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The SO Piercing Questions & Discussion Mega-Thread

I want one on the inner surface of each of my wrists, about 10cm away from the base of my hand...if that makes sense? But I'm concerned that the skin it too thin, and even if they were totally flat steel discs, they'd still potentially catch on clothing and stuff all the time. Owwie!

I might get two or three on the back of my neck instead, like about 5cm down from my hairline :)
Kinda like this, but just little flat steel discs:
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*edit* I found this pic, which is exactly where I want my wrist anchors!! But the skin on my inner wrists is so much more thin than this person's.
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They'd have to be put in quite deep, it'd be unlikely that they'd both be flat. Unless you found the most expert piercer, but even then one snag and they'd be raised up a bit.
 
Yeah I hear ya man. Thus my concerns.
I reckon I'll just opt for the back of the neck ones :)
What do you think?
 
Those are sweet, I want two small ones behind my ears :) like just behind the lobe and down a tiny bit.
 
^consider that idea stolen

i've wanted to something behind my ears for a while, and i was thinking about a couple tatts but i definitely like the idea of anchors back there.
 
Haha maybe, the tattoos will be the roman numerals for one and two. I being my grandfather, who I'm named after and the II being me.
 
Not to derail the current topic of conversation, but I have a couple questions...

1) If someone wanted to remove an anchor, how would it be done? I'm assuming out-patient surgery.

2) Has anyone ever gotten a bump on the back of their ear after a cartilage piercing? If so, were you able to remove/minimize it without seeing a specialist to have it removed?

I have a bump above an industrial piercing that never bothered me 'cause it's not that noticeable when the piercing's in... Lately I've had to take the piercing out for an internship, and the bump is really noticeable... :-/

I highly doubt there are any home remedies, especially considering I've had the bump for years, but figured it doesn't hurt to ask.
 
1. I had my anchors removed, it's less painful than having them put in and your piercer can do it. It basically involves wiggling them back and forth and then pulling them out. It sounds worse than it is though. No surgery.

2. It sounds like you have a granuloma. They occur when a fresh piercing is moved frequently, it's a result of the skin trying to heal. Obviously not the desired result. They're especially common in cartilage piercings. They can be treated with a few home remedies, however they won't completely go away until the piercing is fully healed. I had them on my 3 industrials for about 9 months until I had to take mine out. Anyway, usually within a fortnight they will go once the piercing is taken out. If it's been longer than that, I'm not sure, but they're noting to worry about.
 
^ It actually doesn't sound that bad to have it removed. Much better than surgery! Lol

I looked up some images for granulomas and that is definitely not what I have--Those pictures are grusome! What I have looks more like this, only not nearly as bad. Mine's not discolored and is quite small--About the size of the ball on a standard industrial piercing.
 
so how are anchors put in?
is it a surgical process? or is it like any other piercing?
 
Well there's two ways, they can use a dermal punch (I don't understand how this works as it wasn't the way mine were done) or they use a needle. They stretch out the skin, and then pierce a small angled hole in one direction. Then they pierce into the skin in the opposite direction (using the same hole), put the longer part of the anchor into your skin and kinda stretch/push your skin to make the other part of the anchor pop in. Takes maybe 10 seconds total, pretty harmless. My details are a bit sketchy though because it's been two years since I've had mine done. Maybe someone with a more recent experience can tell you more.
 
Oh ok. thats kinda what i thought they did. the second one seems like it would hurt a lot less..
 
The needle? Apparently that hurts more, but it allows more control so my piercer preferred it.
 
^^ It does hey :D But as sa said, it's less painful because it's slightly less invasive and fiddly than the needle technique.

addictivepersona said:
2) Has anyone ever gotten a bump on the back of their ear after a cartilage piercing? If so, were you able to remove/minimize it without seeing a specialist to have it removed?

I have a bump above an industrial piercing that never bothered me 'cause it's not that noticeable when the piercing's in... Lately I've had to take the piercing out for an internship, and the bump is really noticeable... :-/

I highly doubt there are any home remedies, especially considering I've had the bump for years, but figured it doesn't hurt to ask.
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Yep, I've got a tiiiiiny bit of cartilage blow-out where I got an ear cartilage piercing with an ear-lobe piercing gun back when I was young and stupid. But over the last 10 years since I had it done (I took the jewellery out after about 6 months after I got it done) the cartilage lump has sloooowwwwly decreased. I can still feel it, but you can't see it.

I think time is the only remedy ap. Unfortunately I don't think there's anything else you can do, other than plastic surgery of course, which is probably not worth it?
 
addictivepersona said:
I looked up some images for granulomas and that is definitely not what I have--Those pictures are grusome! What I have looks more like this, only not nearly as bad. Mine's not discolored and is quite small--About the size of the ball on a standard industrial piercing.
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Meh, granuloma, keloid, they're basically the same thing :p I'll agree the Google pictures are a bit disturbing though.
 
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