One thing we must keep in mind when it comes to see how our Piercing heals, PATIENCE, the tissue takes its rhythm and has its tempos.... we should not rush to change our earring for a second one, it is highly recommended to follow the steps of our Piercer before changing our first piece for one more to our liking.
If you are not sure whether your piercing is sufficiently healed to be able to change it, here are some guidelines...
How do I know if my piercing can be exchanged for a second piercing?
Here are some tips for detecting that it is already healed or very close to healing:
- The edges of the perforation are smooth and face inwards, creating a rounded edge. The edges of your perforation are smooth and rounded.
- The edges of the piercing are the same colour as the rest of the skin in the area where your piercing is located.
- The jewellery is loose and moves easily.
- When cleaning your piercing you have no discomfort sanction and the piece is hardly stuck to the tissue.
- If you stroke the area of your piercing you do not feel any discomfort, nor is it hard, but the skin is smooth and soft, which means that the area is not inflamed.
- It is important that the perforation does not ooze, which means that it has healed internally.
Your piercing heals from the outside in, the inner tissue is not completely healed even if you see that it is healed on the outside, you must give it time.
If you change your piercing before it has healed, it is likely to become unsightly, start to ooze and the tissue will take on a reddish tone, which means that we have gone ahead and we are back to square one. We have to take care of the piercing again as when we did it.
Recommendations
- Never exchange your part for an uncleaned one
- Do not share your earrings with others, if you do, please disinfect the piece first.
- Don't buy your jewellery anywhere you can't trust, be careful, very cheap pieces are usually not made of good materials, use 316 L Surgical Steel or Implant Grade Titanium.
- Don't buy parts that are too tight, the bore needs to "breathe".
- Be careful when changing the part you can erode the bore in the change, you can use a lubricant to make the change.
- Clean your part and use gloves to do so.
- If you can't change it yourself because of the area it is in or because you don't want to risk hurting yourself, ask your Piercer to do it.
2 thoughts on “¿Mi piercing esta cicatrizado?”
Thanks for the tips, I found them useful.
I hit my navel piercing last night and it was a bit red at the top and bottom, but it doesn't hurt that much, and I have a little scar but I don't know if it's blood or scarring and everyone tells me not to take it out because it will fall off by itself (if the scar would have been blood the serum would have disappeared but it's like it's really stuck).