Gnarly Cranium
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Is it just me, or is the sink specifically excluded from the forum's search function? There's probably some previous threads on this subject but I cain't find em so blah.
I just got my first piercing-- 18g earlobes, the most basic. Went to Body Manipulations in the mission to have it done properly. I hate haaaate hate hate HATE needles, so I just sat there with my eyes closed the whole time, never even saw the nasty things, and that really helped. I'm still amazed I sat through it.
I wanted pierced ears really badly for as long as I can remember, but my parents told me I had to wait till I was 12. They took me to the mall my 12th birthday, I sat down in the chair, they put dots on my ears, they got out the gun and I said... you know what? NOPE. Got up and left and only just now got the guts to go back. I'm glad I didn't go the mallgun route, knowing what I know now-- I think even though I was 12 I sensed that the person at the mall just was not taking the thing seriously, and this being semi-permanent mutilations of my flesh I was just not comfortable with that.
It's been about 7 weeks and they're still not healed-- not red or swollen, but oozing a teeny bit of greenish stuff when I clean them. I had figured this would be a good time to have them done, since my bike died and I haven't been wearing a helmet, so I'm a little surprised that they're still giving me trouble. I got titanium studs at first, but they were snagging very painfully on my pillow and blankets every morning so I got those swapped out for some little steel CBRs at week 4 or 5. It was early for messing with a jewelry change, but I'm very glad I did it since these do not snag. They tug sometimes, but not the nasty yanking I got before. I've been doing the sea salt soaks morning and evening, but the provon soap was setting off allergic reactions on the surrounding skin so I've finally given that a rest this week.
Weirdly, even though these aren't fully healed yet I find myself already contemplating additional ear add-ons. From the sound of it though, cartilage is a real bitch to heal (and from what I understand, inner conch can be seriously painful).
So, guys-- thoughts! How do you cope with ear piercings+helmet? How much harder does it make healing? How long after initial piercing should a person wait before going to the next bigger gauge? Any suggestions, anecdotes, show off cool pics of your stuff, and so on!
I just got my first piercing-- 18g earlobes, the most basic. Went to Body Manipulations in the mission to have it done properly. I hate haaaate hate hate HATE needles, so I just sat there with my eyes closed the whole time, never even saw the nasty things, and that really helped. I'm still amazed I sat through it.
I wanted pierced ears really badly for as long as I can remember, but my parents told me I had to wait till I was 12. They took me to the mall my 12th birthday, I sat down in the chair, they put dots on my ears, they got out the gun and I said... you know what? NOPE. Got up and left and only just now got the guts to go back. I'm glad I didn't go the mallgun route, knowing what I know now-- I think even though I was 12 I sensed that the person at the mall just was not taking the thing seriously, and this being semi-permanent mutilations of my flesh I was just not comfortable with that. It's been about 7 weeks and they're still not healed-- not red or swollen, but oozing a teeny bit of greenish stuff when I clean them. I had figured this would be a good time to have them done, since my bike died and I haven't been wearing a helmet, so I'm a little surprised that they're still giving me trouble. I got titanium studs at first, but they were snagging very painfully on my pillow and blankets every morning so I got those swapped out for some little steel CBRs at week 4 or 5. It was early for messing with a jewelry change, but I'm very glad I did it since these do not snag. They tug sometimes, but not the nasty yanking I got before. I've been doing the sea salt soaks morning and evening, but the provon soap was setting off allergic reactions on the surrounding skin so I've finally given that a rest this week.
Weirdly, even though these aren't fully healed yet I find myself already contemplating additional ear add-ons. From the sound of it though, cartilage is a real bitch to heal (and from what I understand, inner conch can be seriously painful).
So, guys-- thoughts! How do you cope with ear piercings+helmet? How much harder does it make healing? How long after initial piercing should a person wait before going to the next bigger gauge? Any suggestions, anecdotes, show off cool pics of your stuff, and so on!
