Top tip: when sleeping with a new piercing, use a neck pillow and put your head on the side with your ear in the hole, it helps so much!

I have 38 piercings. 14 in each ear, daith included, 2 in each eyebrow, one in my tongue, 3 in my lip, one in each nipple. Everyone heals differently. You cannot go by what others say. All of mine healed at different times. Clean them when taking a bath and or shower. I use wound cleaner, soap and water. I've only turned my piercings while wet. never turn a new piercing while it's dry. Again. Healing time is different for everyone. Just keep an eye on it and clean it daily or twice a day if you have a dirty job. 🤘

1. Don’t touch it/move it 2. Hot compress 3. Sea salt and warm water (not the ocean salt spray)

Changing from saline solution to sea salt and warm water made the biggest difference to my daith piercing! No more bumps.

I got my septum pierced and I say just leave it up even if your parents gave u permission cause it heals faster and it’s less painful cause it’s harder to bump :)

Your septum heals within 6 to 8 weeks, or at least enough to change the jewelry and flip it. If it was sore for so long, it was pierced in the wrong place...

My septum healed in 2 weeks! Everyone's bodies are different but these basic rules are GOLD! I would add that sleeping with a travel pillow so your ears are in the hole is a good way to sleep on your side without fucking up with poor ears ♥️

Ur ears also may be irratated because of the jewelry itself

Keloids and piercing bumps are totally different things. If your bump went away on its own, it was NOT a keloid. Keloids can not be "drained" because it is just scar tissue and must be removed by a doctor.

Hey Leah, back again because piercings are addictive. I have daith and conch done recently :-). I think you and I are almost the exact same when it comes to lobe and upper lobe. my 3rds finally calmed the F down with being sensitive. If anyone is here wondering why theirs is taking eons to heal, I was told, and maybe Leah too, that there could be thin layer of cartilage where the 3rd or 4th area is. It also has less blood flow, so it will naturally take a bit longer to heal. Everyone is different too.

when i got my cartilage pierced at Claire's they said that i should twist it, and now i have a bump, they also said that it will take 8 weeks to heal but its been 14 weeks and still hurts a lot. This video helped a lot so thank you.

The f? My septum healed in like 3-4weeks even tho i rarely cleaned it and if did it was just quickly in the shower with some luke warm water. This just prooves that everybody is different

I’ve been told by my piercer to slightly move it (cartilage piercing)while cleaning? but only while cleaning though and to leave it alone after that. I’m stressing though bc I keep accidentally hitting it. I sleep on the other side obv but I accidentally move to the side I got it pierced during my sleep & wake up in so much pain. & my dad accidentally just hit it as well 😩 I’m so scared of it getting infected

My septum felt healed after a month. No discharge, no crusties, no tenderness and the piercing arleady loosened up quite nicely. Like it had always been there. I don't advice it but that's also when I could change the jewelry without a problem, and it didn't cause a problem, but I was definitely taking a risk. I was told it should take about two months minimum, that's probably with a small margin included. Yours took 7 months and you're advising people on how to heal their piecings fast? If you have so much trouble healing your piercings how can people even take you seriously? Got an eskimo less than a week ago, there was no inflammation. By now it already loosened up, tenderness is gone, discharge/crusties is almost gone. My advice is to leave the piercing alone for at least the first couple of months besides cleaning it with a saline solution twice a day and live a healthy lifestyle. There's no more you can do. Listen to your body and ignore the superstitions, because there are alot of them in the piercing community. From neilmed and jojoba oil to tea tree and other overpriced products shops will try to sell you. Your body heals as fast as it heals, the only way to heal faster is by being healthier; by staying calm, getting enough sleep, eating nutritious food and exercising. I don't know why I heal so fast, could be genetics, but I believe it's because I fast regularly. But that could be a superstition. It seems to help regulate my immune response. It actually cured my hayfever. Also not advicable, but I could stretch my ear up to 00g in 3 and half months, no problem.

Professionals actually told me when I got my ear piercings, to twist them when I take a shower once a day. They told me that if i wasn’t careful, the skin could heal around the piercing. I’ve done this so many times and have had no issues. Of course I got mine done with a needle though

Very helpful! I was just about to ask where to buy the salt spray. Guess I won't now

I lowkey did the same thing with my nose piercing with draining the blister, so then it would completely go away. BUT, what absolutely solved my issue was switching back to the stud and not the thin gold ring anymore, and because no more bacteria would be shifted into the wound, no more bumps would happen ever :) simplest advice: DON'T TOUCH, especially with unwashed hands! asking for problems that way

The whole don’t touch it is so conflicting because when cleaning it that’s when I feel I’m fucking it up but it also gets so crusty😪

Is it normal to not have it feeling like anything a few hours after you get it? It doesn't hurt at all and it was never red to begin with

I got my septum pierced but it only took about 5 weeks to heal, and I touched it and didn’t clean it as often as I was told to do, every time I cleaned it I used warm salt water so idk if that made any difference

I just got my ears pierced for the first time 3 weeks ago. They were pretty sensitive and irritated, and my parents told me to put vaseline on them after i cleaned them. Have to say it worked wonders! One feels like it could be healed completely, the other one is still slightly sensitive to touch, but its also the one that hurt a little more when it was pierced for some reason. But yeah, i highly recommend it. It also stopped them from bleeding, and i haven't had a problem with them since.

I don’t know about any other kind of piercing but I know for a fresh nostril piercing you’re supposed to twist it and move it around a bit when cleaning it so 1. It cleans it better and is therefore less likely to get infected and 2. It might take a little longer for it to heal, but in the end it will be easier to change jewelry so it’s worth it.

the main key is to no push the pircing thru, if u take it out to clean in, make sure u do it really slow and wiggle it thrue, if u dont your pircing end" the scru" part will iritate the wound/scar, like me I use pyrispet/antiseptic salve, too get the pircing thrue without irritating the open scar/wound, u will soon see that it will grow/heal much faster, alot of ppl just clean and then push the pircing thrue, and then its like restart, some get big bumps, some get all this kind of "non infected" things, and dont know why, this is bcuyz u push the pircing thrue too fast/rough/ slow and steady :) hope u find thius helpful, sorry for dysleksia and bag english

I use to have a similar problem with putting any jewelry without irritating my piercing. But someone told me to put gold earing and keep it tell the irritation goes away completely and honestly it did work out perfectly for me.

I agree with the guy that said everybody is different. My septum piercing was the easiest and fastest healing piercing - 1.5 - 2 months. I only use unscented antibacterial soap and water. Sea salt has a negative effect on all of my piercings... 🤦🏿‍♀️ It makes the healing process longer and more painful for me. Now, I only use unscented antibacterial soap and water . Ice helped with infection and swelling.

Maybe keeping your hair away from the piercings and changing pillow sheets regular will also help keep germs away.

The bump you got, was a tiny bump full of puss or blood (most of the time) to get rid of those, use tea tree oil and dilute it with water so it is not as harsh on the piercing and if you use it for a few weeks, it will go away

I got my septum pierced two years ago and went to a two and a half - week camping trip in Sweden. It didn’t hurt AT ALL. Only smiling was a bit weird on the day it got pierced, but in no way painful. The piercing process itself didn’t really hurt too, it just made a like cracking (???) noise and it was in!

I got ear lobe piercing about 10 months ago. After 6 month of having the piercing I was upset cause it never healed. I would do a sea salt soak but throughout the day I would always find a lot of dry blood around both piercing. The person who pierced my ear tried to change the earring to see if that helped but after months I noticed the same thing happening. Ohh and by the way I did them with the needle not the gun. But I decided to take them off because their was no sign of healing it would just get worse. My brother got his ear piercing and his healed good and all he said he did was run it under the water while taking a shower and move it up and down. I decided to get my ear pierced again 3 days ago and the the same thing as my brother and today I’m noticing a lot of dry blood around it again. I hope the same thing doesn’t happen again. Any recommendations of what I should do?

I am on piercing 29 and 3 to go on the next round. I keep adding on (i am 55). This is good advice. Less touching the better. I still put a cotton ball soaked in salt wash and lay the cotton on the piercing. It dries it out faster without adding and pressure, etc. turning is not a great idea like everyone used to tell me to do.

before my rant i need to point out that i am not coming at the uploader or anyone in particular i’ve been piercing for about 15 years and have learned a couple things a long the way *to say it lightly* that will help you in having a successful piercing /healing experience .. simple steps .. only use quality jewelry ex- titanium niobium or solid gold .. do not use surgical steel sterling silver or any sort of plated jewelry .. most all metals are high in nickel and your body is allergic to the nickel content in the metal and not necessarily the metal itself .. do NOT twist spin turn or move your piercings a piercing is meant to remain immobile during the healing process .. any piercing take between 4-6 months to fully heal sometimes a little more depending on the person or the placement of the jewelry .. ex if a piercing is done incorrectly causing the piercing to not lay properly it will take forever to heal or not heal at all .. ex- having a crooked helix piercing or a nostril piercing placed on the crease of the nose .. the crease of your nose is like the joint of your arm it’s the part of your nose that moves the most .. speaking chewing blowing your nose etc. will have your piercing moving constantly not to mention it’s a pain to change and most of the time is pierced way too high and or too far back a nostril piercing should be pierced just below the crease so it almost appears to be on the crease when the jewelry is in just not actually on the crease .. also .. don’t use or be pierced with nostril screws .. “L-shape” or straight nostril jewelry .. flat back treadless jewelry for nose and most parts of the ear are highly recommended most importantly .. with the exception of a septum , daith , and possibly a rook NEVER get pierced with a hoop a piercing needs to remain immobile during the healing process the less it moves the quicker it heals the more it moves the more likely you are for infection .. do you have animals??? because pet dander is one of the highest causes of infection .. you may not be allergic to the animal .. your sub-dermal tissue is though .. so make sure you sleep on clean linen .. do not let your pets sleep in your bed or get too close to your new piercing .. and if your piercing is on your head put your pillow up and away in a closet or drawer when you’re not using it .. NEVER use “tea tree” or any sort of oils on your piercings .. none of that should be used on an open wound .. tea tree oil is for scars not piercing aftercare .. also .. saline “wound wash” and sea salt water mixtures are the same thing .. the only difference is saline “wound wash” water is sterile inside that can and your home mixture is not .. so scratch that as well .. i agree with some of what is being said .. most of it being leave your piercings alone .. other than that having a ton of piercings doesn’t make you a pro .. and i know that she is not claiming to be one i’m only saying in general guys .. stop thinking you know it all stop going on forums and do not listen to your friends advice always consult with a reputable piercer not some fly by night scratcher shop or “kitchen magician” .. and if a piercing becomes infected in any way feel free to comment on my comment i have a million different effective techniques that will work for you .. and yes i strongly suggest not popping them with needles lol yes you’re right as a piercer that comment and most of what was said was making me cringe lol …respectfully the best way for a piercing to heal is by doing NOTHING .. L.I.T.H.A .. Leave It The Heck Alone with that said i truly respect this upload and am looking forward to viewing more of your content i hope that all is well and you’re staying safe .. peace. love. always.

Found your Thor ragnarok video when I was looking through a related playlist from one of my videos. I just subscribed

For the people who get irritation when they switch out their jewellry. Here's how I fixed that for me (it worked for me so I'll share it just in case). First, you want to find an earring material that your piercing likes, for everyone I knew, it was either gold or silver. Then you keep that in, until all the irritation goes away. The next time you wear non-gold or non-silver jewellry, try not to keep it in for more than a day

Lol it’s different for me bc I didn’t really care for my first two on my lobes but I just got my cartilage (with a gun) and I always clean it I never touch it I always clean it when I accidentally touch it

i have 8 piercings (four on each ear, three lobes and one near the start of the cartilage) I got all 8 done with a gun and they healed beautifully! ive never had an infection whatsoever. I know guns can be dangerous, but i think it depends on the individual and also your systems healing process. I am deathly afraid of needles but i want a helix (or two.or three xd) SOOOOOOO much so i’ve done my research and i’ll do it later this month 😁💞 EDIT: i did a double helix, i’ve had it since october, it’s healing now but a little bump appeared..

I had my ears pierced 6 weeks ago nearly 7 and I’m trying to take them out. On my left ear it doesn’t hurt and is coming loose but my right ear is so painful I can’t even touch it what should I do ? X

I’m scared! I keep fidgeting with my piercings and there are times that I hit it :

I got my ear lobes pierced yesterday at Claire’s and they gave me a rapid healing aftercare solution that is meant to heal them in three weeks. Has anyone had an experience with this? Does it actually heal them quicker?

You helped me so much. I used the sea salt dissolved in water and my rook ear cartilage piercing healed in one week!!! I just gave you credit on my video that I uploaded today. So thank you!!

I’m 14 getting my helix pierced (and maybe a third lobe pericing), and I just want to ask how much water you used with the tsp of sea salt?

I was today years old when I realized u could flip up septum piercings-

I got my septum piercing under a month ago, and I can't feel a sniff of pain anymore. I change, twist and flip it all the time. I started doing that by the first week, at least the flipping. I almost feel like doing it more prevented the pain. By now, all the pain is gone and as I said it has been under a month of healing. I do think it's always best to be on the safe side, but don't overreact! It probably won't take six whole months to heal. Just try things out for yourself. Don't listen to my or her tips. Every body works differently. You'll understand for yourself when you have the possibility to change and flip it:) Good luck with your piercings, everybody!

Feel like I am the only person who got my first piercing with a gun and it healed amazing and the hole never closes

For earlobe piercings, after its done healing do you still continue to clean them everyday or no?

Just got my nose pierced yesterday so far its ok no bad swelling and damn you are beautiful 😉 nice vid.

Who’s here Dec 2020?

i don’t know who else can relate to this but i’ve found my piercings don’t heal well when i clean them 2-3 times a day it’s almost like if i forget they exist it just heals like they need time to do their own thing more idfk 😐

When I had a keloid inside my nose. I switched out to a 14k gold jewelry and the keloid completely disappeared within a week.

I have a cartilage piercing that I really love, but I'm at my wits end with it. I've had it for about 15 months, still not healed. I work in infection control so I babied the crap out of it. I agree with you on not touching it. But I also developed a little keyloid type thing right next to the piercing. Obviously I could never come back at you for your advice nor would I. But do you have any ? Above advice you gave sounds logical.

I wish mine healed. My lobe piercings close really fast and never truly healed. All came from Claire's. So after having them re pierced at Clair's for the 3rd time I just didn't do a thing they told be to because it never worked. Now they take longer to heal but they are better than when I did what they said. Never getting piercings from Claire's again

and about the septum, mine healed within 3 weeks despite flipping it all the time. Every body reacts/heals differently

I’ve had my industrial piercing for about a month and it’s been fine all this time but yesterday my friend grabbed my ear with dirty hands and touched it, it’s hurt since. It’s gone red and swollen and pus is coming out, please help, what can I do to get rid of it?

i’ve had my helix piercing for almost 5 weeks now and it doesn’t hurt, i can sleep on it and it seems healed to me. i’ve been wanting to change the earring in my cartilage to a hoop but i’m scared to because everyone keeps telling me not to until 8 weeks. what’s your opinion?

Just got a septum piercing, was already following the instructions but glad to know I was doing the right thing

I got an infection and had to be put on laughing gas at the hospital to get them out. Got them re pieced today, and am super paranoid of getting them infected.

Very good video. I wouldn’t recommend putting a hole in a bump tho. I have a question; can you use iodized salt for soaking piercings or does it absolutely have to be sea salt?

I got my upper lobes about a month ago, and cleaned them twice a day until a few days ago, until I realized it wasn't doing any good anymore, but I was so scared that it would get infected if I didn't wash them religiously (just like you lol). So now I only clean them once a day and they look/ feel so much better and look less irritated! Twice a day can be too much for sensitive skin, and if I wouldn't have been so scared to stop washing them, they probably would've healed by now🤦🏽‍♀️

I’ve known like two people that have flipped there septum up and down over and over and there so lose i feel so bad for themmm it’s always crooked

Here from recommended videos, have my Monroe redone, oh boy spot on with the septum one up or down, I was idk 15 maybe 14 when I did mine, flipped it up and down all the time, now my cartilage is pissed after having to use afrin late in my pregnancy, and dry climate, its opened back up and is annoying trying to heal it over, im nearing 40yrs old.... if anyone young reads this i hope it helps someone, but i do second this dont mess with it like a "door knocker" because apparently that damage is near permanent

Damn, she is so pretty it makes me smile :)

Cartilage takes a very long time to heal, it’s normal

Use sterile saline, clean it 2x a day and after activity where you've sweated. Sleep on the opposite side of the piercing. Replace your pillowcases at least weekly (if you don't already). Dont touch unless you are cleaning.

i got my septum done 4 days ago and due to an allergic reaction to the jewellery i had to go back and get it changed and IT HURRRRTTTT!!!!!!!! hurt worse than the actual piercing 😭 and i had it changed from a small horse shoe to a ring and i probably have to flip it up for school in 6 weeks so i rly hope it's not as sore to change again before school

A friend of mine got a conch piercing. It's quite a tough one to heal but she kept having thses bumps. So when I got my new piercing in a different shop they told her that she was wearing chirurgical steel, but we were told that it was titanium. SO now she got titanium (which is always the best option, never any nickel in it) And her piercing starts to heal nicely..

I got my septum done and i flipped it up and down as soon as I got it and it never hurt took maybe a month or two to totally heal but it didn’t even hurt during that time unless it was bumped moderately hard

I am extremely active and was wondering if heavy sweating on a daily would effect on the outcome or healing process? I am grateful for any input. I could also use some helpful after care tips. Thank you!!

*what if you pierce your ear with a thumbtack? Because I did that...yeah I know I’m stupid.*

I got my ears pierced recently and it has been 2 weeks and 3 days and I have been using the 3 week cleansing solution 4 times a day from Claire’s. Throughout the whole time I have had no swelling or redness. At the moment they don’t hurt at all to touch and move around or anything like that am I safe to take them out or should I wait to my recommend time of 3 weeks? Also very good video thank you!!

So it’s been 5 weeks and 4 days since I got ear lobe piercings (with a gun) lol. But one of my ears is hurting and I don’t know what to do

I honestly suggest flipping up the septum ring until it heals! Mine refused to heal until it was flipped up

Thank u!! I’ve had my lobes for 2 months now & they are still kinda sore trying to take the backs off (I just changed them back to the starters) but I appreciate your tips :) I know everyone’s body takes diff times

I got told to twist it at least once a day because then it will close up and be difficult to change?

thanks for the advice!! My piercer literally just said "soap and water" and sent me on my way

My septum healed in 3 months but I cleaned it every other day

There no way a cartilage piercing healed in 2 weeks. Just because it didn't hurt doesn't mean its healed. It heals from the outside in... 🙄

I just got my snug pierced a week ago and I'm in so much pain 💔

When I got my ears pierced I bought some gold ones. But they are small , I want to to switch them but should I wait for it to fully heal to switch ear rings?

I put a cotton pad soaked in saline solution then a dab of clove oil! Fantastic you can also use peppermint oil

it really took 7 months for your septum to heal and you couldn’t touch it at all without pain? my took a day? and it was a little sore, but maybe 3 days after i got it, it was completely and utterly painless could pull it every which way absolutely zero pain, and no pain when i got it. i’ve had it for about 5 months now and i’ve never had any problems with it. i mess with it 24/7. so everyone is different

i just got my industrial pierced today! i’ve used the h20cean spray, but i also want to buy sea salt to do the soaks :) is that enough to help heal and keep my piercing from getting infected?

Do you struggle to get earphones in with a daith and tragus in the same ear? I got my daith done a week ago and I now want a tragus in the same ear

I used garlic and mustard oil mix then warm it up to massage. of course I got it done with needle

Got my septum done less than 2 weeks ago and I left it down, didn't mess with it and its already no longer sore. I didn't bother with the twice daily soaks, I'd just kinda splash warm water on my face in the shower.

I just got my frickin ears pierced at Claire's ill advised and it's been like 3 going on four days since I had them with no redness just sore, I've cleaned three times a day, am I safe from infection?

a septum healing time is 6-8 weeks when it’s well done 😉 (cause it’s through the skin and not the cartilage)

My piercing went they hell the first week 💀 I have a bad habit of rubbing my ear lobe really hard for some reason but eventually I stopped and it actually only healed after 4-5 weeks

i got my cartilage pierced two weeks ago and spraying the saline spray on it helped with the irritation and inflammation so i guess it works different for everyone.

Using warm turmeric with mustard oil works like holy grail!!!

Is it normal for there to be any discomfort when you take out your peircings for the first time? Idk if my peircings are healed or not. They are not getting infected or swelling even when i dont wash them but there is a slight discomfort when i try to take them out. The real question is are my peircings healed?

I just pierced my septum and I was wondering how to get all the crust off without ripping your nose hairs out.

i scared my brother and he hit me right on my newish upper cartilage piercing 💀💀💀🥴

Hi hola I just got my 2nd earlobe piercing on December it's October it was bleeding red and it hurts to insert earring or taking them of I went to Claire's at mall

You’re so pretty 💟

i just got my septum pierced and it hurt like shit but now i'm really excited for when i can change the jewellery

Y’all my tragus is like the love omg I can’t believe how smooth the aftercare & healing going I promise you not it’s about 50% healed & only 4 weeks old I understand anything can go wrong or the rest of %50 can go slow now but it’s a breeze I can move it without it burning or hurting I can put AirPods in without it hurting and swollen back up after taken them out i would say they is swollen but it never was not not swollen it’s been swollen since I got them not as much but slowly but surely it’s going down now my industrial ! Don’t get me started I got a piercing bump on all 4 holes now tiny barely can see them my left one because I got both pierced at the same time right along with both tragus the left one is putting my as* through the fire it burns so bad if I accidentally move it while cleaning it or just it moving itself my top ear is so sore motrin is a lifesaver right now ! It takes the pain completely away but once it wears off here comes the bs ! Motrin also takes the swollen down my right industrial got bump on both holes to but that one is not acting up nowhere near like the left one the right one is not giving me a problem compared to the left one I brought earring the day before the bumps appeared I was so irritated because I was gonna change it to a stud so it can heal quicker but y’all wound spray in the blue bottle and tee tree oil my little besties I regret getting both a st**id as* idea and nobody told me I was stu**d asf if I get two I should of been more informed I can’t blame nobody but me but it’s okay what’s done is done I love items though I wake up everyday looking forward to seeing my piercings I also got my second lobe 1 week ago thats just so sore to the touch no problems though (HOPEFULLY) it stays that way which I doubt the lobe will give me any problems

I got Pentagon mv as an add oml 😂❤

Help please. My 3rd and 4th lobe will just not heal. It's been 8months. :-( I tried everything from not touching it and not sleeping on it and just gentle SSS. And it would just get bumped from my braid hanging down. I also tried spinning it, but I see that also irritates it too, yet it makes the sea salt sol'n easier to get inside. How long did your upper lobes take to heal?

I got my belly piercing 3 days ago n I'm noticing a lil pus coming from 1 side ..I think it's infected ..I don't want to get it worst pls help and suggest some key tips in aftercare.

I wouldn’t recommend the needle trick because keloid scars are just layers of skin they aren’t a pimple to drain or pop. Warm some water in a shot glass and add sea salt and soak ur nose piecing for 10-15 minutes. It’s inconvenient and awkward but it works. Then to speed the healing u can dab tea tree oil with a qtip and then as the day or days go by and consistently doing this u will see the bump peeling and u can take the layer of skin off with some tweezers. A keloid scar is just layers of skin and I swear by this method it works every time also if you’re constantly getting keloids when you are keeping your piercing clean maybe you need to switch your jewelry that’s what I had to do I changed my jewelry from silver to gold and I haven’t had a problem since. I hope this helps someone

I had gotten a nose piercing a month ago and I myself was messing with my nose piercing and it caused a bump on my nose it was also like a pimple and had used a non iodized sea salt and crushed up aspirin with a lil water to make a paste I left it on my bump over night I also did a sea salt soak for 5 min twice a day and my bump finally popped on it’s own in I believe a week and a few days but remember everyone is different and after it popped I still did the non idolized sea salt soak twice a day then I apply tea tree oil on at night instead of the crushed up aspirin and sea salt paste