Pounded Ink

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• 1 StarsxAngel // Feb 26, 2009 at 7:25 pm

  I have had my hips pierced since December 29th. one of them is rejecting and i am thinking about getting a Microdermal implant to make it more permanent….is this possible?? how long would i have to let my hips heal up after getting the Tygon removed? or would they be able to use the holes that are already there??

• 2 Curt // Feb 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm

  StarsxAngel,

  I’m assuming you currently have Tygon jewelry in your hips. The real question however is how much damage has the rejection process done to the tissue to this point? If your hip piercing is infected or otherwise not in good shape you might have to take it out, let it heal, and try to repierce it.

  I can’t give you solid advice without actually seeing the pierced area. My suggestion would be to go ask a qualified body piercer what their take on the situation is.

• 3 Vanessa // Jul 23, 2009 at 5:53 pm

  How much does it cost to get both sides done?

• 4 Deana // Aug 4, 2009 at 9:50 pm

  I have always had problems with rejecting and I have a 5 point star with 10 dermals and they are awesome! and haven’t had any problems at all!

• 5 Michelle // Aug 10, 2009 at 6:49 am

  I had my wrist pierced 5 years ago and finally we’ve got there! After many methods of trying to encourage healing i’m not sure of the one that worked but it looks great now. And have had no problems with it for some time.

• 6 Brandi // Aug 18, 2009 at 11:55 pm

  Me and my buddy are thinking about getting matching hip piercings..but we’re not sure if we should go with the barbell or the microdermals.? …we’re thinking ahead and how the barbells are removable..if we ever need them to be taken out….another problem is…we’re not 18 yet. so we can’t get the microdermals…i really want the barbell…but i’m affraid it might get infected..we’re not really sure what to do at this point…but we want it down asap =D

• 7 Andrya // Aug 20, 2009 at 1:39 am

  Can you still have sex after getting hip piercings? and if so, long who should you wait?

• 8 juan // Aug 30, 2009 at 12:14 am

  how much do they usually cost?

• 9 caddie // Sep 2, 2009 at 9:00 pm

  I have had my hips pierced for 2 months now. It was a painful piercing but they look really stellar!! I had a bad rejection rate with my eyebrow, and my nose but these piercings are healing perfectly. My piercer used a medical grade material like tygon and its very flexible. I highly suggest this over a bar if you have a high rate of rejection. good luck to all of you who are about to get these piercings done. As long as you take care of them you wont regrett it!!

• 10 kelsey // Sep 12, 2009 at 3:25 pm

  i had my hips pierced last year and they last about 3/4 months, before rejecting and leaving BAD scars.
  however i got them redone and they’ve lasted 7 months, they’re rejecting now and I’m currently trying to get one of them out, because im in agony.
  mine didn’t hurt when i got them pierced, they’re not meant to hurt (:

• 11 lauren // Sep 18, 2009 at 8:37 am

  I really want my hips pierced , but I don’t really know much about the piercings and I think it will hurt :( lol

• 12 Kiera // Oct 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm

  I’ve had my hips pierced for the past few months. I have the bars, and they’re healing really well. I love them, so for anyone who thinks that they hurt, i think my monroe hurt worse. So go for it :) you won’t regret it.

• 13 Cheska // Oct 14, 2009 at 9:11 pm

  i got my hip pierced almost two months ago.
  i had a dermal done and it healed great. it was only $50 with jewelry, but that was just one. i’m gettin the other side done for xmas. if i had gotten em done at the same time my piercer said it’d only be $90. dermals have wayyyy less of a rejection rate because they’re titanium.

• 14 Kayla // Oct 23, 2009 at 7:12 pm

  i have my hips pierced nd have for a month now. im only sixteen, but i didnt think my hips hurt one bit. id rather repierce my hips nd my lip twice befor my nose again. i have the barbells nd i lik them. so ne one who wants them but is afraid, it doesnt hurt. hah

• 15 Lauren Shaw // Oct 30, 2009 at 4:23 pm

  I really wanna get one of my hips pierced , but I think it mite hurt and I don’t know if I should get microdermals or barbell ..

• 16 jamie jamie // Dec 17, 2009 at 9:00 am

  ive had my hips pierced for a couple of months and theyre looking really good i dont think it hurt when i got them donee but dont let your jeans rub against them haha

• 17 MissLexMonster // Dec 27, 2009 at 6:05 pm

  I got three dermals on my left hip about a month ago. The healing process is going great, and they look amazing. It cost me $150 for three. They don’t hurt! if you hit them after when they’re sore it might sting but it does NOT hurt.
  I highly recommend dermals over surface piercings they look more clean and once they heal they are anchored in.
  I don’t recommend getting anything done on your hip if you are concerned about the scars, cause if they do reject it looks really bad.
  Keep in mind you should do your on research before deciding, but I feel I went with the best route on this one=). I’ll be getting the other side to match once these ones heal.

• 18 Timberley // Jan 24, 2010 at 12:49 pm

  I’m planning on getting my hips pierced on my 18th birthday in march. Spring break is like 21 days after I plan to be getting them done, would it be okay to swim/be in a hot tub at this time or not? and wouldn’t ocean water be okay for it? and should I only get one done first to see how I like it then go and get the other one?

• 19 Eryn Elyzabeth // Jan 29, 2010 at 10:46 am

  I’ve had my hips pierced for a few days actually, aha. xD
  I kept freaking out before I got them, then when I actually got it done, I thought the person who did it just clamped the skin. So I was like “Hurry up & do it already!”
  she laughed and said “one side’s already done.”
  therefore, it didn’t hurt at all.
  my double belly rings hurt more than it, so did my angelbites.
  and I’m only 15 too!

• 20 Deana // Feb 3, 2010 at 11:10 am

  I wouldn’t I got my star end of summer and did not submerge them for over a month because of my piercers concern for infection.

• 21 MisslexMonster // Feb 4, 2010 at 11:57 pm

  Timberley your piercer will tell you not to soak the dermals don’t get them unless you KNOW you want them cause if you decide you don’t after you get it the scar will be nasty. you need to give it AT LEAST a month and a half before hot tubing and swimming

• 22 Timberley // Feb 15, 2010 at 2:14 pm

  thankyou, I’m getting them done this Thursday and spring break doesn’t start til April 2nd but I don’t swim a lot regardless so I think I’ll be good.

• 23 TallyXOXO // Feb 21, 2010 at 8:30 pm

  I’m 15, and I rlly want to get the piercing done. And it’ll most likely get done during the summer. But I’m scared of the after possiblities of it getting infected, etc. And also how much it would hurt, I’ve gotten snakebites and my navel done. Any comments?

• 24 Timberley // Feb 23, 2010 at 9:49 am

  whoever said it didn’t hurt to get your hips pierced lied, just saying. I got them done this past Thursday and it brought tears to my eyes, the kind that you don’t cry on purpose haha. the left one is irratated but other than that they seem to healing pretty well. how would I know if one starts to reject?

• 25 Chelsea Leigh // Mar 21, 2010 at 9:09 pm

  I do free lance piercing in the Philadelphia area. The most requested piercing I get are typically more exotic such as hips, sternums, nipples, tri-navels, napes, etc. The first thing is, if you’re underaged, make sure you get your parents/guardians consent. Even if you do it yourself or have a friend do it (which I do NOT recommend) they will eventually find out or if it becomes infected the situation is a lot worse to deal with. Secondly, the piercing is painful, I’ve had many clients pass out as well as get sick from seconds to minutes after the piercing went through. My close friends who got it both took it like champions though they are used to piercing.

  Doing so many of these I’ve learned a lot of tips that help prevent rejection. The biggest mistake is that people do not put in proper bars. The piercing should be done with a 12 gauge and insert an acrylic bar which is half an inch longer on each side of the piercing. The acrylic is less likely to irritate the skin and the longer length helps with swelling during the first two weeks. After the first two weeks the bars can be changed out to metal if the skin is not too sensitive however keeping acrylic bars in is completely fine. Though I suggest getting them changed every month to every other month.

  While the piercing is healing it is good to use dial liquid hand soap and warm water. Use that once in the morning, once at night, and absolutely every time after you take a shower. Once a day it does not hurt to clean them with sea salt and water. If any signs of infection begin to show go to a doctor however irritation can be decreased with tea tree oil. Never play with a piercing especially during the healing process or if irritation is present.

  When removed the healing process is pretty quick. The few clients who have removed theirs closed within a couple of weeks. If done properly the scars are not bad however there is some pigmentation change in the skin though they are small.

  Hope this helped. :)

• 26 Kristy // Mar 23, 2010 at 10:37 am

  I’ve had my hips pierced since november and so far I think they are healing nice. I have the barbell and I was wondering if you can remove them with out them closing??

• 27 jayjay // Mar 25, 2010 at 2:48 pm

  im getting mine tomarow im realy excited but im worried bout the pants situation

• 28 cheska // Apr 4, 2010 at 12:36 am

  timberley did you get dermals or surface ones? and whoever was talking bout swimming and getting them during the summer. bad idea. you have to stay out of pools and hot tubs for around 6 weeks. especially hot tubs, the heat is breeding ground for bacteria. i love my dermals, but honestly hip piercings are a pain in the ass when they’re low..

• 29 kendra // Apr 5, 2010 at 4:44 pm

  hi i got my hips pierced mid september earlier this year.. about a month after i got them pierced they looked great!! recently they’ve been irritating me alot..only one hole is completely healed (right top). the other three look horrible.. reali redish purple looking nd a little bump on the top right. back in feburary i was a little concerned so i went to two different places (the place i got it pierced nd this place called finders keepers) both places said it looked like they were forming a little scar tissue, but that they looked fine and to clean it with this sea salt packet they gave me and that it could take up to a year to heal. well i got it pierced with a barbel and i feel like the balls that screw on catch on my pants too much. do you think that flat screw ons (if such a thing) could prevent the redness nd scaring rather than balls?

• 30 Timberley // Apr 7, 2010 at 12:31 pm

  I got surface done. I will have had them for two months on April 18 buttt I have cheerleading tryouts on April 17 and I need to be able to at least take them out for a couple of hours so I’m going to let someone look at them tomorrow. They’re healing pretty well, no bruising no redness (knock on wood) the only thing that would even come across as a problem is the top of the left one is a little sore but that could always be how I’ve laid on it the night before.

• 31 Kaylee // Apr 10, 2010 at 1:40 am

  I got my hips pierced 6 days ago. They used a 14 gauge industrial bar. The balls at the end keep tending to go higher, therefore my whole on the bottom is getting pretty big & the balls are just sitting there. Is this normal forte healing process?

• 32 Chelsea Leigh // Apr 11, 2010 at 11:40 pm

  Scarring is hard to avoid. It’s part of the natural healing process. Just tlc will keep it to a minimum. There are no such things as flat balls unfortunately. Micro dermals were created to avoid the scarring, infection, and rejection process.

  Kaylee, I don’t quite understand completely what your situation is. However from what I understand it sounds like your piercing may be healing wrong. I suggest getting it looked at by a professional and see what they suggest for treatment.

• 33 ally // Apr 28, 2010 at 3:30 pm

  i really want mine done (possibly this saturday) and im not sure whether to get a surface or a microdermal one?? how do you get the microdermal anchors out anyway? i have a lip ring and a nose stud and they both healed no problem so im hoping neither will my hips =/

• 34 kristin // Jun 14, 2010 at 10:44 am

  I am really not used to piercings, seeing as my mother does NOT approve. I am eighteen and I have always wanted piercings. Today I have decided I will either go get my belly button or my hips done. Seeing as most people have their belly button done, I am a bit nervous about getting my hips done though. :( What should I do?

• 35 brianna // Jun 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm

  i have wanted to get my hips pierced for a while now,but i don’t exactly know which is the best why to go, surface of microdermal. which heals better/faster? which is less painful? which shows better outcome? help anyone?

• 36 Kristin // Jun 17, 2010 at 12:07 pm

  I got two HIP microdermals about nine weeks ago. (one on each hip) They both seemed to be healing fine but recently the right one is really red and hurts. I’ve been treating it with extra care and it seems to be getting better. Sometimes I can see the bar coming out of my skin, especially when I first got it and when it was red but now it seems okay.

  The pain was not as bad as I expected but it did hurt. I also have my nose and recently got my navel done and I would have to say the microdermals definately did hurt more.

  I paid $74 for two of them but that was only because the place i got them done at was running a special – 1 for $45 and $25 for every one after that.

  As far as catching them on things,
  it does happen but I have had no serious problems with it.
  My pants did not affect it that much however, i have long nails and I seems to catch my nails on them a lot.

  Overall, I love my microdermals and I would recommend them rather than getting surface piercings. The process took probably only five minutes,
  but I did get sick after i got them done. I blacked out for a minute and ended up throwing up in the bathroom.
  So I would advise you to have someone else drive you there and they can help if you get sick!

  Hope this helps!

• 37 Alexa // Jun 23, 2010 at 7:23 pm

  Ummm- they dont hurt one bit i got both dont in one sitting and they are fine no problems at all. i absoluley love them i also have my tounge snake bites and belly button and industrial. and my belly button was the worse. but hips are a peice of cake quick n easy. but thats me. it depends on ur pain tollerance i guess

• 38 Alexa // Jun 23, 2010 at 7:25 pm

  oh and for the girl that has the big holes. that means they are rejecting hunny take them out ASAP

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