Buy a travel pillow; you know, one of the circular ones with the hole in the middle. I've used one for years when my cartilage piercings were new, and it's been a lifesaver. Your ear will be inside the hole, and no pressure will be on the piercing. If you get one, make sure the cover is washable, and keep it clean. I still use mine even after my piercings have healed. (Jan Griffiths).
I got a pillow that has 2 ear holes because I tried using the travel pillow method (I am a side and stomach sleeper), and it wasn’t working because I couldn’t get comfortable then I would wake up not even using the pillow by accident. So far I’m having luck with the 2-hole pillow, it’s a regular pillow otherwise and I can sleep pretty much normally.
I've probably done all of these too lol. When you said no one wants to deal with a healing piercing for over a year I looked at my just-over-a-year-old industrial that still has a small irritation bump on the inside of the forward helix hole and felt that!!!!!!!! like get it together girl!! you got the titanium you deserve!! get it together!!!!
@@sobangchel I used diluted tea tree oil. Put it on q-tip with saline rubbed it on left for no more then 5 min. Then washed it off. That's what my piercer told me to do.
I've also heard that clairs tell u to twist the jewelry to help prevent the skin growing over it bc the jewelry is too small, which is sometimes true. those butterfly clip earrings can be too tight for initial jewelry
omg yesssss, when i got my upper lobe they told me to twist it and the earring that i had when i first got it pierced was so tight, to the point where it sometimes hurt a bit. But it's healed now
I'm sometimes guilty of changing the jewellery too early 🙃 But I was once pierced with a hoop on my helix by a professional piercer and it just hurt the whole time and was inflamed for months until I changed the jewellery for a labret bar and then it healed perfectly... I'm now at almost 20 piercings and planning on getting more in the future, it's kind of an addiction now 😂
I got a salt burn on my rook, because I overcleaned it. I had a reaction to the salt because it was so strong and that made it flare-up, making me think it might be infected. I am now cleaning it once a day with cooled boiled water and if any gunk builds-up (it hasn't done for a while, so I am hopeful) I use an alcohol wipe. Ugh! People assuming that their irritation bump is a keloid annoys me so much, especially when they are surprised that they have one, after sleeping on it! Xx
My mistake was going to a piercer that's shady and got my nose pierced with thin as hell ring jewelery and now im struggling waiting for it to heal so that i can change it to a stud and start healing it all over again
I pierced my smiley a few days ago because I had a mental breakdown while doing homework. it never bled, it has no sensitivity for me post piercing. it's my third day and I already and getting gum lines
Sleeping directly on that ear if the piercing is relatively new. I can't say I've directly made those mistakes but I've done the less then recommended cleaning in the beginning of a new piercing/changed the jewelry multiple times in the first year of having a piercing(but I gauge my body and what feels fine for me may not feel fine for you)/and waiting to long to change it to a smaller bar size from getting it first pierced.
My first piercing (nose) I over cleaned it out of fear of it getting infected and it was so irritated all the time and got piercing bumps on it, i never twisted it never laid on it nothing. I was so sad when I took it out 😭over cleaning is like my biggest issue. I have piercings that are 3 years old and I still clean them twice a day just because i hear people having issues with piercings well after they’re healed.
Happened to me just now.. Had my ear pierced in December. Four at the same time. All was good! I kept up with the cleaning for month. Startet to change, panicked, started overcleaning, using all the products... and boom, it's now irritated and it itches! Overthinking it, watching every Video.. Went to my piercer and learned i have been overdoing everything right😁 well now i give it a little break😇 Thanks for All your Videos! The kept me sagen and from overworrying.
I got my nostril pierced about a month ago..have already, like an idiot, changed the jewelry several times 😑 I’m super impatient. Luckily it seems to be healing nicely. I settled on a pretty, tiny amethyst type stone..and I swear I’m leaving it alone for like a year before I change it again!
Gasp. Just got my first piercings at Claire's yesterday, and they told me to twist it every so often so it doesn't get stuck. Two youtube videos later, I now know to not do that. Y i k e s. Thank you so much!
the way you say piercing gives me life. every time I watch one of your videos I just...wait for it lol. also your videos have been really helpful to me. I got my septum pierced in november and it's such a huge part of my life now lol!
I just got my daith/dath (had to put that there for you gretchen) dome on tuesday and I keep forgetting I got it because it doesnt hurt an my ear itches an I hit it (lightly) then I'm like shit! No! Bad! Lol
@@lilysmith3688 I honestly thought it was going to be sore for awhile and wouldnt be able to touch my ear or anything but it honestly is almost painless. The bottom entry hole is slightly tender but dont have a problem sticking a cotton ball in it
I'm constantly touching mine and shortening posts when I think they're ready but they always get mad at me and so I change them back lol. I literally got my nostril pierced and didn't like the way the end I chose looked with my existing nostril piercing so I changed the end on the same day I got it I'm so bad haha.
I got an industrial piercing and it honestly looks perfect.... little redness, no swelling, no gunk or flakey skin or anything.. it's only 2 weeks old so that may happen but so far nothing
I knew I shouldnt have slept in my two lobe piercings but I cannot sleep with a travel pillow or equivalent. It tears my neck up and I'll have tension headaches for days. I slept on my piercings and all seems to be well.
I got my first helix piercing done last December and was stupid enough to get it done by the dreaded piercing gun I think I was a lucky one as there’s been no signs of infection it just hurts a little around the cartilage that’s going down a lot everyday though next time I get either my double helix or tragus I will definitely end going to a tattoo shop haha
I think a huge mistake(that I made) is getting a piercing at claire's. I was lucky enough to have no problems but i would never trust a minimum wage employee with a piercing gun now
i’m getting surgery next week and my conch piercing is about 3 months old now, however, i have to remove all piercings (metal) for the surgery. can i switch to a retainer for the surgery? i don’t want it to close up.
Sarah Neilson see a piercer and/or a dermatologist. It depends on the type of bump and how long it’s been there for. Definitely upsize jewelry length, make sure to wear a good metal (titanium, niobium, or gold), and clean it regularly even after it’s healed. Diluting tea tree oil (1 tea tree to ten of water) and spraying it onto the area can help calm down the bump, soaking it in saline is also helpful (just stick your nose in a shot glass filled with saline). Piercers will be more able to give specific ideas for what’s causing it (like metal, cleaning habits, etc) and what to do (sometimes you need to take it out and try again later). Another possibility is that your face wash and lotion are irritating it, so talk with the dermatologist about that. Pierced nurses are also great resources, so the next time you have a regular doctors appointment, see if your nurse has piercings!
I got a regular lobe piercing done with a needle at a tattoo shop... she said that they tend to heal from 3-5 weeks so ima just be safe and wait 4-5 weeks
You drive me crazy. The word is pronounced piercing, not pierce in! I know that you can pronounce a g, because you do it for every word ending in g except for piercing. Please work on the proper pronunciation of the thing so many of us are proud of and have interest in!
Ah yes, I will be sure to change how I have pronounced words for almost 30 years because someone on the internet told me to. I’ll get right on that. I’m sorry that my dialect bothers you so much. If it’s truly that awful, you can click off my videos. I don’t pronounce the “g” on any “-ing” words...I don’t have a selective dialect.
Listen to your audio. When you say cleaning, you pronounce it clean ing. When you say healing you pronounce it heal ing. When you pronounce piercing, you pronounce it pierce in. It appears to me that this is the only word ending in ing that you don't properly pronounce. I really do enjoy your videos but your pronunciation of one word drives me a bit nuts.
Pretty sure she says all -ing words the same way 🤔 if it bothers you so much you don’t have to watch. I barely even notice it anymore unless she mentions it herself.
Geaux Gretchen I absolutely love the way you say piercin. I think it’s so cute. It’s probably one of my favorite things about your videos. Lol ily Gretchen.
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Don't sleep on a healing piercing, even if it doesn't hurt. You'll regret it in the morning. Biggest mistake that I still continue to make. 😂
Buy a travel pillow; you know, one of the circular ones with the hole in the middle. I've used one for years when my cartilage piercings were new, and it's been a lifesaver. Your ear will be inside the hole, and no pressure will be on the piercing. If you get one, make sure the cover is washable, and keep it clean. I still use mine even after my piercings have healed. (Jan Griffiths).
I got a pillow that has 2 ear holes because I tried using the travel pillow method (I am a side and stomach sleeper), and it wasn’t working because I couldn’t get comfortable then I would wake up not even using the pillow by accident. So far I’m having luck with the 2-hole pillow, it’s a regular pillow otherwise and I can sleep pretty much normally.
my rook felt that!
I did and I got an irritation bump 😭
I've probably done all of these too lol. When you said no one wants to deal with a healing piercing for over a year I looked at my just-over-a-year-old industrial that still has a small irritation bump on the inside of the forward helix hole and felt that!!!!!!!! like get it together girl!! you got the titanium you deserve!! get it together!!!!
My industrial had that same bump for a year and a half
Nesmii 😔✊ at least there’s light on the other side. thanks for giving me hope
@@sobangchel I used diluted tea tree oil. Put it on q-tip with saline rubbed it on left for no more then 5 min. Then washed it off. That's what my piercer told me to do.
I've also heard that clairs tell u to twist the jewelry to help prevent the skin growing over it bc the jewelry is too small, which is sometimes true. those butterfly clip earrings can be too tight for initial jewelry
omg yesssss, when i got my upper lobe they told me to twist it and the earring that i had when i first got it pierced was so tight, to the point where it sometimes hurt a bit. But it's healed now
You look stunning with that green eyeshadow. But omg I always play with my helixes or sleep on them and they get angry with me
Every time I see the word piercing I hear your voice in my head and i love it.
Same lol couldn't relate more🤣
I'm sometimes guilty of changing the jewellery too early 🙃 But I was once pierced with a hoop on my helix by a professional piercer and it just hurt the whole time and was inflamed for months until I changed the jewellery for a labret bar and then it healed perfectly... I'm now at almost 20 piercings and planning on getting more in the future, it's kind of an addiction now 😂
I got a salt burn on my rook, because I overcleaned it. I had a reaction to the salt because it was so strong and that made it flare-up, making me think it might be infected. I am now cleaning it once a day with cooled boiled water and if any gunk builds-up (it hasn't done for a while, so I am hopeful) I use an alcohol wipe.
Ugh! People assuming that their irritation bump is a keloid annoys me so much, especially when they are surprised that they have one, after sleeping on it! Xx
I got a septum piercing three days ago and I have to clean it like three times a day because my allergies are awful
My mistake was going to a piercer that's shady and got my nose pierced with thin as hell ring jewelery and now im struggling waiting for it to heal so that i can change it to a stud and start healing it all over again
Your makeup look is amazing!
I really did the over cleaning with my tragus piercings. It took a year for them to heal.
I pierced my smiley a few days ago because I had a mental breakdown while doing homework.
it never bled, it has no sensitivity for me post piercing.
it's my third day and I already and getting gum lines
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Sleeping directly on that ear if the piercing is relatively new.
I can't say I've directly made those mistakes but I've done the less then recommended cleaning in the beginning of a new piercing/changed the jewelry multiple times in the first year of having a piercing(but I gauge my body and what feels fine for me may not feel fine for you)/and waiting to long to change it to a smaller bar size from getting it first pierced.
Im awful about playing with new piercings too often
Btw really dont change your piercing before its healed. Thought mine was and changed it to a hoop and irritated it so bad. Back to square one
My first piercing (nose) I over cleaned it out of fear of it getting infected and it was so irritated all the time and got piercing bumps on it, i never twisted it never laid on it nothing. I was so sad when I took it out 😭over cleaning is like my biggest issue. I have piercings that are 3 years old and I still clean them twice a day just because i hear people having issues with piercings well after they’re healed.
Happened to me just now.. Had my ear pierced in December. Four at the same time. All was good! I kept up with the cleaning for month. Startet to change, panicked, started overcleaning, using all the products... and boom, it's now irritated and it itches! Overthinking it, watching every Video.. Went to my piercer and learned i have been overdoing everything right😁 well now i give it a little break😇 Thanks for All your Videos! The kept me sagen and from overworrying.
I got my nostril pierced about a month ago..have already, like an idiot, changed the jewelry several times 😑 I’m super impatient. Luckily it seems to be healing nicely. I settled on a pretty, tiny amethyst type stone..and I swear I’m leaving it alone for like a year before I change it again!
Gasp. Just got my first piercings at Claire's yesterday, and they told me to twist it every so often so it doesn't get stuck. Two youtube videos later, I now know to not do that. Y i k e s. Thank you so much!
I love your makeup in this video!
Got my both of my conch pierced with huggies :) swell so bad and ended up change the earrings less than a week after
the way you say piercing gives me life. every time I watch one of your videos I just...wait for it lol.
also your videos have been really helpful to me. I got my septum pierced in november and it's such a huge part of my life now lol!
I just got my daith/dath (had to put that there for you gretchen) dome on tuesday and I keep forgetting I got it because it doesnt hurt an my ear itches an I hit it (lightly) then I'm like shit! No! Bad! Lol
yes!! I just got mine pierced and it’s already caused me wayy less problems than my helix which I’ve had for 6 months :(
@@lilysmith3688 I honestly thought it was going to be sore for awhile and wouldnt be able to touch my ear or anything but it honestly is almost painless. The bottom entry hole is slightly tender but dont have a problem sticking a cotton ball in it
Super early 🥳💛 this was really helpful!!
I'm constantly touching mine and shortening posts when I think they're ready but they always get mad at me and so I change them back lol. I literally got my nostril pierced and didn't like the way the end I chose looked with my existing nostril piercing so I changed the end on the same day I got it I'm so bad haha.
I got an industrial piercing and it honestly looks perfect.... little redness, no swelling, no gunk or flakey skin or anything.. it's only 2 weeks old so that may happen but so far nothing
I'll be honest of cleaning at least 3 times a day but I work in a warehouse and I feel so ick when I get home
omg I love your makeup!!!!💜💙💚
Yo I have that shinedown shirt! Did you go to the concert last year too :D
I know not to twist it What about pulling it back and forth by accident would that irritate it
I knew I shouldnt have slept in my two lobe piercings but I cannot sleep with a travel pillow or equivalent. It tears my neck up and I'll have tension headaches for days. I slept on my piercings and all seems to be well.
We’re twinning! I just got my tragus pierced not too long ago. 🙌🏽
I have question I got my ear pierced 2 weeks ago am I allowed to wear headphones or not
I got my philtrum done on December 4th, can I change it to a smaller bar yet?
How about switching from a 16g surgical steel piercing with a 20g sterling silver? Because I regret downsizing my cartilage
I got my first helix piercing done last December and was stupid enough to get it done by the dreaded piercing gun I think I was a lucky one as there’s been no signs of infection it just hurts a little around the cartilage that’s going down a lot everyday though next time I get either my double helix or tragus I will definitely end going to a tattoo shop haha
I overcleaned my nose piercing and I had to take it out, have it heal and get it redone
I always change my 2 early everytime and I hav 18 piercings now I am 31 and still haven't learned my lesson
People just need common sense
I think a huge mistake(that I made) is getting a piercing at claire's. I was lucky enough to have no problems but i would never trust a minimum wage employee with a piercing gun now
I love your videosssss . I can’t stop touching my new piercings 😭 omg
i got me helix piercing 2 days ago and he said i could change it in a month, i'm ofc gonna leave it for at least three months just to be safe :v
Should I wait 6 months to change my ear lobe piercing?
i've turnedd my nose ring touched it repierced it bout a month ago
i’m getting surgery next week and my conch piercing is about 3 months old now, however, i have to remove all piercings (metal) for the surgery. can i switch to a retainer for the surgery? i don’t want it to close up.
If you do put in a retainer already, get a glass retainer. Some plastic or bioflex ones I have ordered have have some sharp edges.
Brooke Pybas Thank you so much!💗
All of these I have done lmao with my new tragus I am being very diligent to not do these things
I wish I saw this video like 2 hours ago before I got my double helix done
ALSO, after 2 hours my piercing is still bleeding, is this normal?
Yes, it all depends on how the body responds - some are bleeders and others aren’t. Just keep up with aftercare and it should clear up. 🙂
Should I get a taper to stretch up from a 20g to a 16g or can I just put 16g jewelry in after a hot shower?
Get some 18g jewelry. That's the size right after 20.
My nose has a bump I tried asprin idk what to do
Sarah Neilson see a piercer and/or a dermatologist. It depends on the type of bump and how long it’s been there for. Definitely upsize jewelry length, make sure to wear a good metal (titanium, niobium, or gold), and clean it regularly even after it’s healed. Diluting tea tree oil (1 tea tree to ten of water) and spraying it onto the area can help calm down the bump, soaking it in saline is also helpful (just stick your nose in a shot glass filled with saline). Piercers will be more able to give specific ideas for what’s causing it (like metal, cleaning habits, etc) and what to do (sometimes you need to take it out and try again later).
Another possibility is that your face wash and lotion are irritating it, so talk with the dermatologist about that. Pierced nurses are also great resources, so the next time you have a regular doctors appointment, see if your nurse has piercings!
Ace White thanks so much
Not checking the tightness of the balls if gone for labret. X
Rubbish metals to I wanna die when ppl have no idea what metal in there body lol
I got a regular lobe piercing done with a needle at a tattoo shop... she said that they tend to heal from 3-5 weeks so ima just be safe and wait 4-5 weeks
okay i’ll just leave it 😭😭
You drive me crazy. The word is pronounced piercing, not pierce in! I know that you can pronounce a g, because you do it for every word ending in g except for piercing. Please work on the proper pronunciation of the thing so many of us are proud of and have interest in!
Ah yes, I will be sure to change how I have pronounced words for almost 30 years because someone on the internet told me to. I’ll get right on that.
I’m sorry that my dialect bothers you so much. If it’s truly that awful, you can click off my videos. I don’t pronounce the “g” on any “-ing” words...I don’t have a selective dialect.
Listen to your audio. When you say cleaning, you pronounce it clean ing. When you say healing you pronounce it heal ing. When you pronounce piercing, you pronounce it pierce in. It appears to me that this is the only word ending in ing that you don't properly pronounce.
I really do enjoy your videos but your pronunciation of one word drives me a bit nuts.
Pretty sure she says all -ing words the same way 🤔 if it bothers you so much you don’t have to watch. I barely even notice it anymore unless she mentions it herself.
Geaux Gretchen I absolutely love the way you say piercin. I think it’s so cute. It’s probably one of my favorite things about your videos. Lol ily Gretchen.
whitetop03 no she doesn’t pronounce cleaning clean-ing. If you listen closely she pronounces it the same way as piercing.