flaring up, I changed the bar to a shorter titanium bar and it was finally starting to heal, then it flared up again after a few months, and then I switched to a longer bar as it became swollen and was just swallowing the short bar, then it started healing then flared up again and I lost the ball the other day and took it as a sign to just retire the damn thing and stop being stubborn, I didn’t want to because I did like the piercing and hated the red scar and discolouration that it left when I took it out, now I have a huge scar, moral of the story, if your piercing won’t heal after like a year with all the correct aftercare then just remove it and don’t leave it for as long as I did, some people just aren’t meant for certain piercings 😢
I got a second lobe piercing last year, and they still leak lymph and sometimes blood for seemingly no reason. I was religious about keeping them clean and not bothering them, I don't know what the issue is. I got pierced at Claire's when I was 9 and I never had a single issue with them.
My forward helix...I'm struggling now for year and half to help it heal i gonna try to change the jewellery ang uf it doesn't heal too I'll take it out as you said...thanks alot for this video ❤❤ i learned alot❤❤
My helix and rook are a pain! Had them a year and a half, and they still occasionally get swollen, red and sore.. i do everything right haha (peircing enthusiast also ahha) hopefully one day they heal :(
It’s super annoying when one ear heals perfectly (a saint!), but the other one is a demon child.
omg thats me rn. My right ear is perfectly healed but my left ear is always swollen irritated and the earing wont go in-
Same. I have my lobes pierced, 2 in my left ear and 2 in my right ear. The 2nd one in my right ear just acting up when I change the earring. My piercer did it with a black bar to match it with my other ones. I followed the instructions, changed it to one of my hoops that never caused a problem to the other holes. I'm cleaning again and I just hope it heals.
no fr bc my left ear is so happy and pain free and my right ear is just so irritated
@@peanutandcream794me too😭
YES EXACTLY
My nose piercing did NOT heal the first round, and i was intensive about aftercare. It kept getting swollen and infected. I let it close. Waited a year. And got it re-pierced. It healed in 2 months. I had no scarring, keloids, infection, pain. It was a miserable piercing, and i had it pierced almost 2 years. It healed perfectly the second time. So, sometimes…you need a re-pierce.
This is actually wild!
Yep. my first tongue bar was a little crooked and never healed properly. I had a sore swollen tongue for about a year. Had to take it out for dental work, and got it redone a couple years later. Healed in about 2 months and was perfect for several years after until I had to take it out again for more dental. Only down side was after the three days it was out it closed up again 🤦 I had no idea it'd close that fast after so long being perfectly healed. Gutted.
Another note for those with longer hair: If you have a fresh piercing, make sure you blow dry your hair (or pull it back in a ponytail, bun, or clip) after you shower! I used to dry my piercings off after I showered, but the smallest amount of water from my hair would get back in the piercings again since I left my hair down. Because of this I had bumps on my rook and tragus for 6 months until I figured it out. People always bring up, "Keep them clean!" But I'd argue the full saying should be, "Keep them clean, and dry!"
Feels good to hear that I’m not the only one
Omg this is actually so helpful I’ve been struggling to heal my cartilage for 6 months too even tho I clean it thank u so much!!!
You can't keep them clean and *dry*
Mine won’t calm down. Found out my original piercer went thru a blood vessel in one ear and a cluster the next. And put the wrong type of earring in
definitely going to take rhis advise because thats the buggest problem ive had with my double conch is getting bumps
me one week after getting a new piercing: 👁👄👁
Ikr that's me right now 😂
😂😂😂
I'm on day 3 and its got that healing itch. Why am I watching this!?!
That's me right now 😬
@@samanthavanscoder9536 I did get that in the first week, but now 7 months later, they still haven't healed 😭
I closed my nipple piercing because of this. I tried absolutely everything. Used so many different ‘remedies’ I finally took it out after 4-5 years. Healed up in like a month. I was so mad lmaooo
Me too, but they were closed and fine since the first day hahaha (my body is usually extremely good at healing) now it looks like I never had them
I had both mine pierced like 6 years ago and one healed and one still hasn’t.
Same! I babied them for 4 years, even took out one and had it repierced thinking the angle was off. Same thing. It was such a relief and was so liberating once I retired them... they were such a hassle. Had good and bad days.
My right nip flares up occasionally. Some days I think of retiring it but will feel weird just having one 😂😭
Hey someone please help me out!!!!
So here what I'm going through
I got my lip piercing from gun and it got infected so removed the jewellery but after that i got bump and my hole got closed so what to do now sometimes puss might come out and it won't be getting any better please someone help me out am I going to die ??
This is my second time getting my ears pierced, and they just won’t heal no matter what I do. It’s frustrating. 🤦🏿♂️
This is the 5th time taking out my doubles, 1st time taking out my triples. And I swear I do everything I’m supposed to
Same, like the first time was at Claire’s so that one had a reason to not heal, but this one I got at a piercing place that’s really good, and it absolutely doesn’t wanna heal and hates every type of jewelry and everything I do, and idk what to do at this point. It’s been like 5.5 months, I’ve cleaned it, but the cleaning stuff actually makes it worse and swollen. 😑
these comments made me feel so much better. i thought something was wrong with me cause no amount of saline spray or salt soaks helps my piercings even when i re pierce them :/
@@hannahpierce2970 same it hasn’t healed after 9 months.
Have you found a solution?
Another thing to add is that your body might just take longer to heal things. I’ve got 2 sets of lobe piercings, and each took me about 6 months to fully heal. I got my first cartilage piercing (just a helix) over 9 months ago and it still decides to flare up randomly. My guess is that it will probably take well over a year to heal completely, but it will be worth it when it does.
SAME FOR ME, but I've had my helix 1.5y it does not want to heal 😭😭
+1
My industrial was super problematic for a year after I got it done. Finally took the barbell out and put studs in both the piercings to let them heal individually for a few weeks, and they both healed up just fine! So glad I didn’t have to get rid of it, I know industrials are notoriously difficult to heal.
OOHHHH I'm here because I'm struggling with my industrial! It's good to keep this in mind, tysm for sharing!
Me too I got barbells too . Yay , twinsie’s’ . Yay , twinsie’s’ .
This is me rn!!! I've had my industrial for 1½ years and the top hole just doesn't want to heal while the bottom hole is like fully healed. I keep getting a piercing bump at the top too🥲
I hadn't thought about that, it's a good idea! I've had my industrial for 9 months and the top hole is also the most problematic :(
Same!!! Top bump is driving me nuts, been over a year
Got both my lobes pierced. One healed and the other one is angry. It's been months. I've switched to sleeping on a different side although I always rest my head on my arm. It's very crusty compared to the other one.
Same exact thing is happening to me :/. Did it manage to heal?
Same for me! I got my third hole done in my ear lobe last month and they are still very tender and sore and my first 2 have never given me problems. I feel like the jewelry was not cleaned well before the piercer put them in and I went to an actual piercer.
@@KM-ux1mw same here omg
@@KM-ux1mw same thing with me! The right is perfectly fine but the left one is just giving me problems 🥲
Had to take my seconds after 2 years. One angrier than other but both flared up. Thought it healed but swollen and painful bloody piercings said no. Had real gold, cleaning etc. nothing worked. Did have a gun piercing though….
I just stumbled upon this video, and I'm definitely gonna keep those tips in mind. Almost one year ago I got both of my earlobes pierced for the first time, and one ear has been an absolute angel about it, but the other one just decides to be an ass every once in a while. So frustrating, but nice to know it isn't totally uncommon! 😂
SAME
Same I have 6 piercings 2 cartilage and 4 lobe ones all but one have healed and I just don’t get why I will clean it religiously and it’ll be fine so I think it’s healed and than as soon as I stop cleaning is as often it goes back to acting up its driving me crazy
My rook absolutely refused to heal after over a year. it constantly hurt, some cleaning methods and treatments helped, but ultimately it was never happy from the moment it was pierced. I honestly think the way it was pierced is what did me in, because it felt the worst of all of my other cartilage piercings. I got my rook done by the same piercer who has done all of my piercings, all of which have never had an issue. the jewelry was titanium like all of my other jewelry, i didnt use hairspray or other hair products, my ear just hated my rook. Eventually i got tired of the pain, so i opted to take out the piercing and the area has been totally fine ever since. I don't think i will choose to get my rook pierced again after all i went through with the first one
Same with me I’ve had my rook for for a little under a year and it refuses to heal I think I might have to take it out now
My rook is healing better than my conch. And i got my rook a month after!
I got my diath pierced august 2019. And im having the same issue. Its gona b 2 years this august and ive never been pain free or bump free im sick if cleaning it too. 3 weeks ago i got my jewellery changed from titanium to gold and its much worse. And im planning to take it out after a couple of weeks
my room wouldn’t heal either. when i tried to change it for the first time it was too painful to get the new bar in so i let it close up.
I’ve had mine for 1 year and 5 months and STILL NOT HEALED. Same with my tragus 😭😭😭 and my tragus earring fell out, and I’m forced to change it on my own bc all shops are closed due to covid 😭😭😭 wish me luck. I don’t want all of that work to go to waste, and have it close before I’m ready to give it up
My just started bleeding and leaking out of the blue!! It’s been almost a year
My eyebrow is leaking out of nowhere too its so annoying people keep pointing how fucked it looks
your hair is so vibrant!! you look like you’re glowing :-)
My double forward helix sucked to heal! Took 2 years before it didn’t flare up! Another thing that can cause issues is having too long of jewelry where it’s moving around too much. Finally figured that out with my anti tragus! It’s been almost a year for that one and I have been fighting not taking it out. Been good now for about a month after putting in shorter jewelry 👍
thank you for mentioning movement of jewelry in double helix !! - i think (hope) you are right. it’s been 14mos since they were done & they still get angry & hurt -- i had put small hoops in them at 6mo & were healing perfectly until an ER visit/CAT scan had me removing them & they’ve been temperamental ever since:/
🤞🏻that putting back in the shorter studs (the 6wk ones after original piercing length) does the trick !
thanks again:)
People don’t say what you should or shouldn’t do with a new piercing. They always say don’t touch it and aftercare bs but I did all that but then I realized I constantly wear headphones. Remember to let you ears roam free from headphones after awhile because bacteria on the headphones can affect the healing process. Use earbuds for a couple week then you can go back to your headphones for a little
Been struggling with my nostril for two years and today I took it out for good. I just accepted the hard truth of it. My boody just doesn't like it, no matter how well I cleaned it every time it flared up, or the different piercings and materials I tried. So sad about it...
Omg same had mine for 2 years it refuses to heal I really don't wanna take it out
I got all of my piercings done by the same guy and mysteriously they have all not wanted to heal
My helix still flares up constantly after FOUR years! Thinking of taking it out and retrying on the other ear.
Same issue here! Double helix which was done 4 years ago still isn't fully healed - They always have a little crust and sometimes there's also some blood, but I can't bring myself to take them out because I've persevered with trying to get them to heal for so long 😭😭😭
@@oliviax2987 taking a piercing put because it wont heal just hurts pls like I’ve tried everything to heal it and it just wont heal😭
@@oliviax2987 I also have a double helix which flares up constantly
I got my helix piercing two and a half years ago and it's never healed. I wanted to keep it too, like I came too far to give up lol. But I finally did give up 2 weeks ago and the idea of finally getting my ear back and not having to center everything around it feels great 😂 only problem is now it's starting to feel warm and look a little red and I'm beginning to get worried about it again
Omg!!! Thank you for this. I’ve had my nipples pierced for over a year and a half now but my right one just HAS NOT HEALED!!! I don’t want to get rid of it so imma try the other steps properly first.
Is it healed yet?
@@AnaphylaxisClips yes. Just randomly it healed out of nowhere Smh.
The only piercing I gave up on was my first industrial. The piercer who did it mis-angled the holes, so it was never going to heal. I only found this out when I went to another piercer (who has done all my subsequent piercings) to get better quality jewellery for it. I had some issues with my conch and second industrial, but I think that was more because I got them done in opposite ears 3 weeks apart. My piercer knows me well enough to know that I take good care of my piercings, which was the only reason he agreed to it in the first place. Even with me being very careful, I still ended up with a bump on my conch and on both sides of the top piercing on my industrial. The bumps eventually went away with lots of babying. I’ve got to say that the experience made me realise that it’s better to wait a while between piercings than to rush getting everything done in a short space of time.
I got my second lob pierced 8 months ago and it hasn’t healed but now that I know it’s normal for it to take long I feel less terrified lol Tysm❤️
Has it healed? I’m having the same problem
@@imjustyourfriend me too, I got it professionally done and have done everything to look after it, I’ll keep it until it’s been a full year and if it doesn’t heal I’ll take it out lol
@@brownies79 has it healed y’et?
My conch was the one I gave up on one year in... It probably would've been fine, but everything started going south when I was on a roller coaster that was REALLY ROUGH and my head ping-ponged around and my conch smacked into the headrest a bunch. It was bloody and mad for the rest of the day, got a bump on the back, and a bit sore most of the time since. A few months later, I tried changing the jewelry and that worked for a while until it popped off one night while cleaning it (at like 10 PM of course) and I could not get the little gem screwed back into the post. I found a longer bar (1/2") and used it and said that I would find a piercer who could fix it after corona died off... but then it was months later, and my conch hated the long bar. It got a bump on the back and the inside of my ear, and over all just the biggest pain in the ass to deal with. It was getting caught and irritated on everything too, so I took out the bar and just said "fuck it, if I want something there so bad, I'll just get cuffs and move on with my life"
my daith is one of those piercings i got and sometimes it's like, "hi, i'm here, and i'm gonna hurt for no reason". i've had it for a few months now so it's still healing, but %99.9 of the time, it's fine!
I have a rook piercing that is almost 2 years old and it just doesnt heal, i've changed it multiple times to different jewelry and its always the same, im considering taking it out but i dont really want to so i think ill keep trying for a little more to see if it heals.
Im having the same issue with the diath. It wil b 2 years this august. My diath was the most painful piercing ever and if i do eventually take it out i wont ever re pierce it so just giving it a bit more time
8:18 that’s all I needed to hear thank you
fun fact I'm actually allergic to gold!! the reaction acts like a chemical burn and my whole ear got swollen to the point where I had to put longer post in all of my piercings. very uncomfortable and didn't have the jewelry in longer than 3 days and it took my body 4 months to finally get over it
Thank u so much
Did you have oozing, inflammation , blisters? How did you treat it for 4 months so it won’t be uncomfortable?
Funnily enough, gold is the kindest material to my body. I suspect that part of the reason my ear lobes healed so fast was because I switched to it after 3 months (the studs they gave me at the shop were steel). Haven't had any issues since, and I can touch them as much as I want.
I had two additional ear lobes and a helix done almost a year ago, and those still haven't healed (ESPECIALLY the helix). I was holding on switching to new piercings, but now realizing how quickly my first holes healed with gold, I think I'm going to try doing the same with my latest ones.
My conch took the looooooogest time to heal properly. Any little bump aggravated it. Now it's healed but it took a good 18 months.
OMG now i don't feel bad had mines barley 2 months and let me tell you!!😞
i’m at month 11 now🥲🥲
I love how animated your body language is, a good reference for animation 😊
I just took out my three bottom lip piercings. I had them for about a year, but they were in a constant state of redness, discomfort, and bumps. I guess it was a bad idea in the first place since I've had problems with my bottom lip before. Oh well 🥲
Thank you Ms. Gretchen for the informative video :)
did the bumps ever go away looking normal after taking the piercings out?
@jnbladee717 Yes! Right after I took them out, I took a hot shower, and they instantly closed up.
Ive had my bellybutton piercing like almost 2 years. Changed to titanium and that was slightly better. I treated it so well and still had major problems. The top hole healed but the bottom still bleeds. I changed to a titanium eyebrow bar and that really helped. The normal belly bar is too bulky. But it still likes to randomly flare up and sometimes pus. The bottom hole is still raw sometimes and then will bleed and scab. Hasnt rejected just stays mad
Sis give me an update 😅
@@bryannapena6452 so as of a month ago its decided to just heal? Its 2 years and 3 months old now. Which makes me scared because i had my daith incorrectly pierced and when it decided to "heal" it just slowed rejected out. But as of now its great
@@savannahredmond6004 It's been 10 months for me & same w the top being perfect and bottom still being flaky & getting crusted. It's like it gets stuck lol. I'm gonna wait for another year and a half at least, because it isn't painful and I have faith :,)
@@kynnxg9929 mine healed at 2 years and has been great since. It's 3.5 years now and doesnt have any problems. Just dont touch it or pay any attention. I was cleaning too much i think
@@savannahredmond6004 you have given me so much hope. i’ve had mine for 2.5 years now and it’s still like this. the top is perfect and the bottom still will scab and bleed randomly. i’ve tried cleaning it all the time, i’ve tried leaving it alone, i’ve tried changing jewelry, and nothing seems to work. i’m hoping with time it just heals 😢
I had a nostril piercing that just WOULD NOT heal!!! Never had this issue with the many others I have had. After 1,5 year I took it out and as soon as corona lets me, I'm trying again (my piercer doesnt pierce "under the facemask" currently.
GOD SAME!!! no matter what i did my nostril never managed to heal. I was tired of bumps and soreness and i took it out. I tried MANY times.
@@paerisane146 i currently took my nose piercing out bc the bump next to it won’t heal. did you do anything to help the healing process after you took it out so it didn’t get infected? please help 😭
@@ilyguac I've JUST repierced my nose again. i missed it so much!
don't worry, the bump should be gone in a week or so. the mark won't be noticible. just make sure to clean it thoroughly until it's healed and you'll be fine. good luck! ❤️
I had my 2nd and 3rd lobe piercings done at the same time 7 months ago. Still won't heal. Months 3 and 4 they were fine! but then started acting up again and have been such a pain since. I followed all the maintenance/ cleaning instructions but they still get this way. I think part of the problem is the n95 mask I wear at work so much. it pulls and gets caught on them.
I have figured out the healing process varies from person to person. Some people tend to get bumps easier and some got bodies that heal the piercing fast and easy. I'm lucky coz despite having many piercings including tragus, industrial, rook, lobes, conch, helix, flat, nose, tongue, belly etc. I only clean them twice a day using saline water. No specific or extra caring things I did to heal them and all of them healed beautifully fast and easy. However, my bestie got many piercings too but she constantly gets bumps and they all took forever just to semi healed.
It's been a 1 year and 6 months for my nose piercing and I'm honestly thinking about taking it out. I've had so many issues with it and still won't heal. I don't understand why I have issues with it because the first nose piercing I got was perfectly fine and healed.
Omg same it's been 2 years for me I switched from a stud to a hoop even worst now I have a bump that refuses to go away when usually I can get rid of them 😫
Maybe it’s the metal have you tried 14k or titanium jewelry?
@@trishm7451 I'm not sure what's in mine, whatever the piercer used. I've had other piercings from the same guy with no problems. Not sure my 2nd nose piercing gives me problems.
@@Natasha_Mae so what’s the update now with the piercing? Any better worse? Try going to your piercer to find out the metal and I eat in some 14k jewelry..do you wear makeup? Maybe that could be the reason for some irritation as well
My nose piercing ( i have it almost 2 years now) is still not healed. It keeps a little red bump all the time, every time i see its healing it goes right back after a couple day
Oh man, I had no idea it could be so difficult! I just got my first piercings in my lobes and I was told 1-3 months. It’s been 3 months now and they’re not particularly sore, just always crusted. I’ve been taking care of them properly for the most part. But I didn’t know about things like my hair products. I’ll be more careful and hopefully it’ll help! 😩
how are you doing? still dealing with my problematic lobes at 11 months 😭
@@SparklesNJazz how are yours now? im about 6 months in and they just keep flaring up and getting irritated.
Over one year with my left lobe and still puts out fluid and sometimes blood. Right lobe healed perfectly in 6 months. 🤷🏻♂️
I got a helix piercing two years ago and it just refuses to heal. It looks gross. I've done so much, even went back to the pierce twice and they said as long as I clean, etc it should go down but nothing. I'm so over it 🥺. The piercing was professional and all that but I'm sooo over it
I had helixes on both sides and neither ever healed. I think I gave them both a year then just gave up.
Just found your video! It was so helpful. I’ve been having trouble with my rook piercing. I had it pierced almost 3 years ago. I thought it had healed after a year so I changed the jewelry. That’s when the problems started. It would hurt and bleed all the time. After a week I went in and changed it again to different one that was titanium. I have had it for a year and a half and there were days where it was fine, then all the sudden it would hurt and bleed. Finally went back they said it looked good not an infection. To avoid sleeping on it and keep cleaning it. Today I changed it to the original jewelry going to give it a month or two and if I still have the same problems, I’m just taking it out. I don’t want to do it but its better than being in pain for another year.
the main key is to no push the pircing thru, if u take it out to clean in, make sure u do it really slow and wiggle it thrue, if u dont your pircing end" the scru" part will iritate the wound/scar, like me I use pyrispet/antiseptic salve, too get the pircing thrue without irritating the open scar/wound, u will soon see that it will grow/heal much faster, alot of ppl just clean and then push the pircing thrue, and then its like restart, some get big bumps, some get all this kind of "non infected" things, and dont know why, this is bcuyz u push the pircing thrue too fast/rough/ slow and steady :) hope u find thius helpful, sorry for dysleksia and bag english
this is really helpfull tysm
First of all your hair is giving me LIFE 🥰
I had bumps on all my piercings at one point or another, it sucks. Sea salt soaks with water as hot as u can stand helps. Also, keeping the area dry after. Swapping jewelry material or the kind of jewelry helps. After I changed my forward helix to a hoop my bump is almost gone and my daith bump is gone.
Got my earlobe pierced twice, just wouldn't heal both times. Waited 10 YEARS before trying again. Didn't heal again. Pierced it again on my earlobe in a slightly different spot. 4 months in and it's irritated. I don't think I'm asking for much... Just earlobe piercings :'(
So I’ve had my nips pierced now for two years, one seems to be healing very well, the other one keeps getting “angry” and flared up. Red, tender, even formed two bumps on it (and mind you these are two year old piercings) but I started to give it attention twice a day (am/pm) and just cleaning it with a piercing spray and lightly with either a quick compression or if I’m in a rush I’ll just clean around it with a q-tip and spray. It’s only been two days of doing so and the bumps are gone (still tender) and I feel as long as I do something even if it’s a small rinse twice a day it’ll do the job. It just takes commitment and I cannot skip a day I found. Patience, patience.
I’ve had my piercing for over a year and a half and it’s not healed; what you’ve said is encouraging. Did you use a saline spray?
Thank you so much for this advice!! I switched to titanium earrings and my piercings are finally starting to heal :)
None of my piercings will rlly fully heal. I have double lobes, a nostril, and a belly button piercing, I’m looking to get a septum or snake bites. I get them all professionally done and pay a lot for good jewelry, my body just doesn’t like piercings lol
similar for me, go for a septum, it's very easy to heal and it's never problematic if you treat it right
All my piercings healed perfectly, can wear any earring I want but the 2nd hole in my right ear just doesn't want to heal. For a second time! I did it on January, followed the instructions, had a small problem and was in contact with my piercer and she gave me an extra step to the aftercare process. But due to some issues I couldn't keep up with that and now I started it again. I just hope it heals for good because it acts up few days after I change the earring to something else. Please heal! Please!!!
I just took out my 3 year old helix piercing. Never wanted to heal and would flare up too often. Getting caught on my mask a lot was the last straw. Bye helix!
My helix just won’t heal 🥵🥺🥺 and I feel like it’s affecting the other piercings on that ear
Same I just gave up on mine after a year and couple months, over it not gonna bother with it anymore and this is the second time.
Meanwhile I have a piercing I've had for over 14 years that healed just fine but it's been throwing a hissy fit for the past month because I *checks notes* put new jewelry in after not wearing any for a few years.
I'm on year 2 with my belly button piercing.... it won't stop having a ring of raw skin, like a prolapse, around the base. I am going to try one last time with a smooth ball jewlery that won't trap scabs. but ugh 😪
My bridge was perfect for the first six months, then I did my follow up downsize and it’s never been the same since. Went from almost healed to a daily nightmare. Since then I’ve swapped back to the initial jewelry and doing my best to revisit those first happy months. It’s been over a year and things are okay enough to not remove it. Better than they used to be but never the same. I think the smaller jewelry doesn’t give me enough space for my face to flex (I live with furled, focused eyebrows).
Honestly I’m just big embarrassed to go ask for help 😭
Uodate! I trusted my gut and installed a smaller bar, longer than the initial downsize. It’s WAY better! A dream come true. There’s room to clean, for all my facial expressions, and no more issues. It’s gonna take time now to heal properly- this change saved my piercing.
@@ashdurio9899I’ve had my bridge for a year now and it was also fine the first 7 months then it started having bumps and redness it just looks not the best :( I use antibacterial spray for it but I don’t think it’s doing the job:( I’m also to embarrassed to go to a piercer about it
I have one done with a piercing gun that never healed, it's been like 15 years 😭 it still randomly gets angry even tho it's been 10 years since I put in any jewellery
helix and daith for me. had both for going on 2 years and they still feel sore and sting when i clean them as though the wounds are still fresh. they both have bumps on them but the helix one is HUGE. at least the daith bumps are tiny and are getting smaller with tea tree oil treatments. i might have to get the helix bump surgically removed because it isn't getting smaller no matter what i do.
What’s the update?
ugh this happened with my nose piercing, i unfortunately pulled it out once and that was game over. I had it for at least 7 months and it didnt heal a day after that. However now that its out, im getting it done again on the other side again😁
I've had mine for 8 months and still no luck, did your second on ever work?😭
I had my 2nd lobe piercing last November 2020 but I don’t know it just doesn’t want to heal and still bleeds from time to time. What should I do with it?
My daith seemed like it didn't want to heal with the cbr I had in it, as it kept moving around, but after I changed it to a clicker, (after 6 months) the jewellery doesn't move around and its healing nicely,
My first and second piercing healed amazing but my 3rd one I have had for a year and a half just won’t heal and it kinda hurts to change, but it is not infected. The only thing I can think of is that I sleep on it. In the past My sister had an infection in her piercing and she soaked it in hydrogen peroxide and it healed it in a week and is fine.
Unfortunately I have been having this problem. For my first lob piercing they took around a year and a half before they fully healed due to my ears being very sensitive and getting infected. I have recently gotten my second lobe done and one of the sides had a weird scare or something to push through while piercing it. It has gotten infected for the second time now and I don't know what I am doing wrong! I am going to try these methods to see if I can get it to heal.
how’s your ear doing now?
I’ve had my bottom lip and tongue pierced twice and they healed fine…I recently got my nostril and Medusa and so far they are healing nicely and quickly my nose is still a little tender when I mess with it or bump it I’m so ready to change it to a hoop or maybe a bigger stud and change my Medusa to a shorter bar
Hey someone please help me out!!!!
So here what I'm going through
I got my lip piercing from gun and it got infected so removed the jewellery but after that i got bump and my hole got closed so what to do now sometimes puss might come out and it won't be getting any better please someone help me out am I going to die ??
I've had a conch piercing for 3 years and it still flares up sometimes. Also a tragus for 2 1/2 years that is not fully healed yet. I REALLY want a nostril piercing but I'm not sure I want to deal with a years-long healing process... I don't know what to do!
my conch had a bump that fluctuated in size from the night after i got it to almost 2 years after i got the piercing. I refused to give up on it because I had suffered for it so much and I eventually got frustrated and just changed it to a hoop and the bump finally went away and it hasnt been back since. I fully think it was a reaction to the jewelry :(
Can you explain what the difference is between an infection and a flare-up? Like how do you know which one it is? Redness, hotness, pus are present in both, aren’t they?
A flare up is an irritation that typically only has symptoms of being red and possibly sensitive to touch; irritations don't typically need much treatment and will go away (or at least diminish) after a few days. An infection includes redness, sensitivity, swelling, pus/discharge, etc. and needs a treatment (like a salt soak) in order to get better.
I got my conch like 4 months ago. I know it’s still healing but goodness it hates me. I’ve got 2 bumps, back and front. The front one is by far the worst. It’s huge and getting bigger. I currently have a steel banana barbell in. I’m gonna switch it out for a straight titanium barbell soon. Hopefully that helps, if not solves it.
please tell me how it goes! I have a conch piercing since March, it was healed but then a little bump came in. it's titanium but... I think I'll do a care to it so I hope it heals. but I think I'm in your situation with my helix, I really have it for so long, not a year but so long. it has a small infection in the front, the back is like realllyy bumpy and it never fucking heals. there's a huge bump. idk what to do!
ejj jj Hey! So I switched it out, so far so good. It’s been about a week, and it already feels better. The back bump is basically gone and I do believe the front bump is getting smaller. It’s less gunky than before. I also had a helix done at the same time. That one had a butterfly backing earring in (yes I went to a tattoo shop and they used a needle. Don’t know why they used that earring. I was a dummy for letting them do it.) so I switched that out for a titanium barbell too. That one had a small bump/scab that kept bleeding. No lie, within 2 days that cleared up. I’m also starting to clean with dr. Bronners soap. So in all, I think that’s all helping. I’ll update in a few weeks.
JayNK56 hey how does it feel now?
Have a really finicky cartilage piercing. I got a double helix done two piercings at the same time the top one healed perfectly fine the bottom one went through more cartilage and 5 months later it is still swollen. I just do a saline spray once a day and try to keep it dry and make sure not to sleep on it like my piercer said but it is still swollen and angry and I'm at my wits end I swear. 😐 About ready to give up.
Had a pair of lobe piercings done for a second time this year, and have had just as many problems as I did last year. Better quality jewelry, better piercer, better and more reliable cleaning routine, and... they're still a problem. The right ear finally healed up, but I poked a hole in the side of the fistula and accidentally pushed all the scar tissue out when I tried to put my threadless post back in. (Yep, it came out as complete tube. That's a thing that can happen.)
I'm going to try shorter posts that won't move as much and hopefully that will resolve my problems, because fuck if I can find ANY piercer that will let me use steel in them.
I had my belly button pierced once and it did not heal after 4 years of trying. I got it pierced again 2 years after that and then another 2 years and it still never healed. Idk wtf to do. The top ball fell out and then it started to close a week after so I guess I give up
it’s been like 7 months since i got my second lobe piercing and like one side is healing(very slowly but its healing) and the other side is like completely not healing at all😀😀. i have no clue what to do tbh as it loves to excrete gunk and bleed and just overall be a menace to me. just rn i replaced the back(again) and accidentally took the front part off and it was so painful to put it back in i almost just left it out and let it heal. idk what to do anymore and im kinda tempted to leave it and let it close up😭😭
I had a nasty bump on my tragus for weeks that would not go away, no matter what I tried. My piercer advised me to go to a dermatologist that could prescribe me a cream that has corticosteroids. This has been the best advice he could have given me. I went to the dermatologist, she knew exactly what to give me, got my prescription along with a treatment routine and I got rid of the bump in a few days and it stopped flaring up. Therefore, if your bump does not go away, I highly recommend going to a dermatologist and that can definitely help your healing!
I’ve recommended that before, as I went and saw a dermatologist for one of my nose piercings (bump just would not go away no matter what I did). I usually only recommend that course of action as a last ditch effort though because it can become expensive (depending on insurance and the like). It does really help though!
@@GeauxGretchen you are right, it can be quite expensive. The upside though is that you know what to use for future bumps without spending the money on the consult again.
@@andreeam.1888 what did you use on your piercing bumps?
I needed to hear this! My conch has been healing for a year and a half. I think it’s time to take it out.
has it healed yet?
I’ve had my 2nd lobe piercings for around 5 years I think(?) and they’ve NEVER fully healed. I took my earrings out for a few months around 3 years ago, and they partially closed, which turned into a BIG issue later on when I wanted to put my earrings in.
I quickly figured out that they partially closed, and I was literally in my bathroom shaking and crying while I kept trying to shove them back in for like 20 minutes. The pain was absolutely HORRIBLE and my ears burned and throbbed for days afterwards!
I’ve now resorted to keeping a pair of earrings in at (almost) all times so they don’t close. I’m honestly scared since I really want a 3rd lobe piercing on just my left ear, but I’m super worried that I’m gonna have the same issues if I actually get it.
I got my 1st lobe piercings 12 years ago (With a piercing gun, mind you) and they healed in a few months, I also got my septum pierced about 3 years ago, and it healed in 6 months, so I really don’t know what’s wrong with my 2nd lobe piercings 💔
how do you know when to stop cleaning your piercing? i’ve had my lobes pierced for 8 months and i’m not sure if i should keep cleaning them.
You know when to stop cleaning them if they aren’t sore anymore and don’t crust- if you can move it freely and it doesn’t feel irritated (warm) you’ll be fine. BUT OF COURSE- remember it’s still important to clean your ears 😹😹 as everyone should. take care
@@Sleepyfairies thank you!!
It’s a lifetime commitment ☺️ even if they’re healed they still need some cleaning! If not they can get bumps, good luck!
@@paolarodriguez4152 Thank you!!
Mine finally healed, so I thought. I went to get the stub out, and replaced with a hoop. The girl had to use pliers to unscrew it. It started bleeding again. I confess, I used peroxide. So, no more. I’ll just use sea salt, and let you know if it finally, completely heals!
I got my third lobe piercing done on October 29th and my left ear is completely fine, but my right ear around the piercing is still swollen
Same
omg my nose took like a year or more to heal I just kept getting bumps it come and goes I was so confused like is it healing is it not and it looked so ugly with the bump but eventually it went , lol now I realize maybe it was cuz I changed it too early which ishoudnt have done but thank. god its fine now and its my second fav piercing along with my belly
Did you do anything to make it go away or anything that helped heal it faster? I’ve had my second nostril piercing for about 6 months and it still gets a bump:/
I did a double nostril 7 months ago.... The both got angry af but after a few months the right one calmed down... But the left one.... OH. MY. GOD. There is a bump and its red no matter what I do. I never touch it, i clean it every day. Now I think I maybe cleaned it too much. The right one was pierced under a good angle but the left one was not. When I went to change the jewelry the piercer told me it was pierced under a bad angle which is why it took her forever to change the left one. The right one went in without trying. I dont know what to do, i dont wanna take it out cause I love it and I know I wont pierce it again cause I am sick of it.
I got a piercing like 4 months ago and it's still bleeding to the point it drips down my neck whenever i soak it.
guys please help I cant find nothing in the internet but I have a labret pircing and its fine on the outside but on the inside it has this bump on one side of it and Ive had it for like 6 months and this bump comes and goes, can someone please help? I really dont know what to do and I dont wanna take it out :(
Have had my ears pierced for several years. One of my ears still bleeds a little every time I take out my earrings. Don't know what to do about it except apply peroxide each time.
Whowww youre hair looks so good n healthy love it
got my first lobe piercings 11 months ago. it was so painless i was like “i’m so excited to get more!” but then they didn’t heal after 6 weeks. and then still not after 14 weeks. now here i am, almost a year later, same earrings in… wondering if i can switch them out yet. i’ve been very dedicated to aftercare (switched to h2ocean 6 months ago which seemed to help) and am wearing very expensive gold earrings. they SEEM ok, but when i tried taking them out at 14 weeks, they seemed okay too, but stung when i took them out. so i’m very nervous.
I'd go to a piercer and ask them to swap the jewellery out for you-it'll cost a little bit (usually about a tenner where I am, plus jewellery) but they know what to look out for and can tell you what's going on with it
hey i got both of my lobes pierced around 5 weeks ago and they almost stopped hurting but they are still swollen and when i wake up , i wake up with dried blood and a lil whitish dried pus.. what should i do??? did your piercing heal now?
The matching eyebrows had me 👌🏾
My conch is my oldest cartilage piercing and has been terrible since I got it. Turns out though for all my piercings I haven't been using the correct thing to clean them like I just found this out rn... I thought the spray I had was saline solution and it's not so I'm gonna buy actual saline solution. I have 5 piercings so you'd think I know what I'm doing but apparently not. The piercer who pierced my conch gave me the wrong advice on cleaning then I bought actual saline solution the second time but then ran out and bought the wrong thing
I’ve had my belly pierced for 9 years and it still hasn’t fully healed! I don’t want to take it out but also I’m just over it because sometimes I want to take the jewellery out and have a break 😭😭😭. I wish I had taken it out because now the scars around it make me sick!
I've had my philtrum piercing for 6 months and it's just a bitch. It still bleeds and gets sore randomly. I don't want to take it out but I feel like I may not have a choice.
My nostril piercing wouldn't heal. Well, I no longer have it amymore... as of last night. I was sour about it. Idk.
Ive had both sides of my nose pierced for over a year and they're STILL not healed 😅
Got my eyebrow pierced , 4 months later got a bump on it, bump wouldn’t do for months until I changed the piercing then the bump went, for few weeks and now it’s came back !!! I acc don’t know what to do
5:14 I have the same issue! Every single piercing I've ever had hates it except for my septum. All the others I have to pierce it, keep it for several months, take it out, let it heal for about a month and then get it redone before my body will accept it and heal (I've tried keeping them for years but this is the only way I've found that they'll accept). I'm trying a new thing with my lip piercing where I started with a 12g and am dropping to a 14g, see if it heals, and then I'll up-gauge it again if it heals alright like that. (it was an accident. I just got smaller jewelry than I intended but it gave me the idea.) esp since getting everything pierced twice just to get it to heal is _expensive_ so I'm here looking for other options. Definitely don't want to have to redo my industrial but it's super difficult.
I had my second nose piercing done 3 times, third time was a charm, I had my rook done 3 times, hopefully the same as my nose 🙄
😂 that sucks you wasted money for that , healing is such a bitch
3 years and 5 months after professional piercing. No hair products or makeup. White gold plated sterling silver disc studs. They still get infected every couple weeks/months and bleed / weep. Paid a lot of money for the safest type of piercing and spent years doing after care. Both have hard scar tissue around the piercings. I’m so frustrated with the whole process and haven’t been able to wear any other earrings yet because they still haven’t healed.
One question....
It's more then a year that I had my lobe piercings done so are healed, but I'm still having troubles putting on some types of earrings in one hole. like, If the needle is slightly curved it doesn't go in.... It only have to be straight and it's only on one ear, in the other goes in perfectly and it doesn't hurt like in the other.... What should I do?
literally just got my first ear piercings 4 weeks ago and it’s bothering me so much (not exactly pain but discomfort) i don’t know why people would wanna do this multiple times
Because it looks so good but ear piercing should nott take so long🥲 it sucks
hey i got both of my lobes pierced around 5 weeks ago and they almost stopped hurting but they are still swollen and when i wake up , i wake up with dried blood and a lil whitish dried pus.. what should i do???
Does this advice count 30 years later? I was 7 when my mother forced me against my will to have my ears pierced (typical old-fashioned lobe). I remember that I had some kind of minor infection in one side. I have no idea if we did the right kind of aftercare. I have gone for long periods as an adult many years later where I have not worn any earrings in the hope that I would let it close up altogether and it never has. I have tried the opposite where I would wear some nice clean basic gold earrings for months and months in the hope that it would help. I really don't understand what is going on here. When I wear earrings they get sore and a little bit weepy. No pus, no bleeding. This was done with a gun.
I got my second lobes done when I was a freshman in highschool.. The one on my right here closed up so I got it redone about a year ago. It still is not healed. No matter what. I am now a senior so as you can imagine it’s been awhile. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to take it out but I don’t know why it don’t heal. There’s been times I’ve thought it was healed so I was able to leave it out for a couple of days. I don’t really know what to do. My other one is sort of fine for the most part.💔
I had my eyebrow piercing for about 4 years and it never healed, i have the correct anatomy aswell so it wasn’t that, but it just kept flaring up, I changed the bar to a shorter titanium bar and it was finally starting to heal, then it flared up again after a few months, and then I switched to a longer bar as it became swollen and was just swallowing the short bar, then it started healing then flared up again and I lost the ball the other day and took it as a sign to just retire the damn thing and stop being stubborn, I didn’t want to because I did like the piercing and hated the red scar and discolouration that it left when I took it out, now I have a huge scar, moral of the story, if your piercing won’t heal after like a year with all the correct aftercare then just remove it and don’t leave it for as long as I did, some people just aren’t meant for certain piercings 😢
I got a second lobe piercing last year, and they still leak lymph and sometimes blood for seemingly no reason. I was religious about keeping them clean and not bothering them, I don't know what the issue is. I got pierced at Claire's when I was 9 and I never had a single issue with them.
My forward helix...I'm struggling now for year and half to help it heal i gonna try to change the jewellery ang uf it doesn't heal too I'll take it out as you said...thanks alot for this video ❤❤ i learned alot❤❤
My lobes were done with a gun almost a year ago and they still arent completely healed
I got mine with a gun to test the waters and it healed for me with just some swelling in the beginning. It depends on the person.
My helix and rook are a pain! Had them a year and a half, and they still occasionally get swollen, red and sore.. i do everything right haha (peircing enthusiast also ahha) hopefully one day they heal :(
How are they today? I've had my helix and forward helix 14 months and still not healed.
Also less sugar intake while healing period has helped me. Everytime. Sugar keeps the flareups going.
Who even notices this stuff ?