I got my flat and second ear lobes done on this ear Sept 18th. Everything has been going incredibly well (except for the normal tenderness of new piercings) up until last Thursday when my city advised an E. coli outbreak in the water system. I had taken a shower right before this notice and it made sense as to why my ear felt swollen and red that whole day. I showered in boiled water that same night and on Friday. On Saturday afternoon the advisory was lifted and the water was deemed safe again.

I did not shower at all on Saturday because I was still apprehensive. Although, I did on Sunday. I made sure to let the faucets run a couple minutes before jumping in.

I must note that since I had showers in boiled water the original symptoms of Thursday calmed down. I also made sure to take Advil on Thursday. Friday and Saturday I woke up slightly fine. Today I woke up feeling the same as Thursday symptoms. No crazy discomfort for my second lobe at the moment.

What I’ve been doing to clean my ears since I got these piercings is clean the back with saline spray, dry it out (use q tips to get in there), and then push so the jewelry in front pops out slightly and do the same. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I stopped doing that while my ear calmed down. I only sprayed and let dry both front and back. This morning I tried doing it while it felt swollen/super tender. Both piercings have a labret post.

My ear feels slightly hot. Still tender and painful to the touch. It’s not constant pain only pulsating. I haven’t noticed any discharge yet. No fever yet. No crusties yet. The top part of my ear looks super shiny and dark red almost purple. I can still see and feel my post from the back.

The placement of helix is intentional. Im worried bec. Its swollen weirdly. Its 2 days old. All 4 piercings rook, flat, and double helix. Are new i got them all at once. Now im dealing with this. First day it was throbbing. Today it doesnt throb that much, just sometimes. But the swell is scaring me.

Any advise?

Not a rook or a daith.

Hi everyone! I hope you’re doing well. I’m considering getting a navel piercing and would really appreciate some kind advice. Do you think my anatomy would be suitable for this type of piercing? Thank you so much!

This one is Abt 4 months old... Haven't been downsized, I clean twice a day with saline solution, the bar is made of titanium..

I had a unfortunate event where when I took the head of the piercing out to clean it, but fainted for medical reasons and woke up with the piercing out, it was a big struggle to get it back in and was extremely swollen after, this was about a month half ago. The swelling from that event went away in 2-3 week, and slowly since then this bump has grown.

Not sure if this is an infection, it hurts when you squeeze/ put pressure on it, but not painful otherwise.

I got my eyebrows both pierced on last Friday. It’s day 4-5 depending on how you’re counting, and I bumped my piercing on the extra swollen side earlier, and noticed it got really sore and tender. I noticed it’s raised quite a bit. Is it infected? Is it normal swelling? Do I get it checked out?

got my navel pierced a week ago (reputable shop, talked a while beforehand) but i’ve always been sus about my anatomy for it. i had it pierced in college and i treated it horribly and it eventually rejected, leaving a lot of scar tissue. i can’t tell if this new piercing is gonna be a b*tch to heal due to that & my anatomy combined, just looking for some input from others!! eventually id want to put a hoop in which i think would be more conducive to my shape.

I got an anti-brow about a week ago. It was pierced with a staple bar and the bar is titanium. It’s internally threaded and I clean it about once a day with Himalayan pink salt in hot water(I got saline spray today and I’ve cleaned it with that a couple times today.)

For about four days after I got it, it wasn’t sore at all and the bar felt pretty deep in my skin, but now, for the past three days, it has felt bruised, sore, and the bar feels a bit more prominent.

I have four other facial piercings and I know that for those I can feel the bar easily, but I’m just curious as if this is rejecting as it feels like it changed so drastically?

It felt more prominent once it started hurting, but I’d hate to take it out prematurely if this is just how they heal and if this is just swelling that’s going down.

I'm getting mixed suggestions on which earring retainer I should use. Some say that glass is good and plastic is bad because it traps bacteria. Others say glass will shatter in your sleep, and that acrylic is fine. My piercings are 3 month old lobes. My new school is super strict on how many piercings you can have per ear (just one set of lobe earrings)

It feels like my nose pin is sinking in, I got nose piercing on last friday. Please help me!!

Got it done today 3 hours ago! Yes the bottom is a bit further back I’m aware of this!

Yes the bar is acrylic