Industrial Complete! (Single bar inserted)
17 months ago
It’s been almost 6 weeks so i have added the single bar, 40mm long, 6mm balls. I love it :)
JadedShade has written 3 entries about this goal
3 Weeks in......
17 months ago
After three weeks this piercing is healing nicely, it’s nowhere near as tender or sore now even if i knock it (unless really hard).
It’s great. I still can’t wait for the six weeks to be u so I can put the single in, I have been tempted to be naughty and just put it in early but from all the research I have done; cartilage is not something to mess around with because it is easily aggravated and can be prone to infection so I am going to do it by the book.
As for as aftercare, I have now adopted the “Leave it the hell alone” approach, I did salt water soaks for the first week and half twice a day, but now it just gets washed in the shower, no antibacterial products (as these can hinder healing) and its going great.
I am marking this “Worth Doing” now. Such a great piercing, even with the two small bars it looks pretty cool.
After a lot of research, I made an appointment early in the week to go get this piercing done at Modern Body Art here in Birmingham, and today was the day.
It really didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would, the piercer did the bottom one first and I barely felt anything, just pressure really.
I made sure I didn’t tense up and took a deep breath and breathed out while she was putting the needle through, I think this helped a lot.
The top one hurt more, but still wasn’t bad, I guess the cartilage is thicker there so it’s a little harder to get through.
She recommended getting them pierced individually and then putting the bar through in 6 weeks time, it heals much faster that way, I have read and listened to many debates about this, and I feel this way will be ok, as long as long as they were pierced at the correct angle in the beginning it should be just fine, plus I don’t want the extra pressure of the bar being in with the swelling that is going to occur.
Can’t wait to get the bar in there though, it’s going to look so cool, I will mark up whether this was “worth it” in 6 weeks time :)
