r/PiercingAdvice

I got my bridge pierced nearly a year ago now (July 17th of last year) and its not fully healed, obviously. While I know its normal for a bridge to take this long to heal im wondering what I can do to limit bumps and help my piercing heal the fastest it can!

I currently have a stainless steel 14g straight barbell in. What are some better metals i could be putting in my bridge?

Please leave links to some budget friendly barbells that I should look into!

(Also showing off my setup)

I got this piercing a little under 3 months ago, this is the first time I'm piercing anything other than the typical ear lobe so Im not sure if everything is ok with this. I wanted an industrial piercing in which I can wear a barbell earring. The picture itself is about a week after I first got it pierced because my ear wasnt loving the bioplast so I replaced them with glass and they're not as visible (they've been healing WAY better since then). My piercer told me he will do 2 separate piercings because barbells dont heal as well and will take longer and that was fine with me since I wanted that anyway. My problem is that I think he pierced the top one straight down and I dont think a bar will reach the other hole without me twisting my ear.. is that normal? I do have a bar I can put in and show what I mean if needed, but wanted to see if this is typical and if once it fully heals something will change. 2nd picture shows where I want the bar

The first pic is the before the crush fell off and now it looks fleshy what should i do. I did the piercing like 5 months ago

Be nice pls I’m sensitive 🤣

I’m wanting to get one today… please, any advice would be great!

I’ve had my piercing for about 7 months now, downsized around march (2nd pic is right after I got it downsized) and been okay with cleaning. You can clearly see the bar showing more and a bit of irritation but I also noticed the skin around the bar looking white, idk if u can see it in this photo. If anyone who’s piercing rejected could help me out and tell me if these were signs u noticed before it rejected. I love my eyebrow piercing and I’m not ready to let go 🥲.

So, found out last night when I tried it for fun that my belly piercing that I’ve had taken out for almost 9 years is actually still totally open, I put a horseshoe ring in just to try it but I’ve had a lot of weight gain and loss and gain and loss including a pregnancy - I have loose skin on my belly/stretch marks/cellulite and plan to hopefully lose more weight… my question is, should I go get a proper belly ring for it and keep it in? Or should I just leave it out? My kid’s dad said that he doesn’t think it looks good because it sits a little crooked now because my skin is more lax, but I also don’t have proper jewelry in it right now so it can move more freely than it would with proper jewelry, I need opinions - any opinions welcome. One of my friends said it doesn’t look bad and I should keep it.

I'm not sure if guys can see what I see, but please help. I got my piercing done in December 2024, so it's roughly 18 months old. And today I tried to change the jewelry and saw what looks to be TWO holes in the underpants of the belly piercing where the jewelry slides through. I took the jewelry out to clean it and I pushed it in without looking and it wouldn't go in. Only to look and see that there's basically what looks like 2 holes? in the bottom of my piercing. Second image shows I circled what the two holes are that I'm seeing.

The white is the hole I tried to push it into without looking and the blue is the hole that it went through and where the jewelry has been in since (what I'm assuming is) the beginning.

Please can someone tell me if it's migration because I really doubt that. I changed the jewelry like 9 months after to a dangley and it was completely fine. Then changed to a shorter normal bar for maybe the last 5 months?

Will it be okay? Because if I have to take it out I really don't want to.

My piercer is a member of the APP (Association of Safe Piercers) and so when he recommends jewelry to me it’s always jewelry that’s been approved through the APP, but the issue is that the APP approved jewelry is often really expensive, not my style and only sold wholesale. Does anyone have any recommendations for where I can shop for safe jewelry that matches my style? (shown in pics) Could I just get safe jewelry from like amazon or something? Does it need to be APP approved?

I have an industrial barbell, 3 lobe piercings, a conch, a rook, and I’m looking to get a daith.

I’ve been having problems with my piercing ever since i’ve removed it too early before it was fully healed, creating a bump, took the piercing out and let it heal to get it repriced again but then the bump also came back, what can i do 😭 this has been my first facial piercing and so far Ive only had my ears done, please help 💔

( This is a nostril piercing for anyone who is confused 😭 )

Got this piercing I’ve been wanting for years a few days ago but I’ve been getting conflicting inputs on the placement. I did research before getting it and talked with my piercer and he told me this spot was best because it had the most meat to work with. I definitely don’t hate how it looks but I did wanna get different opinions just to make sure. Is this too low or high?

obviously not going to get this as a first piercing since it's not recommended, but once i get the money saved up and a septum done as a "test" to see how my body reacts, im def gonna try!

if not, i was wondering if any other lip piercings would suit my face as i really like the look of them!

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I just got both earlobes pierced today, and I'm looking for some honest opinions.

My piercer measured everything beforehand, and I was assured the placement looked good. Looking in the mirror, I am questioning how symmetrical that seen to me, butI'm aware that as someone with OCD I'm extremely picky about symmetry

Maybe the biggest thing that's throwing me off is that one stud feels slightly closer to my head than the other, even though visually I can only suspect if there's actually a difference. I'm wondering if I'm just noticing that one of my ears is shaped differently or naturally sits at a slightly different angle, or if the piercings themselves are a little asymmetrical.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback. If they're not perfectly symmetrical, that's okay I just want to know if it's something noticeable or if I'm overanalyzing because they're brand new. I would also be interested in seeing if maybe my ears truly are shaped differently?

Thanks!