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• 1 Bill // Jul 17, 2008 at 1:09 pm

  Interesting post buddy. Just stopping by and “clicking” around. ;)
  Site is looking good!

• 2 Nick // Oct 28, 2008 at 5:14 pm

  i was thinking of getting a 6 ring corset on my upper arm, do you think this is a wise idea or do you think my body will reject the jewlerey

• 3 Curt // Oct 29, 2008 at 9:38 pm

  Nick,

  On an upper arm I would expect the body to reject a long term corset piercing. The upper arm is a high impact area which would not fair well to any surface piercing.

• 4 Laura // Nov 29, 2008 at 1:23 am

  I was thinking of getting a 12 ring corset down my side. Not planing this for a while, but as of now i don’t have any piercings. Never have. Do you think the fact my body hasn’t had the experience, that I’m prone to rejection? I have been known to get hives due to lotion. So I’m guess that means its a risk, right?

• 5 Curt // Nov 29, 2008 at 10:25 am

  Laura,

  There is no way to determine weather your body will be prone to rejection. It’s pretty much a stab in the dark and surface piercings like a corset are very hard to heal for anyone. You don’t really heal a corset piercing, you stop the rejection process (which could start again at any time, without warning).

  You can’t train your body to heal better, so the fact that you don’t have any current piercings shouldn’t be a deciding factor.

• 6 Anna // Nov 30, 2008 at 4:22 pm

  Okay. So I am 19 years old and have 19 piercings; as of now. I want to get a 12 ring corset down the lower part of my back.

  Like you said above: Ive had piercings migrate and reject. I had 4 in my belly button [N,S,E,W] and the E & W both have rejected from my body. I believe the S one is being rejected and the N one went from up and down to almost Left and Right.

  None of my other piercings have migrated or rejected- only my belly button.

  I want a corset- but I was wondering do you think I should get it done or just not get it at all?

• 7 Curt // Nov 30, 2008 at 5:09 pm

  Anna,

  The question isn’t weather I think you should get it done or not.. The question is, are you willing to take on all the risk associated with a corset piercing.

  Migration is a concern with a corset piercing but the largest problem is most definitely rejection, as with any surface piercing.

  I can’t tell you weather or not to get the piercing, I can only give you information.

• 8 natalie // Jan 26, 2009 at 9:18 pm

  i recently got a microdermal anchor in my finger i have been treating it with a lot of tlc however i am concerned of rejection and migration could you send more pictures of rejection and migration please so i can get a better idea of what to look for? thank you sooooooooooooo much

• 9 juli // Mar 8, 2009 at 2:51 pm

  Hey I had got a surface piercing under my belly button so I was basically on my belly when I had got it, it was good until the third day of the same week I got it one side of the ring was going inside my skin while the other side was to outward it was as if my skin was eating the piercing so I had no choice but to take it out, nd the two holes closed nd now I have 2 ugly scars . Its been six months already do you think my skin is heald already so I can try nd re-pierce it?

• 10 Curt // Mar 13, 2009 at 4:13 pm

  juli,

  It’s hard to say if it’s healed without actually seeing the affected area. 6 months is a decent amount of time to allow a removed piercing to heal.

  Use good judgment and if everything looks healed and doesn’t hurt, you’re probably ready.

• 11 Kelleigh // Mar 26, 2009 at 5:23 am

  I had my upper belly piercing done in early february, but it started rejecting i went back to my piercer who removed the piercing. I really want the piercing done again but i am afriad of rejection my piercer said it might or might not reject again do you think it wise to get another suface piercing or just stick to cartalidge piercings which i have had no problem with in the past. I am getting my next piercing in april would it be too soon to get my belly redone?

• 12 Curt // Mar 26, 2009 at 9:31 am

  Kelleigh,

  Surface piercings are fickle things. It’s hard to heal them and everyone reacts different to them. If your previous piercing is completely healed, I would think it is OK to repierce. There is a chance that your body will never heal a surface piercing correctly. Again I stress that there is no way to tell how a surface piercing will or will not heal.

• 13 Kelleigh // Mar 30, 2009 at 7:11 am

  Hey Curt,
  thanx for the information
  i have gone back to see my piercer and she said she would be happier to leave the belly to heal and wait and i decided on getting my double helix done on the left side as i have my rim pierced double on the right
  once again thanx for the help
  Kelleigh

• 14 Vannessa // Apr 10, 2009 at 4:00 pm

  i have a question that really needs to be answered serious and soon PLZ!… Can a piercing reject or migrate from getting it at a young age such as…13?? Because i may get it done at this age and i dont want it to reject or ESPECIALLY migrate

• 15 P. // Apr 11, 2009 at 9:46 am

  I just got my upper Belly Button pierced and the piercer said my skin looked delicate and I had a higher risk than others of rejection. I’ve had ear piercings and they’ve all been fine. . The piercing looks fine but I’m really paranoid. There’s no puss, redness and it’s not sore. Can I do something to reduce my risk of rejection?

• 16 Curt // Apr 14, 2009 at 11:52 pm

  Vannessa and P.,

  Migration and rejection rates are subject to everyone’s individual body. There is no solid way to avoid it or reverse it. Proper care is the best solution for any piercing but will not always help migration or rejection.

• 17 vanessa // Apr 15, 2009 at 12:20 am

  im not sure if i shud get it because my mom says im not done growing an that im not all the way through puberty…could this cause my piercing to migrate or reject? should i just take a chance? and if it does, do you think it will leave a scar?

• 18 Curt // Apr 15, 2009 at 4:42 pm

  vanessa,

  You are still rather young and your body is certainly not done developing. Your form will certainly change substantially by the time you reach 19 or 20. This could very well cause a piercing to migrate. I don’t think that age would have a factor in rejection but could definitely be a possible cause of migration.

  If you were to develop scar tissue there is a good chance that it could become more prominent by the time you reach maturity.

  Certain area’s of the body are more prone to rejection of piercings then others and the type of piercing/jewelry are also important factors, but without knowing what you plan on piercing I can’t speculate any further.

• 19 vanessa // Apr 15, 2009 at 5:30 pm

  thanks!

• 20 stephanie // May 11, 2009 at 11:55 pm

  i recently got a surface piercing on my hand & i think i have rejection, i put in a eyebrow barbell in it like i do with all of my surface piercings i have. I have the nape which i put the bendable barbell on & one on the surface on the skin on the cheek by were it connects the middle of the ear to your cheek.. Anyways i want to know if there’s anyway to stop rejection from happening. Should i cover the whole area with polysporin ora ny type of ointment to keep it from getting bacteria in it? Please help. Thanks.

• 21 Curt // May 12, 2009 at 6:46 am

  stephanie,

  sadly, I think you may be out of luck. A hand piercing is one of the hardest places to heal. There is far too much movement and pressure to heal optimally. The best advise I can give you is plenty of TLC and attention.

• 22 stephanie // May 12, 2009 at 9:36 am

  What’s TLC ?

• 23 Curt // May 12, 2009 at 5:23 pm

  “Tender Loving Care” – baby it.

• 24 stephanie // May 12, 2009 at 6:29 pm

  Okay thanks, & by the way there’s no fluid coming out of it.. Only like a little drop . Idk if to take it off or keep it in.. I just put the tip of the polysporin bottle thing in one hole & then squeezed til it came out the other & cleaned the inside.. It had like a little yellow discharge mixed in with the ointment .. Its just irritatted around the holes .. Like the top of it is raised.. Its weird would you be able to tell me throuqh a picture ?

• 25 Curt // May 12, 2009 at 8:27 pm

  stephanie,

  WHOAH, don’t be squirting fluids into it! There is a natural healing process that your body undergoes to heal a piercing and no part of it requires help from external sources. The only thing a piercing should ever need is a salt water mixture. You may be irritating the area with your care procedure.

• 26 kiel // Jul 2, 2009 at 7:11 pm

  I just got my hips pierced yesterday, and I’d never even heard of rejection until i told a friend i got them pierced. I’ve been cleaning it with an epsom salt and water mixture 2 times a day. What are some signs of rejection? Also, I dont have metal jewelry, it’s some like, clear plastic or something. My piercer says he’s sworn by it for 4 years since he found out about it

• 27 lee // Jul 12, 2009 at 3:28 pm

  i have a question. i have had 9 peircing. i have had all of them for the best of a year (tongue a year and a half) all of them havent rejected or shown at all any stress of it wanting to. apart from my eyebrow even with a curved bar. i just got 3 surface peircings on my top left arm yesturday. i dont seem to be in any pain apart from heavy stretching. i want to know cause the others havent will it mean my top arm ones will???

  second question is what is the best type of metal to use if it does reject in anyway…. i have been wanting them for so long and if they do reject how can i slow the rejecton down???

• 28 Curt // Jul 13, 2009 at 3:38 pm

  kiel,

  You have tygon jewelry. Signs of rejection include… swelling, redness, smelly discharge and soreness.

  lee,

  everyone’s body is different so it’s hard to give you any answers. Just take good care of it and hope for the best.

• 29 lee // Jul 13, 2009 at 3:40 pm

  ok thank you soo much for the comment. i will take that to consideration. thank you

• 30 Brie // Jul 16, 2009 at 2:13 am

  Hi. I was just curious as to how long I should wait to get my tongue repierced? I know its one of the fastest healing things, and I had to have mine taken out 3 days ago because it was crooked. And I was hoping to have it redone tomorrow (the 4th day). I’m just worried about it migrating back into the other holes. What are the chances of it happening if he pierces it no where near the old one?

• 31 Dreamz // Jul 22, 2009 at 6:00 am

  Hey great info but I have a question
  I got my eyebrow pierced 3 years ago and my body rejected it but I didn’t kno I had to take it out and it left a pretty deep scar on my eyebrow not
  to deep though but I was thinking of repiercing the same extact spot to cover it u think this a good idea or no

• 32 Jane // Jul 25, 2009 at 6:55 pm

  I just got my nape pierced and I am super paranoid that it is going to reject. I purchased a bottle of salt water spray and I already have anti-bacterial soap. How many times a day should I spray it or wash it? What if I am outside a lot and get sweaty? They said that I should mess with it as little as possible and be very careful while cleaning it.

  They used a long metal surface bar so that it wouldn’t be iritated if it swells… And they said that I should switch to one of the shorter more bendable materials in about a month or so?

• 33 Curt // Jul 26, 2009 at 9:17 am

  Brie,

  I would wait at least 2 weeks to re-pierce a tongue.

  Dreamz,

  Piercing the same area shouldn’t be an issue as long as you don’t have an excessive amount of scar tissue. I would be careful to look for keloids as they could result from re-piercing scar tissue.

  Jane,

  Use the salt spray 3-4 times a day, clean it at least once, don’t touch it, and hope for the best.

  If the barbel they used is too long you will need to replace it, but this may also cause trauma to the piercing causing an unwanted reaction.

  As far as using tygon instead of surgical steel, there are mixed opinions regarding both. See how your body reacts to the steel and if it seems to heal quickly stay with it. If not, then give the tygon a try.

• 34 Jane // Jul 26, 2009 at 1:30 pm

  Thanks!

  Everything seems to be going well so far. Is it possible to use the salt water spray TO much? I want to make sure it stays clean, but I don’t want to over-do it.
  Currently there is no redness but it gets a little itchi sometimes. (I assume that is just from the healing process) And my neck is getting a little sore from trying to move it as little as possible to prevent iritation and rejection.
  How long should I wait till I can go swimming? or go to the gym? I mostly just use ellipticals machines which doesn’t require much neck movement.
  Oh, and my boyfriend wants to know how sex might effect it? How careful do we need to be and how long till we can go all out without problems? *blush*

• 35 Curt // Jul 26, 2009 at 3:55 pm

  Jane,

  I’m sure it is possible to overdo it with salt water spray. Salt dries out the skin and if your skin gets exceptionally dry it will crack. 2-3 times a day should be plenty for a salt water soak.

  I would be very careful about swimming. The chemicals in pools are not very friendly to open wounds. I would at least wait until the piercing appears externally healed.

  Go to the gym all you want, just don’t cause any trauma to the piercing. Clean it good when you get home.

  As far as sex goes, you should be fine now. You must avoid impact to the piercing though. So as in everything you do, use caution.

• 36 Jane // Jul 27, 2009 at 11:57 am

  Sorry to keep bothering you…
  I was wondering if you would check out these pics and tell me what you think. I am worried that they used the wrong jewlery.
  Like I said in my first post, they said they used this one to reduce irritation in case of swelling but I think it is the size(weight) of the barbell that could be causing problems. Notice how gravity is pulling the ends of the bars down… They didn’t tell me they were doing this until after it was in me!
  Day 1
  http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=44836847&albumID=937116&imageID=57470958
  Day 3
  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/AshNight/NapeD3.jpg

• 37 Curt // Jul 27, 2009 at 1:45 pm

  Jane,

  That jewelry is entirely to large. It is causing undue trauma to the tissue any time you put pressure on it.

  You need a shorter surface bar in order to have any chance at healing it.

• 38 Jane // Jul 27, 2009 at 2:46 pm

  They told me to come back in a month or so to change it out with a normal barbell. Would it be more harmfull to change it as soon as possible (before healing) or wait the month out (and risk this bar doing damage)?

• 39 Curt // Jul 28, 2009 at 8:41 am

  Jane,

  From the look of your pictures I would try and replace that jewelry as soon as possible.

• 40 shannon // Aug 10, 2009 at 12:20 am

  hey i have about 18 pircings that i have done by myself n have ha no problem with them.. but i went n got my septum done n it rejected it. im thinking bout geting an anti eyebrow pircing and dont want the same to happen to it should i do it myself cuz i havent had a problem with them or get it done profesionaly?

• 41 Curt // Aug 10, 2009 at 8:23 am

  shannon,

  I believe you should get an anti-eyebrow piercing performed by a professional. An antieyebrow piercing is a touchy area and if you want the best possible chance for acceptance you should have it inserted by someone who has done many successful anti eyebrows.

  Keep in mind, an anti eyebrow piercing is a facial piercing and if things go bad you may be left with a life long scar that can’t be covered up easily.

  Play it safe and leave this one to the pros. You’d hate to get a staph infection or worse around your eye.

• 42 shannon // Aug 10, 2009 at 4:24 pm

  ok thanks…. do u know of n e 1 close to oshkosh wisconsin that would b a good place to go?

• 43 KP // Aug 14, 2009 at 1:46 pm

  so i got my belly button done almost a week ago and it feels pretty good.. the only thing thats sore is the top hole, and i’m so paranoid it will migrate or reject. how long will it take to notice if it’s migrating? oh, i clean it once a day with antibacterial soap and i put this ointment stuff on it for 4 days… i don’t have any discharge or anything.

• 44 Reggie // Aug 16, 2009 at 1:15 pm

  I was thinking about getting surface piercings on both of my hips, but have read that they are never permanant and will always eventually reject after time. I would like to know if this surface piercings can be permanant if taken care of properly or if it will just end up as a scar no matter how hard I try.

• 45 Curt // Aug 16, 2009 at 8:57 pm

  KP,

  It’s far too early to look for rejection.

  Reggie,

  Surface piercings do not heal, you only stop or stall the rejection process. Yes they can “heal” but it’s going to depend on your body, nothing is certain.

• 46 KP // Aug 17, 2009 at 5:40 pm

  ok.. so when isn’t it too early to look for rejection?

• 47 diana // Aug 21, 2009 at 6:42 am

  hey, interesting article, i was looking for info since i have a steel belly piercing for 4 years but i see the hole is big now and it’s like the piercing pushes the skin, i don’t have infection or pain, i only see the skin that holds the ring is getting thinner and smaller im scared the piercing pushes more and the skin can ripp? should i get a new piercing? thank you!

• 48 Jacara // Aug 21, 2009 at 11:42 am

  Hi, this is a great site. i am thinking about getting my navel pierced. I am scared of the pain but i think i’m gonna do it anyway. The questions on here have kinda spooked me and i’m considering backing down. Can your skin really push jewelry out to rip your skin(omg)? and does rejection or migration painful? is it common?

• 49 ACE // Sep 4, 2009 at 12:03 am

  Hey, I’ve been thinking about getting my hips pierced and I understande that the rejection rate for them is very high. i’ve had my belly button pierced for awhile now and have had no problems, it healed very fast with no problems. Since this is a surface piercing as well i was wonderinig if this one is fine why wouldn’t the ones on my hips be fine? What causes the hip piercing to be rejected so often?

• 50 Curt // Sep 4, 2009 at 5:15 am

  KP,

  It will take one to several months to notice any sign of rejection.

  diana,

  Yes, your body can push out piercing jewlry to the point where it will rip right through. If it migrates to far you will need to remove and repierce it.

  Jacara,

  Navel piercings are rather common and easily healed. If you want it, get it.

  ACE,

  I don’t know that I would classify a navel piercing in the same class as hip piercings. Your own body will dictate weather or not you will be able to heal it. There is no magic answer.

• 51 Lindzey // Sep 12, 2009 at 5:03 pm

  I have a question please Curt if you can find the time to answer it… Roughly 3 months ago I got a web piercing between my finger and thumb, now havin researched I knew there was a possibility of rejection, it’s not really painful, but the skin over the barbel is becoming translucent… Am I best using salt water to try and rectify it or keep infection away, or should I remove it now??? I’m worried it will be painful if it rejects

• 52 Dustin // Sep 18, 2009 at 7:43 am

  Ok so we should skip all the parts about the you shouldn’t have done that but i have a question

  My girlfriend recently started her corset piercing … she only has 2 done right now … but they were done by someone who’s not very professional … Me .. I’ve done many lip piercings eyebrows ears cartilage piercings but this was the first time i ever did a surface piercing on someones back, hence the reason i only did 2 for now we were basically seeing if they would reject.

  the main issue is that i have never seen a rejecting surface piercing to know what im looking for

  there is redness around the entrance and exit but not all the way across like its trying to push itself out

  we used CBRs for the piercings

  could you please tell me what to look for to tell if its rejecting and if it is, is it reversible ?

• 53 Chasityy. // Sep 27, 2009 at 2:19 am

  I was thinking about getting my hips pierced or my back dimples. But i dont know which one to get. Which one has the higher risk of rejecting..?

  Also how old do you have to be to get either of these piercings..?

  And, when you get the hip piercings, is the jewelry for that like the ones you have for your belly button?

• 54 Jennifer // Oct 10, 2009 at 10:03 pm

  Hi Curt,
  I’ve been looking into getting my belly pierced, but I’m quite worried because I’m very sensitive towards metals (not sure of specifics). Would this increase the risks of migration/rejection? And d0 you know the name of the kind of barbell that I can ask the piercer to use, that is anti-allergenic?
  Thanks in advance!

• 55 kaytee // Oct 12, 2009 at 9:16 pm

  I recently got a microdermal anchor under each collar bone. It is a long story but I had to get each one done at a different shop. The one I had done first is completely flat but the other one is crooked. I noticed when it was first done but didn’t say anything. Since then, I’ve written the piercing company. My question is: Can a microdermal be adjusted with no more pain than it was to get done in the first place? Also, is it better and easier to get it adjusted shortly after it was pierced? What if I wait a week or so? Do they have to actually remove it all the way then put it back in? Sorry about the 20 questions, they don’t have much online about this.

• 56 Curt // Oct 13, 2009 at 9:26 pm

  Lindzey,

  Will it be painful if it rejects? yes. Is it currently rejecting or causing you discomfort? Íf the answer is no, then I wouldnt be so worrysome.

  Dustin,

  You are a very naughty boy. you shouldnt use CBR’s for surface piercings, its the wrong jewlery. rejection will be easily identified by closeness to the skin in relation to the jewlrey or downright infection.

  DON’T PIERCE YOUR FRIENDS!

  Chasitty,

  You are obviously underage and unresearched on your prospective piercing. Read more and wait until your done developing or you will end up regretting it.

  Jennifer,

  you must find out what you are allergic to. there is also a big difference between high and low quality stainless steel.

  Titanium is a solid choice for any body piercing, granted you aren”t alergic to it.

  kaytee,

  no, nothing is adjustable once place. things can and will move but there is no way other than pressure to move them. if a piercing isnt straight, take it out an reinsert it.

• 57 Jennifer // Oct 14, 2009 at 1:40 am

  I’m allergic to nickel. Will this increase the risk of rejection? :\

• 58 AJ // Oct 23, 2009 at 4:45 pm

  hey thanks so much for providing this article. I really want to get a microdermal anchor on my wrist. 1) how many could you fit on one wrist?? 2) how much does it cost to get one dermal anchor?? 3) what would be a good location on my body to get an anchor that would reduce migration/rejection?? thanks so much for taking the time to answer all of these questions!!

• 59 Ashleigh // Nov 18, 2009 at 12:46 am

  Do you think this is rejection or infection? The skin seems to have shrinking some, i think the banana barbel i had in was too big so i changed to a smaller one. This is what it looks like now. Please help! :)

  http://tinypic.com/r/2e2p2k3/6

• 60 Ashleigh // Nov 18, 2009 at 12:49 am

  oh sorry that was the old one this is what it looks like now:

  http://tinypic.com/r/30auikg/6

• 61 Brianna // Dec 28, 2009 at 8:20 pm

  i hate rejection. my body is really sensitive to certain metal. like if i wanna get my ears pierced, they have to be pierced with 14k gold or something. & i had my belly button pierced once & my body rejected it because of antibiotics i took to get rid of the infection. [it ended up just pushing it out] and then i got it done a second time and it still rejected it. i just recently found out it was because of the metal. so i have to get it pierced with some other type of metal other than the type it was pierced with the first 2 times.

  it stinks but i’m gonna get my ears double pierced soon, but first i gotta find a place where i can get earrings that have the posts as 14k gold. so if you know any where i can get some, PLEASE TELL ME. & same with the belly button rings. i need one that isn’t stainless steel.

• 62 andrea // Jan 8, 2010 at 1:36 am

  I have the worst thing ever. . . I had my navel pierced in october or november of 09′ and in january, yesterday in fact, my friend had grabbed my shirt-and my piercing. It didnt really hurt though, later on i realized that it was being held my a thin piece of skin.. which i messed with and it ripped so there is no hole for my piercing. it is swollen on both sides and was infected before this happened. I LOVED my navel piercing. I really have wanted this done for a long time. I was wondering what i can do to heal this? If there will be scarred tissue and if/when i can get it re-pierced??? Any advice would be much appreciated. shellturner69@yahoo.com

• 63 Sandy // Jan 16, 2010 at 5:18 pm

  Well I Have A Question,I Got My Wrist peirced[Surface Peircing] About A Weeks Or So Ago And Around The Holes Its Red I’m Not Sure If Its Starting To Reject Or its A Way Of Healing. It Does Not Hurt At All And I’m Completely Comftorable With It. Is It Rejecting?

• 64 Andrea // Jan 16, 2010 at 5:26 pm

  Curt,

  I got my hips pierced a little over a week ago. They’re doing great, except one side (to me, at least) looks like more of the bar is exposed on both ends. There is no swelling, redness, discharge, or puffiness around it, but I’m scared that it might be rejection. Should I got get it looked at?

• 65 Taylor // Jan 28, 2010 at 6:33 pm

  Hello Curt,

  I have a question about my pretty recent belly button piercing.
  So I got it done on December 28th or something.
  So it has been almost a month give or take a day or two.
  Well I had my belly button pierced for a couple months in 2006 perhaps?
  And anyways, it rejected.
  So I got it redone, but now, it is not sore or anything, but it is a wee bit red under the top ball.
  And I cannot tell if the holes are bigger or not.
  I looked before my shower earlier, and I see the hole that the barbell is sticking out of, and then a little behind it is kind of a purplish gray kind of skin and I am not sure if that is from where it has moved or what. =/ I am pretty worried, and I can feel the bar of the whole ring pretty much without pushing down through my skin. =/
  Any suggestions?
  Thank you very much.

• 66 Mary // Feb 5, 2010 at 10:54 am

  what is the best age to get your navel pierced so you will have a lower chance of it migrating or rejecting it?

• 67 Christina // Feb 6, 2010 at 12:57 am

  Love the article!
  I was wondering…
  Over one year ago, I had two hoops in the cartilage of my left ear. I am not sure they fully ever healed, but eventually they did stop bleeding/hurting. Then they simply rejected and worked their way towards the outer portion of my ear. I miss’em! Hardly any scar tissue.. Can I re-pierce the same area? Should I go about it in a different way? I don’t recall the type of metal they used initially.. not sure I ever knew.

  Second quick question..
  My belly button rejected years ago as well. The hole is still there but the whole just stretched and piercings look weird. Will the hole ever go away? Not my biggest worry in the world, just curious =) thanks!

• 68 ernie // Mar 12, 2010 at 1:29 pm

  hey well i peirced my collar bone about a month ago , and the ends are still red and scabby. is that normal ? does that mean its rejecting?

• 69 khairul // Mar 13, 2010 at 12:08 am

  hey,
  i wanna do smiley peircings… isitt save to do it??

• 70 Jenny // Mar 22, 2010 at 4:41 pm

  So I got my nipples pierced about 9mons. ago and so far they’ve been healing well. But recently my left nipple has been feeling tender and sore. It looks completely normal other than the usual crusties and I don’t remember hurting it at all. I just want to know if there its probably something internally happening or if this is a symptom of an infection waiting to happen?

• 71 Veronica // Mar 23, 2010 at 3:08 pm

  alright heres the deal, i really need some help here. i got a navel piercing over a year ago, i never had any problems, no redness ect. i am starting to notice that there is very little skin holding the barbell. i believe it is migrating, and i am terrorfied!

  i dont like the thought of taking it out to heal for months, but im scared of it ripping right through the skin left. i have pictures of how it looked weeks after i got ti pierced, and the hole wa snever really high up to begin with.

  CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?! i have pictures of how it looked before and after, and how the hole looks. my e mail is vsousa60@hotmail.com … please feel free to e-mail me with help?!

• 72 Brittany // Mar 25, 2010 at 12:35 am

  Hi. I got my navel pierced about 8 months ago, and now the skin in between is very very thin, and i’m assuming it’s from rejection. I really don’t want to take the piercing out and let it heal up, is there anything I can do to fix it? I’ve been caking neosporin on it but I don’t know if I’m doing anything wrong. :[
  Thanks for any help!

• 73 jo // Apr 2, 2010 at 7:48 am

  Hey Curt..I got my rook pierced about two and a half month’s ago..It was pierced with a thick thread and pierced too tight to allow breathing and excess room in case it swelled…I ended up in great pain….So decided too take it out and replace the bar with a much longer smaller thread..Just wondering if this could of promoted migration or in fact helped with the healing?? It seem’s to be healing better and the blister that was at the top of the bar is shrinking..The redness and anger has also gone…plus the extreme pain has gone…Im using salt water and twice a week an infection spray? This there anything i can do?? thankyou

• 74 nexys // Apr 9, 2010 at 12:45 pm

  Hey,
  I pierced my breasts and currently have expanders in. They’re healing OK, but th expanders keep pop out when i move. Do yous think microdermal anchors would help them stay in?

• 75 nexys // Apr 9, 2010 at 12:54 pm

  Apropos to that, how do you get th anchor – in a vertical position so it’ll go into th hole -to go into a curved position, so th entire anchor is under the skin and parallel to the surface?

• 76 brandi // May 25, 2010 at 11:58 am

  so i have a dermal anchor on my upper cheak by my eye…i got it about 3 weeks ago and it is starting to bleed again all of a sudden. is this a sign of rejection or is it normal? if it is rejecting is there a way to stop it?

• 77 Mary Ann // Feb 16, 2011 at 6:15 pm

  About a week and a half ago I got two microdermals on my hips. One of them is healing just fine but the other one isn’t doing so great…it seems as if it’s healing on an angle and it looks like skin is growing over the piercing. I immediately called my two different piercers. Both of them said to take some advil daily and do saline soaks twice a day which I have been doing, and it would be fine. I went inlast night to where I got it done and he said it didn’t seem like to much of a problem and all I had to do was keep pushing the skin back. However, I am doing that along with the soaks and advil, but it still looks angled. Is it going to take some time for it to get pushed up normally, or is it just stuck like that. If so, is there something I can do to fix it? I love them and really don’t want to take them out =[
  Thank you for your help!

• 78 Aspen // Feb 23, 2011 at 8:26 am

  Curt,

  i got two microdermal piercings
  on my lower back, in my dimples.
  i have had them for about two and a half
  months i took care of them with saline
  and they seemed to be fine.

  i woke up the other day and it was slightly
  red and sore, i thought i had probably just
  hit it on something or snagged it. i screwed the
  diamond off to get a better look at the area
  and there was some crust around it and it
  pussed just the tiniest bit but still it’s never
  done anything like that.

  i put warm saline on it and some proffesional
  neosporin and put a bandaid over it for now.
  i can’t get to my piercer for a while?
  any thoughts?

• 79 Marissa // Feb 23, 2011 at 9:21 pm

  So I had my bellybutton pierced for a little over a year until one day my surgical steel belly ring (the only kind I can keep in all the time) fell out. So I had to use another ring ASAP so it wouldnt close and unfortunately it was made of nickel (what I’m allergic to) my dad didn’t take me to my piercer to get a new ring for like 3 weeks. During that time my naval got big puffy and red, it burned and pussed too :( so by the time I got my new ring, and what i thought was an infection, healed, the piercing was sooo thin! All my friends said it looked weird and I agreed, so I just took it out. Now here I am 10 months later and I still have a damn hole right on the almost end of my naval skin. All it did was SHRINK!!! I want my belly pierced again SO bad! But can I still get it pierces if I have this random teeeny tiny hole at the tip? Or is there a way to make the first piercing close completley so I can get it redone without an extra hole? Lol
  Please help! I’ve called everywhere and googled myself silly and still no answer on whether I can get it pierced again or not :’(((

• 80 Simone // Feb 25, 2011 at 8:57 pm

  I have had about 20 piercings and some have been fine, whereas others, the ones in my lip haven’t. I’ve had my lower lip done 5 times. The first got infected but that was due to lack of cleaning on my part then I got snakebites, one fell out and the other got a cyst. Then I got my lip done again but it fell out. And the last time my body rejected and my lip swelled to about 2-3 times the size. I had to go to the hospital to have it removed.
  I really want my tongue done but I’m worried that my body may reject this one too. Have you any advice?
  Oh, I’ve also had my nose done twice but both times it grew a lump on top. However, the doctor said that’s just skin where it’s trying to heal but obviously with the bar and ring there it couldn’t hence the lump.
  Thanks very much!

• 81 Monique // Mar 13, 2011 at 10:58 pm

  Hi Curt,
  Sorry to bother you, but I have the same problem as Marrisa and I cant find anything on it. My belly button piercing migrated until there was only a thin strip of skin left there to hold it. I took out the ring to let it heal. That was over 2 years ago, but it still hasnt healed. I dont think it ever will. The hole is tiny and very close to the surface. Do you think I could pierce behind it? I would be so greatful for your help. Thanks!

• 82 brandi // Mar 15, 2011 at 3:09 pm

  hello i asked questions about rejection in may 2010…it has been almost a year but i am still having problems with my piercing…i have my skin divers right below the corners of my eyes…i only have problems with the first one i got but about every 2 weeks it gets all red and yellow puss comes out but i just clean it good and it clears up in a few days…i was thinking that it might be getting hung up on my pillow when i am sleeping so i started wearing a bandade over it when i sleep…however now i am starting to kinda see the metal under my skin so i think it might be rejecting just very slowly…its wierd because i got my other one done last june and it healed fast and i have not had any problems with that one…my questions are 1. is it rejecting? 2. is there anything i can do to save it? 3. if it rejects can i get it repierced in the exact same place? your wisdom is greatly appreciated because the piercing shops around here dont really know much

• 83 Anna // Mar 19, 2011 at 1:04 pm

  Hi, I got my ankle surfaced pierced about 6 weeks ago and the skin in between the two balls is a little dry and a slightly purpley colour, it is also a little bit dry around the ball area . The piercing doesnt hurt, but the skin doesnt look its normal colour. Is this normal? and will it return to a normal skin colour eventually?

• 84 Estella // May 2, 2011 at 7:41 pm

  I wanted to do my anti eyebrow tonight. I just bought eyebrow barbels, and have a sterile hollow needle…should I be fine of rejection? Any tips or things to avoid?

• 85 Stephen // May 13, 2011 at 2:21 am

  Am looking into getting a single center aligned Dydoe piercing and was wondering what the rejection and migration rates were for this type of piercing…

• 86 Stephanie // May 18, 2011 at 8:07 pm

  I know you’ve probably answered this question alot, but I had my nipples peirced and one of them is migrating.
  How long would it take if i took it out now, for it to heal enough to get repeirced?

• 87 Madyson // May 24, 2011 at 4:56 pm

  I got my ears pierced five years ago but they’re starting to get infected. My mom says I’m wearing them too tight, and they have this gunk around them. I’ve been twisting them, cleaning them with hydrogen peroxide, and putting water on them when they start to hurt a little bit. What else should I do?

• 88 craig // Jun 4, 2011 at 11:57 pm

  Hi. I’m considering a rook piercing to help pin back my ears. Does the rook consist of two holes (one just below the fold and one above)? If so, putting a bar through this fold will have the effect of ‘squeezing’ the fold, pulling the upper ear a little toward the head. If you squeeze the fold in the ear you’ll see what I mean. I’m just worried that my ear won’t like being forced into a new position..any ideas? cheers

• 89 yolanda // Jul 9, 2011 at 1:18 am

  im thinking to get hip piercings, back dimple piercings and, microdermal anchor piercings beneath my collar bone. is this a wise thing to do since my skin is so sensitive ? and if i do get them done what is the best way to take care of them ?

• 90 Tara // Jul 12, 2011 at 12:03 am

  Hey there,
  I plan on getting a couple of dermal anchors done in the are underneath my collarbone closer to my shoulder where there is more tissue. I was told by a friend that they would have a high likelihood of rejecting. Is this possible as from what I’ve read if it’s done with the right technique, right material, and if it is done by a professional they have a lower rejection rate.

• 91 Kate // Aug 7, 2011 at 8:54 am

  Hi,
  I need a little bit of help, I’m 15 and I would like a nape piercing but which would last longer a durmal or a service bar? and which one hurts less?

• 92 Tara // Aug 10, 2011 at 4:18 pm

  I have a question. I had four dermal anchors done about three weeks ago. I had them placed in the torso area. I was wondering what the chance of them migrating/rejecting is as I do not have problems with implant grade surgical stainless steel.

• 93 Mallarie // Aug 11, 2011 at 10:33 pm

  i got my belly button pierced on the 18th birthday back in february and its been pretty normal up until 2 weeks ago its red and scabby-ish ive been cleaning it and its still doing it but it seems to be getting better but recently i’ve noticed that theres very little skin over the bar of the jewelry. When i touch my skin i can feel the bar right underneath. does that mean my body is rejecting it?

• 94 LeeAnn // Aug 20, 2011 at 6:13 pm

  I got my hip pierced on August 16th. People say that signs of rejection are swelling, redness and pain. I have a little of all of that but not a lot. Aren’t these symptoms, for the first couple weeks, just part of the healing process? And then if they continue after a few weeks then it’s signs of rejection?

• 95 Claw // Aug 31, 2011 at 6:02 am

  Hi, i had two microdermals done in my cleavage which both have now rejected despite the best care i could give them (i have over 20 ‘normal’ piercings so i generally know how to look after them). I’ve been left with one white lump (scar) and one red. Is there anything i can do to the red one to make it a bit less obvious? The scar is about 5 months healed now but still very red and quite obvious in low cut tops. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks

• 96 joann // Sep 8, 2011 at 10:03 pm

  I had my belly button pierced before and i got it done again and my scar got infected bad what should I do?

• 97 Stephanie // Sep 20, 2011 at 5:25 pm

  I got my wrist pierced 2 months ago and the holes still get red sometimes. It bleeds rarely and has a little puss come out occasionally.. Is this just the healing process? I have a curved barbell, btw.

• 98 Chloe // Sep 24, 2011 at 8:56 am

  I have a question, does weight loss/gain effect migration? will it migrate more?

• 99 Amy // Oct 3, 2011 at 12:31 pm

  About two months ago, i got a piercing called a skin diver. its on my throat.. and currently rejecting.
  I can see the back metal piece behind my skin…. and the diamond is pointing downward….
  it costed me 90$ and is my favourite piercing…. what can i do to try to keep it?!

• 100 Farren // Oct 11, 2011 at 2:16 pm

  I’ve had my dermal anchors on my dimples on my lower back for about two years. Now the one on the left has started the rejection process. I’m wondering if I should remove it completely and let it heal up but would I be able to re pierce it in the exact same spot if I do this. Can’t be having just one dimple pierced! lol

• 101 brandi // Oct 17, 2011 at 6:43 pm

  to amy and farren

  if you can see the metal behind your skin than its definetly rejecting and if you talk to your piercer they will tell you to get it pulled out. from personal experience once the rejection process starts with skin divers there is really no way to stop it. I had one reject so I had to have it removed and then after it healed up I went and had it repierced in the same spot and it rejected almost imediatly. I found out later that the reason it rejected the second time is because scar tissue is sort of like dead skin so your tussue will not grow around the diver after its pierced. These piercings are very tricky and there is no way to tell if its gonna reject or not till after you get pierced and see what happends. I still have one diver that has never given me any problems so it just depends on that certain part of your body. I waisted a total of $150 and all I have in that spot is a nice big scar so i dont advise repiercing in the same spot

• 102 nickie // Oct 20, 2011 at 4:55 pm

  hello, I had a belly bar before but where the top ball was touching my skin it wouldnt heal and the pirec hole became sixe of ball i eventualy took it out and put in a very long bar and kept the ball away from skin this eventually worked, my dog how ever decided to pull it out one day. i have finally got it repireced and where the top ball is touching my skin it is making a dent? should i take it out and put in a long bar so the ball is not touching my skin or should i just keep cleaning it?

• 103 Marissa // Nov 3, 2011 at 8:27 am

  I got 2 clavical (collarebone) microdermals 15 days ago and I feel like one of them is on the erge of rejecting. It’s red and somewhat crusty. I can feel the short end on the anchor undearneath my skin, and you can see there’s a little lump on my skin. Is there anything I can do from it rejecting? (I use some kind of organic water spray to clean it once a day)i

• 104 hannah // Nov 15, 2011 at 7:00 pm

  hi, ive had my right rook done for a year now, but i took it out to clean it, and i cant get it back in
  it had fully healed and everything, however i cannot put the bar back in,
  would i have to leave it and get it re pierced?
  i really dont want to get it re-pierced if thats the case

• 105 Hannah // Nov 22, 2011 at 1:22 pm

  Okay so I git my belly button pierced like 2 days ago and it’s red on the skin over the piercing and hurts if I touch it or bend my stomach certain ways and I’m really worried because besides my ears, which are extremely sensitive, this is the only piercing I’ve gotten. Also the skin over the piercing is REALLY thin. I was just wondering if there’s any-thingg I can do to help it or if its infected or rejecting..

• 106 Alannah // Dec 9, 2011 at 12:54 pm

  Hi,
  I had my eyebrow pierced in january this year and had no issues with it until about two months ago. it started to get really red and irritated, so I treated it with saline daily but saw no improvement. It was just rejected and i’m devastated. Would it be silly to try my luck again or do you think it would be more sensible to avoid the possibility of a second facial scar?

• 107 kaw // Jan 5, 2012 at 3:12 pm

  hey, i have had my belly button done now for 6 days and its a bit red around the top and bottom hole. im worried its going to reject it or migrate. if the redness does not go away should i go get it checked out

• 108 Laura // Jan 9, 2012 at 1:31 pm

  I got my forward helix pierced in June 2011 and that’s it finally rejected. I loved that piercing so I’m wondering how long I will have to wait until I can get it re-pierced?

• 109 Nicole // Jan 21, 2012 at 10:14 am

  So I got my hips pierced, yesterday, and she did use a barbell, but L can feel the bar under my skin? And the balls aren’t sitting on my skin they’re sitting way out and you can see the bar? I’m really thin though so I was thinking maybe that’s why? I don’t know what I should do?

• 110 Starr // Jan 23, 2012 at 1:54 am

  I have had my piercing for about six months now..it a slanted nape piercing two of them..i worry its going to be rejected or migrate it still is leaking fluid this good or bad…

• 111 Danaca // Jan 27, 2012 at 8:05 pm

  So ive had my belly button periced 3 times, it rejected each time , i think due to the way i was irratating it due to paranoya. but anyways , im thinking about doing the bottom , would you please tell me your opnion on getting it done a 4th time?

• 112 cc // Jan 29, 2012 at 3:58 am

  I am thinking of getting my tongue repierced as I had the barbell changed on it twice and it hasn’t looked the same since. It’s slided lower down my tongue I believe and the second time changing it a one size smaller gaged bar (14) was used and it seems to slide around more causing carved out ridge where ball sits on top of tongue. I want to.get it repierced further back and with the best quality and gage you’d recommend for me. Also once I remove the migrated tongue piercing will those carved out ridges heal cause they feel weird now.

• 113 Ags // Feb 15, 2012 at 6:08 am

  I’ve had my nipples pierced for 3yrs. The left side of my left barbell sometime pusses, w bits of blood on occasion, and has had a red spot/small lump appear on the surface of the exit hole. Is this a sign of belated rejection?

• 114 Shannon // Feb 17, 2012 at 10:43 am

  Hi I got my hips pierced a couple of days ago and at the little balls it’s all red but there is no puss coming out it’s just red what does this mean?

• 115 Claw // Feb 29, 2012 at 11:02 am

  Hi, i had two microdermals done in my cleavage which both have now rejected despite the best care i could give them (i have over 20 ‘normal’ piercings so i generally know how to look after them). I’ve been left with one white lump (scar) and one red. Is there anything i can do to the red one to make it a bit less obvious? The scar is about 5 months healed now but still very red and quite obvious in low cut tops. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks

• 116 Megan // Mar 4, 2012 at 3:15 am

  I got my Tongue Web pierced about two days ago and everything is looking good, but I’m super paranoid about it rejecting it. I don’t know what to look for though? What does it look like when it begins to reject?

• 117 Cheyenne // Mar 13, 2012 at 4:04 pm

  I got a question…

  I’m wanting too get my tongue peirced again, the first time i got a tongue peircing i had too take it out cause my body was rejecting it. So, i was wondering if i got it peirced again.. Would my body reject it again? I took my first tongue peircing out 4 months ago..

• 118 Ebony // Mar 15, 2012 at 3:32 am

  Hey , I got my tragus done about a month ago and its been itching a lot .. is this normal ?! I read on a website that was a sign of rejection .. I’m quite worried . I need answers

• 119 kayla // Apr 17, 2012 at 9:23 pm

  i got my top navel piercing about a month ago and the area was sore for a couple weeks and then started to feel a little better. I recently when skiing in a lake and although the bottom hole seems to be just fine,i have some discharge and red fluid comming out of the top hole. The hole on the top seems to be looking a little bigger and a deep red color. i think it is rejecting. i have never had a piercing reject so im not sure what it will look like, but i am using sea salt soak at night and spray during the day. Is my piercing rejecting and am i taking correct care of it?Is there anything else that can help reverse or prevent rejection of my piercing?

• 120 Emma // May 2, 2012 at 8:35 am

  I have at most had 20 piercings, I had my traguses done and my anti traguses, I had my anti tragus a year before it began moving to the surface I then went to a different parlour after 8 weeks and got it redone with a straight bar bell 1.2 rather than a curved 1.6 and it migrated quickly. Would you recommend getting it done again or leaving it?
  I had my traguses 2 years but recently had to take them out because they moved to the surface, they were always somewhat close to the edge due to a trainee doing them and I have small traguses but I miss them alot – do you think it is worth getting them done again?
  Also I have an anti tragus I downgraded to a curved 1.2 barbell rather than the 1.6 do you think I should take this out and repierce it later (if you recommend getting the other one done also)

• 121 Maria // May 27, 2012 at 4:57 am

  hy curt,
  i got my belly piercing done once when i was 14. the piercing started migrating and when it was pretty much hanging from a piece of skin i took it out. i had it redone when i was 16 and the same thing happened. i now have a scar but i really want it done again and i turned 18 . do you think it is because my body was still growing at the time? and i have another question isnt there a special type of metal for bodies that reject piercings?

• 122 Britt // Aug 30, 2012 at 5:53 pm

  One of my hip piercings got bumped at work, as I’m a gymnastics coach. It was very swollen and sore for awhile, but i iced it and cleaned everyday and eventually it went back to normal. But now I thought it was rejecting since my piercer warned me off this happening. I looked up pictures of rejecting piercings and it looks nothing like it. All the rejected piercings were ooze-ing and odd colors. After more research, I figured it is migrating. The original holes are moving closer and closer together. It looks clean of infection. My question is should I leave it in and let it stay awhile longer, or take it out now and repierce it after it had closed up?

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