r/SelfPiercing

Anyone who's done their own industrial what you think is it worth it? Or should i save up and get it done proper.

Please don't give me generic advice to go to a pro like just dish me up the real tea.

I'm not afriad of needles and i've got a steady hand but I'm worried that i won't get the angle right since it's different for every ear and i'm just out of my bloody scope if im being honest.

I Think? i have the anatomy. Again i'm just out of my damn scope with this one

Anyone who did their own industrial how was the experience and do you think i could do it

hi! im planning to get a mid helix. can ya’ll share ur experience with it? tyia

There has been a LOT of posts recently in regards to people's piercings "rejecting" or becoming "infected"

For future note -

Irritation is pretty common and often presents as an uncomfortable bump around the jewellery or piercing site

This is due to a product you are putting on it, the jewellery material causing a bother, or the fact you've bumped or slept on it. It can also happen from the piercing being done at an angle, or putting pressure on the bar causing movement

The solution to irritation is to keep clean and dry, and remove the source of the irritation. If you've slept on it, this means getting a piercing pillow and stopping sleeping on it. If you've gotten product in it or have used something other than saline, rinse it and spray with saline, then dry it. If it is at an angle, your best option may be to remove it and retry once its healed

Rejection is the process of the body pushing out a foreign object. There is generally redness, the bar becoming more visible, and it can be a bit sore

There is no option other than removal once the piercing has started to reject. Please remove it and allow it to heal

Surface piercings and dermals are temporary piercings. They are guaranteed to reject at some stage. The benefit of removing a rejecting piercing as early as possible is that it reduces the trail scarring from the body pushing it out

Infection happens due to the presence of bacteria. The solution to infection is antibiotics

Genuinely infected piercings do not go away if you leave them alone. Infection can become serious if left untreated. You will need the help of a medical professional and a prescription. Do NOT remove an infected piercing

Please use this guide to help identify the problem you are experiencing so that it can be treated accordingly

And can we please try to use the correct terms when uploading posts. If you are not sure, please ask for help/advice using the existing piercing assistance flair. You will need to upload a CLEAR photo of the problem area so we can help you.

My pick would easily be septum. I don't know since when, for the very first facial piercing everyone recommends a septum. When I was figuring out which one to do on myself as the first one, my friend who already had like every imaginable piercing on their face also recommended a septum, because apparently it "suits everyone" and is rather easy to heal and step into the piercing area with it.

I'm not arguing with the second point and I can't judge how easy it is to heal and get used to since I don't have it myself, but what I don't think is true is that it suits everyone. I think it's flexible in a way that there are a lot of options for septum jewelry and you can even hide it easier than most other facial piercings, however I don't think it suits everyone.

I think I witnessed them becoming really popular and common in around 2020, when a lot of people started getting them and many people stopped at just this one piercing on their face. In my opinion they are actually very cute if they suit your features and don't take away the attention from them, especially if paired with other piercings that aren't in your nose. Since a septum is in the very center of your face I've noticed that if a person doesn't have some eye catching features, my attention immediately just goes to the septum and it kinda looks off.

If I had to name a piercing I think actually has the highest chances of suiting most people, it would be an eyebrow piercing or a nostril, even just by themselves they are cute and most likely add to your face rather than take away from it.

I am contemplating getting it right now but I just be staring at my face trying to figure out if it would actually look good and not create that illusion, though I already have an eyebrow, a nostril and vertical labret.

What are your thoughts?

Edit: now that I think about it, a septum actually became huge as a thing. Septum is literally a whole culture now lol and I think it's cool. Like it's one of the first associations when the topic of piercings is brought up around people who aren't very familiar with piercings or millennials/gen x.

But with people who are already into the whole pierced up theme I think it's one of the least often talked about piercings, it became kind of basic because of its popularity that no one glances an eye on it or has questions.