Piercing Migration

 

I received a message from a man who had questions after he had to abandon his Prince Albert (PA) piercing due to migration:

Hi Elayne.

I was hoping I could get your opinion on the 2 attached photos of my PA.  It slowly began to have an extension of the urethral opening about 6 1/2 months after I got it pierced.  The situation is I was pierced at 6g with a titanium circular and then stretched to a 4g captive 5 months after the initial piercing.  When we did the stretch, there was very little resistance and we did not see any of the migration that you can see in the photos.  I used emu oil on the piercing after the stretching.

My Piercer had me remove the jewelry for now as we did not want to risk any further thinning of the skin.  He suggested that maybe we could pierce it a little further down the shaft in the future, but I don't know.

I have psoriasis as well and do have breakouts.

Do you have any suggestions as why this may have happened and what's the best course of action?

Thanks in advance for any information you can give me!

Best wishes!

B

My response:

Hello B.

I received an email from a woman who is concerned about her eyebrow piercing:

Hi Elayne,
I got my eyebrow pierced today. After reading online about migration and rejection, I'm very worried that my piercing is certainly doomed to reject at some point. My piercer used a press-fit titanium curved barbell. He described the tissue as "moderately taught", though I can easily pinch it between my fingers (on the opposite eyebrow of course!) My question is - are most eyebrow piercings likely to reject eventually? Is there anything in addition to sea salt soaks that I can do to prevent this from happening? I've already grown so attached to my new piercing that I'm very afraid of losing it.

Thank you so much, M.

I received this message:

I have heard that surface piercings, eyebrow, navel, anti eyebrow and some others, have a tendency to reject. I was wondering if there are some ways you could prevent or slow down the rejection process for these piercings? If it does start to reject and you take the jewelry out are there fluctuations in rejection risk( more or less risk) that would possibly result in a different outcome if you had it repierced? And also what are some signs to tell if a piercing is rejecting? Thanks! G.

I just got an email with this question:

Hi.  I found your site while looking for info. and thought I'd see if you could answer a question.  I just had a horizontal hood piercing fall out for the second time.  (second piercing)  Niether time have I been able to locate my hole and put the ring back in.  This time I had a horseshoe barbell and the balls were still on it when it fell out.  Is it possible that this piecing grew out?  Should I not go for a third attempt?  I miss it already!

Hi there, Have you had a piercer or even a partner examine the area to determine whether it appears the jewelry he piercing grew out? It can be hard to see for yourself. Under the circumstances, it probably did grow out. It is much less likely that the hole stretched large enough for the jewelry to slip through. Did you talk to the piercer about what had happened when you went in for the second piercing? If you can take some clear, close-up photos, I'd be happy to evaluate the area for you myself. Many women aren't built for a horizontal hood piercing. If your hood area is very vertical or recessed, it won't matter what you do--the piercing will grow out. How about a vertical piercing instead? If you're built for it, it is a fantastic piercing and they are much easier to deal with and to heal since the go with the shape of female anatomy--instead of against it as a horizontal piercing does. You can check for suitability using the q-tip test pictured on my site: http://ringsofdesire.com/q_tip.html Thanks for writing,