Also ugh… I remember getting my lobes done at piercing pagoda back in the day. They sold me antibacterial soap as my aftercare and told me to twist the jewelry twice per day. 🥴😅
when i first got my lobes done it was with a gun and my parents told me to clean them with vodka. yesterday i got my flat piercing done and i literally just make sure there are no crusties and otherwise leave it alone. also, people don't really talk about how ears heal differently, my left ear takes forever to heal anything, while my right ear takes half the average healing time
Honestly, until I read your comment, I didn’t even think about how ears might heal differently. But when I think about my own experiences, my left ear piercings took FOREVER to heal and my right was a breeze. Wild! 😳
@@GeauxGretchen my ears are different as well! my left ear is a huge baby. it hates being stretched even just to a simple 16g, it also doesn't bleed when getting pierced. but my right ear is so simple. i've had my conch, tragus, and rook pierced on my right ear and i constantly forget i have piercings on it because it accepts literally everything i put into it..but it does bleed when getting pierced 🤷🏻♀
The piercer took out my chest dermal because it was red and sore (I think it was starting to reject), and I thought I would have a huge, raised scar. It's only been 2 weeks, but the scar is very small and flat. I think it will go away with bio oil!
Piercing gun - know better, do better! I will NEVER get a piercing with a gun again.I have 30 piercings now, only my first and second lobes were done with a gun decades ago.
I had someone telling he didn't have piercings because they smell 😳🙄😒 and was like yeahhh if you don't wash them regularly like literally any body part
Hey anyone know what a soecific eyebrow infection looks like it was fine until i used makeup then i panicked bc i thought it was infected so i used saline spray stuff and that didnt help so i went back to sea salt soaks it was alot better until this morning where the pus stuff was thicker and blood tinged slightly!! Any advice it seems ok tho its not really sore its been 2 weeks and seems to be better except the slightly thicker liquid or pus and slight blood tinge it not hot or flaky skin so idk what to do omg i need help i have a titanium eyebrow barbell too so idk my body does NOT LIKE GOLD OR EXPENSIVE METALS!! Any advice would help and is welcome!! Thanks!!
Also with the temporary, if you get cartilage pierced, the skin may heal, but cartilage doesn’t regenerate. Got a forward helix taken out and I can still feel the hole in the cartilage though you can’t “see” it. There is also metal sensitivities, some people are prone to swelling more so than others, some of us need to be pierced at a larger gauge because our body will try to reject it. Everyone’s body is different!
I was wondering if thats whats going on with my eyebrow because ive had the irritation buuut this morning during my cleaning with the salt water soaks i had some slightly thickers pus with a slight tinge of blood bc i was a dumby and used makeup on my face and eyes then i believe it wad irritated and so i got a saline solution in the can which i think didnt do it any good so i switched back to sea salt and was fine for a bit niw this happened any advice...i have titanium metal and im prone to boils and abscesses have had a procedure done on my forehead for a boil so idk whats up im just going to keep at it with the sea salt and see if it happens again, however it looked like a piece of skin or something came out as well...idk if anyone has advice please let me know what ya'll think!! Thanks love these videos!!! Puts me at ease!
Don't forget about piercing myth no. 11 about removing the jewellery from your piercings before bed... No! Jewellery should remain in your piercings at all times, even while sleeping, to maintain the holes at the correct size.
This is sorta on topic cuz you mentioned not using any alcohol products or hydrogen peroxide as they’re too strong but uh, another thing I’ve heard a million times on repeat when doing my research on the aftercare of piercings is to not use bactine cuz it’s also too strong and can do more damage than good…. Yea well, I’m so glad I did my research first versus texting the place where I got my snake bites and 2 eyebrow piercings done ! 🤡 Cuz that person told me to use bactine lol. Which I didn’t considering piercers via RUclips and other RUclipsrs that have had / have piercings suggested otherwise. I use H2Ocean saline solution and my piercings are doing amazing. I was also told to rinse my mouth with Listerine which I don’t do since ur not supposed to use any alcohol based products and idk what’s up with the zero 😂 I’m not taking the risk !!! 😭 Instead I rinse with non iodine salt Aka Dead sea salt or natural sea salt lol. The ibuprofen everyone recommended for the swelling and so did the person I texted and that I am taking. I’m just so glad I did my research first cuz …. I’m new to piercings dude and I’m sure I would’ve been naive and taken that bad aftercare healing advice 😭 I did my research cuz well, it was late at night & I was trippin about one of my snake bites cuz it was so close to my skin instead of sticking out & idk, I just thot like it’s gonna sink into my skin & I didn’t know whether that was normal or not & I was just overall extremely anxious & worried. Thx to my best friend “anxiety” I ended up finding out all I needed to know about the aftercare healing process, what not to use & what to use, what’s normal & what isn’t. It was so close to my skin cuz my lip was mildy swollen. Which has gone down since like days after using H2Ocean, rinsing with the sea salt & taking ibuprofen. I also learned about nesting which I’m glad I did cuz that would’ve been something to trip about hadn’t I the knowledge & it had occurred.
I looOOOOVE your makeup in this vid Gretchen, your eyeshadow, SO beautiful 😍
Also ugh… I remember getting my lobes done at piercing pagoda back in the day. They sold me antibacterial soap as my aftercare and told me to twist the jewelry twice per day. 🥴😅
I got that for my helix too klsjdflksjdfk
I love this! Can u please consider making this a series? Maybe a couple more videos like it.
Im sure there are hundreds of myths out there!
when i first got my lobes done it was with a gun and my parents told me to clean them with vodka. yesterday i got my flat piercing done and i literally just make sure there are no crusties and otherwise leave it alone.
also, people don't really talk about how ears heal differently, my left ear takes forever to heal anything, while my right ear takes half the average healing time
Honestly, until I read your comment, I didn’t even think about how ears might heal differently. But when I think about my own experiences, my left ear piercings took FOREVER to heal and my right was a breeze. Wild! 😳
@@GeauxGretchen my ears are different as well! my left ear is a huge baby. it hates being stretched even just to a simple 16g, it also doesn't bleed when getting pierced. but my right ear is so simple. i've had my conch, tragus, and rook pierced on my right ear and i constantly forget i have piercings on it because it accepts literally everything i put into it..but it does bleed when getting pierced 🤷🏻♀
The piercer took out my chest dermal because it was red and sore (I think it was starting to reject), and I thought I would have a huge, raised scar. It's only been 2 weeks, but the scar is very small and flat. I think it will go away with bio oil!
Just started the video, but I gotta say, you look soooooo freakin’ good!!! The colors, the black, the jewelry, just… omg!
This makeup look is ✨ everryythiiing ✨
Cartilage shattering is also a piercing gun risk because of the blunt trauma
Can I ask why you removed your labret piercing? It's something I'm considering, but not quite sure yet.
Playing with my new septum piercing while you tell me not to play with any new piercing 🙋♀️
Awesome Video Gretchen your RUclips videos and Twitch Streams are so much fun to watch Keep up the great work you're the best
Piercing gun - know better, do better! I will NEVER get a piercing with a gun again.I have 30 piercings now, only my first and second lobes were done with a gun decades ago.
Your hair is fab!! Have you dyed it recently?
A few weeks ago I did! It's a lighter shade of red now.
I had someone telling he didn't have piercings because they smell 😳🙄😒 and was like yeahhh if you don't wash them regularly like literally any body part
Hey anyone know what a soecific eyebrow infection looks like it was fine until i used makeup then i panicked bc i thought it was infected so i used saline spray stuff and that didnt help so i went back to sea salt soaks it was alot better until this morning where the pus stuff was thicker and blood tinged slightly!! Any advice it seems ok tho its not really sore its been 2 weeks and seems to be better except the slightly thicker liquid or pus and slight blood tinge it not hot or flaky skin so idk what to do omg i need help i have a titanium eyebrow barbell too so idk my body does NOT LIKE GOLD OR EXPENSIVE METALS!! Any advice would help and is welcome!! Thanks!!
Also with the temporary, if you get cartilage pierced, the skin may heal, but cartilage doesn’t regenerate. Got a forward helix taken out and I can still feel the hole in the cartilage though you can’t “see” it.
There is also metal sensitivities, some people are prone to swelling more so than others, some of us need to be pierced at a larger gauge because our body will try to reject it. Everyone’s body is different!
I was wondering if thats whats going on with my eyebrow because ive had the irritation buuut this morning during my cleaning with the salt water soaks i had some slightly thickers pus with a slight tinge of blood bc i was a dumby and used makeup on my face and eyes then i believe it wad irritated and so i got a saline solution in the can which i think didnt do it any good so i switched back to sea salt and was fine for a bit niw this happened any advice...i have titanium metal and im prone to boils and abscesses have had a procedure done on my forehead for a boil so idk whats up im just going to keep at it with the sea salt and see if it happens again, however it looked like a piece of skin or something came out as well...idk if anyone has advice please let me know what ya'll think!! Thanks love these videos!!! Puts me at ease!
Don't forget about piercing myth no. 11 about removing the jewellery from your piercings before bed...
No! Jewellery should remain in your piercings at all times, even while sleeping, to maintain the holes at the correct size.
I thought i had to twist it!!!!
I remember those 90’s myths about paralysis 😒
This is sorta on topic cuz you mentioned not using any alcohol products or hydrogen peroxide as they’re too strong but uh, another thing I’ve heard a million times on repeat when doing my research on the aftercare of piercings is to not use bactine cuz it’s also too strong and can do more damage than good…. Yea well, I’m so glad I did my research first versus texting the place where I got my snake bites and 2 eyebrow piercings done ! 🤡 Cuz that person told me to use bactine lol. Which I didn’t considering piercers via RUclips and other RUclipsrs that have had / have piercings suggested otherwise. I use H2Ocean saline solution and my piercings are doing amazing. I was also told to rinse my mouth with Listerine which I don’t do since ur not supposed to use any alcohol based products and idk what’s up with the zero 😂 I’m not taking the risk !!! 😭 Instead I rinse with non iodine salt Aka Dead sea salt or natural sea salt lol. The ibuprofen everyone recommended for the swelling and so did the person I texted and that I am taking. I’m just so glad I did my research first cuz …. I’m new to piercings dude and I’m sure I would’ve been naive and taken that bad aftercare healing advice 😭
I did my research cuz well, it was late at night & I was trippin about one of my snake bites cuz it was so close to my skin instead of sticking out & idk, I just thot like it’s gonna sink into my skin & I didn’t know whether that was normal or not & I was just overall extremely anxious & worried. Thx to my best friend “anxiety” I ended up finding out all I needed to know about the aftercare healing process, what not to use & what to use, what’s normal & what isn’t.
It was so close to my skin cuz my lip was mildy swollen. Which has gone down since like days after using H2Ocean, rinsing with the sea salt & taking ibuprofen.
I also learned about nesting which I’m glad I did cuz that would’ve been something to trip about hadn’t I the knowledge & it had occurred.
Ngl I used alcohol on all my helix piercing to shrink the bumps, they’re filled healed now
My piercer told me to use rubbing alcohol on my daith piercing bumps one a week to dry it out. I did, and it worked!
Would you ever do a collab with roly or another body mod based utuber?
The most common myth about piercings is that they are attractive, unless you like walking around looking like a Christmas tree.
Yet here you are