pierced my ear: need help

lol i used to peirce my own lip with saftey pin just for the attention and shit... it also had alot to do with phobia tho... when i learned i could do it, i kept doing it, to prove to myself it wasn't so bad (i had a terrible phobia of needles) before pericing my lip, like a coupl eyears prior... i woudl turn white and nearlyp ass out from just pericing my ear...

anyways, wife didn't believe i could do it, i showed her too... i've peirced my lip over 50 times by now lol... (yet somehow when she was getting her tat the other she seemed to of thought i was scared?)

anyways, you really shoulda sterilized eihter first... i usually soak everything in alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, then burn it til it turns black, wipe off the black and once again, give it another bath in either.... never had an infection problem by following this...

taking it, might kinda be painful getting ht stud in but you can do it... just be ready to force it through... it helps to stretch the skin (in your case pull down on your ear obe pretty hard, not enough to cause pain, but enough to be 'uncomterable') and try to do it quickly as you can....make sure to treat your ear... can pour alcohol on it, but you can also do the same with hydrogen peroxide... can also put some ina small bowl and just kinda dip your ear in it for a few seconds.. if you do the bowl thing tho, make sure to rub/massage the pericing (with the stud in) to help kinda make sure everything gets coated well...

on a side note, there's a whole nother way you can perice yourself tho i ttakes forever (for those scared of pain... really only works on the lip tho) take a hoop with pointed tips (you know the ones that have the balls that just snap in place) and put it in your lip, and squeeze it together/close it off as tight as it takes to cause somehwat of some pain (when you let off pressure it won't hurt, but you'll still feel ht epressure) do it everyday (tightening it) eventually it'll just work it's way through your lip... you do have to pop a couple layers of skin at the end... but other then that... you don't really ever feel anything.

The dermatologists and other docs I know who do ear-piercing, and my husband has been known to do piercings for his office staff, always recommend the twisting technique as a way of making sure the healing, seeping puncture wound doesn't "glue" itself to the metal for too long and stick so that when you do eventualy move the earring or stud, you re-open the wound and cause it to bleed.

Sterile technique and quality, non-allergenic metals are very important. I was addressing this issue above as a self-piercing question because that's what it was. But ideally, people who want piercings should get someone who knows sterile technique and has sterile needles and quality metal earrings (or other jewelry items) to do that job for you.

Cheap metals don't cause infection. Bacteria and viruses are what cause infections. But certain metals, particularly nickel but also, for some, copper and some steel alloys, can trigger strong allergic reactions and irritations. Stainless steel, 14- or 18-karat gold, titanium, and platinum are safer metals for the skin. (But good luck affording platinum!)