Surface Piercing

Last Thursday, being the 5th of NOvember 2009, I spontaneously decided to get a new surface piercing (I have another one on the back of my neck, called the "Nape Piercing").

Last Night. It started bleeding at work, and it felt like the balls were like sinking into the skin, making massive holes in my tummy!!

This Morning. I did a sea salt soak last night (Sea salt mixed with boiling water, put on the skin using a cotton pad), and then I had a shower this morning trying to get the blood off of the piercing!! I didnt touch the piercing itself, cos that would just make it worse!!!

As you can see it became horribly infected not even a week after the piercing took place!!!! I went into Essential Bueaty in Rundle Mall today to get a piercer to have a look at it. She shrieked in horror and said I had to take it out. So I hoped onto the bed and she removed it, and cleaned it. She offered to put a different one in.

I decided not to get a diff one in there because the piercing itself is already pretty fucked. Im just gonna wait for it to heal, and then maybe get some Dermals.

The lady didnt charge for it to be removed or anything!! Was so nice of her... But I think it may have been because it was the other Essential Beauty that pierced it wrong, so she felt bad.

This from today, an hour after she took it out. As you can see its soooo bruised!! It doesnt hurt, but its uncomfortable. Im going to be using Protat Sea Salty spray just to help the healing process along!!!

Fingers crossed it doesnt SCAR!!

So What Went Wrong?

According to the lady who took it out, the bar was way too short. Im not suprised by this. The guy who pierced it used a regular tongue bar (which is just straight) and bent it with PLIERS into the shape of a staple (which is what surface piercing jewelery looks like). I should have said something to him, but I guess he knew what he was doing.

ALso, not many piercers will actually pierce the navel area using a surface piercing bar, they use Micro Dermals instead. This is because the tummy is an area that moves alot, and so theres a high risk of piercing rejection.

I was also concerned when my piercer didnt properly steralize the jewelery, he didnt even wipe my tummy clean with a steralized cloth!!!! I should have picked up on these things, and Im kicking myself that I didnt.

Honestly, When you get a piercing, go to a REPUTABLE piercer. I bought this all on myself!! Essential Beauty has a pretty crappy rep as piercers, which is probs why their piercings are so cheap.