further obsession

.....about this new hole in my nose.

So I'm going about my thing, doing the daily cleaning*,
taking care not to touch or let anything stress it. The
healing seems to be coming along beautifully. There was
very little irritation after the first three days and almost
no pain.

Fast forward and it's a week later. Tomorrow I go in for my
first control, but before I do I'd like to describe
something I noticed today and see what you think.

When I went in to be pierced my piercer gave me the choice
of a barbell stud or a ring, and I chose the stud. I
believe it's a 16 gauge, and the ball tips are tiny. It was
a bit snug for the first few days but not tight, and now the
swelling is gone down it feels okay.

Here's the thing I want to ask of you who are familiar with
nostril piercings. In cleaning today I pushed the barbell
up a bit and was able to take a closer took at the piercing
site for the first time. I noticed where the shaft is
sitting at an angle, the hole made by the needle is no
longer round but has taken an elliptical shape, just a tiny
bit elongated. It's very minuscule and may just be the
normal healing process, but I've read the goal is to get the
flesh to snug up against the jewelry.

It's very early in the game but mine doesn't appear to be
doing that. Rather, the straight bar has made itself a
little groove and is lying in that groove, and the skin
there looks a little spongy and not firm at all.

I don't want to freak out like I did before so I went
reading to see what I can find out. What I found
consistently was:
-it's a better idea to go a gauge up when doing this
piercing. Check.
-the cheesecutter effect doesn't tend to be a big problem
with nostril piercings. If so, then great.
-the preferred jewelry to do a nostril piercing, even an
initial piercing, are larger gauge screws (16g preferred)
and rings. Period. What??

A couple articles even went so far as to say barbells are
never indicated for this type of piercing. ??? Could it be
the barbell is at fault for the oval-shaped hole just
beginning to form? The angle of the bar is great on the
inside. It isn't a long shaft and it fits almost perfectly,
sitting free inside the nostril and not irritating the
sides, which are a tad narrow to begin with. But looking at
it on the surface for the first time it seems as if the
straightness of the shaft is causing the jewelry to lie to
one side and deform the shape of the hole.

That being the case I'm thinking of asking my piercer
tomorrow to change it to a ring - but I've heard if I sleep
on my face this could result in stress at the site. Or a
banana barbell - hopefully the curve in the shaft will take
care of this problem. Or to go ahead and fit me with a
screw - but maybe he'll balk because it's a little too soon
for that. He's already told me he doesn't like to use
screws as initial jewelry and he must have his reasons.

Most important, although I'd like to change to a screw or a
pin in the future because they're pretty, at this point it
isn't about pretty, it's about getting healed correctly. I
don't care what the jewelry looks like as long as it
contributes to a correctly shaped, well-healed piercing.

Opinions? Thanks again in advance.


*Pared it down to 2-3 salt-water swabbings per day instead
of the recommended 3-5 because I'm getting a bit of peeling
on the outside and irritation on the inside, even though the
salt to water ratio isn't too high - I measured + tasted it.
Tasted it *before* the cleaning, of course. I read
somewhere it shouldn't be any saltier than the taste of my
tears.

LC wrote:
> ....about this new hole in my nose.

You said it- obsession. Come on, get your meds regulated.

You are cleaning it too often. Leave it alone. Let it heal. It will.

As far as the barbells being wrong, no. Try a snap together piece.
About $25 dollars. All Ti.

Try piercing.org.


Kavin

KavinTaylor@gmail.com schrieb:
> LC wrote:
>> ....about this new hole in my nose.
>
> You said it- obsession. Come on, get your meds regulated.
>
> You are cleaning it too often. Leave it alone. Let it heal. It will.
>
> As far as the barbells being wrong, no. Try a snap together piece.
> About $25 dollars. All Ti.
>
> Try piercing.org.


Looks good. Thanks!

you have a barbell in a nostril piercing?

modifiedheart@gmail.com schrieb:


> you have a barbell in a nostril piercing?


Yes.

modifiedheart@gmail.com wrote:
> you have a barbell in a nostril piercing?

Shut the fuck up.

Oh wait, I can hear Capt. Google standing up for you now.

Predictable.

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
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>Shut the fuck up.

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Ever the bridge builder.

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