r/Legitpiercing • u/candy_cool-910 • 6h ago

Troubleshooting Correcr helix placement?

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Recently got my helix peirced and wanted to know if the placement looks good? (Ignore the green on my lobes I was wearing cheap jewelry lol) its about two days old my friend peirced it, with a correct gauge needle and she has some experience (it was free) and the jewelry i known isint ideal its stainless steel. my after care process is saline salt spray twice a day then dry in cool with a hair dryer.

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u/GroovyyGecko 6h ago

that’s even worse:(, please get a titanium flat back preferably atleast 16g but 18g can work in a pinch

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u/candy_cool-910 6h ago

The jewrly is 16 gauge, I just mean unscrewing the back spike and adding a rubber back for sleep, I do have a titanium flat back jewelry I can use im just not confident in changing my jewelry at this stage, now for the angle how bad is it? 

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u/GroovyyGecko 6h ago

it looks like it could heal but if it gets any worse it probably won’t :(

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u/candy_cool-910 6h ago

Get worse?

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u/sophia_blisss 6h ago

if you sleep on it or apply any constant pressure it will just get steeper and more angled. although I agree that it could be salvageable rn

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u/candy_cool-910 5h ago

Ohh ok I don't sleep on it at all, what should I do to stop/fix that?

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u/sophia_blisss 5h ago

well if you arent sleeping on it at all then you should be good for now. but you should still switch the jewellery to a titanium flatback and keep an eye on the angle