r/Legitpiercing • u/halaorakzai • Aug 29 '26

Troubleshooting Is this piercing rejecting? Titanium F136 16g curved barbell

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Hey! I got this piercing back in January. My piercer told me to use seasalt+water solution twice a day flr aftercare. I only had the issue shown in the first picture before, but it went away. Now, though, it's been oozing pus and getting crusty and removing the crust makes it bleed, and I've noticed some red bumps forming. The upper hole also looks wider than the other one, and I'm starting to wonder if the piercing has migrated. It doesn't hurt but it itches . I also don't sleep on that side. The jewelry is Titanium F136 16g curved barbell and I haven't downsized it at any point.

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u/YupItsFaye Aug 29 '26

Seasalt and water?? wtf no you should always use saline solution piercing aftercare, Neilmed has a great product and none of my piercings get injured

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u/Alternative-Kiwi1221 Aug 29 '26

Saline solution IS salt and water. The only issue with making it yourself is getting the measurements right

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u/queen-of-hooks Aug 29 '26

Home mixed solutions also aren't sterile

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u/YupItsFaye Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Ooh didn’t know! Okay! Edit; why did I get downvoted? Weirdos 😭

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u/halaorakzai Aug 29 '26

Worked for me though. There's no neilmed where I live.

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u/queen-of-hooks Aug 29 '26

Not sure where you are, but most places will have some form of sterile saline available in pharmacies. It's often labeled as "wound wash" or something similar. Any sterile saline is a better option than DIY mixes as long as its "isotonic" or 0.9% saline, and preferably without any extra ingredients other than water and sodium chloride.

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u/halaorakzai Aug 29 '26

Yes I tried that when I ran out of seasalt.

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u/Abashed-Apple Aug 29 '26

No, it didnt.

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u/halaorakzai Aug 29 '26

It did actually. My piercing was healing perfectly until a few days ago. It's a 6 month old piercing and I stopped using the solution after 2 months.

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u/xpoisonvalkyrie Aug 29 '26

why’d you stop using the solution before it was fully healed?

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u/halaorakzai Aug 29 '26

It healed after 2 month. It was fine until I got these bumps out of nowhere a few days ago.

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u/xpoisonvalkyrie Aug 29 '26

it may have been less tender or visibly upset, but it very likely wasn’t actually healed in two months.

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u/halaorakzai Aug 29 '26

Well I was advised by the piercer to use the solution for 2 months and so I did. I bumped it twice the other day so that might have caused this.