Hello! I have a question - years ago I attempted to get my ears pierced a number of times, and although I took excellent care of them, no matter what type of earing we used (silver, gold, surgical steel, hypoallergenic steel etc) they didn't heal properly and would end up still bleeding.
Someone meantioned to me that I may have an allergy of some sort to metal inside my body in the form of piercings. They also suggested perhaps nobium or another non metal element.
I was wondering if anyone had any advice or experience with this as I would like to get my lip pierced but don't want to attempt if it will just be messed up like the others. Thank you in advance!
Were they pierced with a needle or a gun? Gun piercings are prone to disaster. It would be very unusual if you had an allergy to SS. I've never met anyone that did.
Netrazor
Aug 1, 2007 4:37pm
SS is normally the metal used for hypo-allergenic metal. As thlayli said there can be a lot of problems with gun piercings that are done anywhere but the earlobe. A real piercing needle is hollow. It takes a lil flesh with it so the piercing has room so air can get to it and heal properly.EG: I have 2 cartlidge piercings. One was done with a gun. It took 3 months to heal and was so sore I couldn't touch it. The conch piercing was done professionally. It took about 2 weeks to heal and was sore to the touch for only a couple days.
maybe you have just a problem with nickel. Gold and surgical steel might contain small fractions of nickel, and silver is not suitable for a fresh piercing. Niobium, which is a metallic element too, might be a solution, or try titanium. There are gold alloys that are nickel free and contain palladium instead of nickel. When you use gold, be sure to have 18kt gold and in no case gold plated jewelry.
If you don't like metal at all, a synthetic material like PTFE would be an option. Perhaps this is the best solution for a lip piercing, because it is more friendly to your teeth and gums.
You might want to look into niobium. Niobium jewelry needs to be very pure, and it's also on the expensive side. But in its pure form, niobium is supposed to not have any reaction to body fluids, oxygen, or cleaning materials.
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