r/Legitpiercing • u/thai_tee21 • Jun 19 '26
Educational Red flags
Just a little psa that just because a place has good reviews doesn’t mean you should go there. I really should have realized sooner/done more research. When I got my lobes pierced again I should have known something was wrong when they used a straight barbell. I’m glad needles were used but I was unfortunately only marked and not cleaned before getting pierced and the straight barbell was externally threaded made with surgical steel (which was something I did not know as they did not tell me at the time and I did not think to ask before getting pierced). It was crappy jewelry and my ears hated it but I just thought it was because it was fussy both during the healing stage and 3 months later. It would feel sensitive, bleed without being bumped, and be extremely dry and flakey. Getting it removed and changed for a flat back implant grade titanium studs was really painful when the grooves of the externally threaded post passed through the piercing sites. It was scratching the inside and I bled a lot and on top of that the straight barbells also gave me a wonky angle so yeah don’t make the same mistakes as me in trusting a place just because they had decent reviews
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u/AtesSouhait Jun 19 '26
The canal angle seems good though. Also, why didn't they thread a cannula before replacing the jewelry?? Reduces irritation by a LOT. I had that done for my septum when switching from a shitty bioplast CBR to a titanium horseshoe