u/unknowchickenbanana

I got my 3 piercings professionally downsized yesterday (which hurt A LOT, esp my helix and flat). And now my ear is swollen and red.

My flat and helix are 3 months old, and my conch is 3.5 months old, they’re all implant grade titanium and threadless.

The downsizing actually felt really painful, especially when he put the taper in, and he prescribed me with betadine to use once a day for 2 weeks around the piercing and also applied some after downsizing.

And I’m just wondering if it is normal for my ear to look like this after downsizing. My conch actually had already been downsized once before this and it looked perfectly fine after downsizing last time.

I usually just clean my piercings (like i did yesteday) with sterile saline and then rinse with water after letting it sit for 5 minutes

(He’s a professional reputable piercer in the city)

I have black hairs all over my stomach and I shaved a few times and you can see little darker dots all over my stomach and it’s making me really self conscious as a teenager, I’ve done 2 sessions of Philips Lumea IPL too, what can I do about this?

Yesterday I got drunk and my bracelet hooked onto my flat piercing and the front piece got yanked out, it started bleeding but I got the jewlery back in after like 15 minutes of trying (didn’t put it back in the most sterile way..)

Now a day later my flat is swollen, red and I see a little bit of a white fluid building up under my skin. However my bar still has space for swelling, and it’s not really throbbing but felt just a little bit warm. Should I be concerned about this?

(I also put a picture of how my ear looked before this unfortunate event 🙏)

My piercing is nearly 2 months old, implant grade titanium, threadless, hasn’t been downsized yet and I just clean it with saline

I accidentally tugged at my piercing and the front of my piercing is gone, my piercing hurts it feels like a heart that’s beating I’m drunk right now and my piercer doesn’t open until Friday. I don’t know where the top of the piercing is, it’s a threadless piercing
Please help what do I do now? Do I clean it with saline b

I’m a little bored so I’m just looking for what I could get next!! :))

I got my conch pierced on March 21 and downsized on April 10. Jewelry is implant grade titanium (threadless labret I think) and it had been healing fine.

2 days ago (April 27) I was drunk and hit it really hard. When I woke up (28 April) it swelled up, and later in the day it started leaking thick yellow fluid (pus) after I bumped it again while washing my hair.

Now:

Thick yellow/clear pus from front + back.

Swelling has increased overnights

Jewelry is now very tight (no space left for swelling).

Fluid seems to build up under the skin and refills after cleaning.

Mild throbbing but not very painful or hot.

Today’s photos are after cleaning with sterile saline, but I still can’t remove all the crust/pus.

I called my GP and they told me to contact my piercer first, otherwise they will just take the piercing out.

Is this an Infection?

Is this jewelry too tight / starting to embed?

Should I insist on a longer bar or antibiotics?

When is removal actually necessary?

I’ve attached photos from before, yesterday, and today.

Any help is very appreciated!! 🫶🫶

I bought my first VS bra of Vinted, and im not sure what I bought because initially I thought it was the bombshell one because of the padding on the last picture, but the tag says “t-shirt push up” so I’m very confused right now and would appreciate help identifying which bra this is 😭😭

Please lmk if you have any idea!! 🫶🫶