WhitneyWhat is piercing rejection?
August 9th 2010 13:12
Basically, rejection is when the body rejects and pushes out a piercing. Because the jewelry is a foreign object in the skin, the body will sometimes try to force it out.
Typically, this will happen with surface piercings and navel piercings, but it can happen with other types of piercings as well.
Generally, if a piercing is rejecting, you'll start to see some scaring around the holes. You may also see a trail of where the piercing has migrated as of yet. You will see more barbell, thinner skin between the holes, and may experience a little bit of discomfort.
When a piercing rejects, it does not have to be infected, and you may not even feel any discomfort.
If you notice any signs of potential rejection, you should remove the jewelry and let the piercing heal. You can have it repierced once the area has healed, but there is no guarantee that it will heal the next time, but if you really want the piercing, you can give it another try.
There are some people who just can't heal certain piercings, and no matter how many times they may get the same piercing or how many different types of jewelry or slight placement changes are made, the piercing will reject no matter what. If you're this person, you need to decide if you want to keep paying to have the piercing re-pierced, of if you just want to give up and find something different that you like instead.
If you do not remove the jewelry of a rejecting piercing, your body will completely push the jewelry out of the skin. You'll be left with a larger scar, and you won't have the piercing any more.
If you notice that your piercing is rejecting or even just migrating, there's nothing that you can do to reverse the process. In some cases, migration of a piercing will stop, but there's nothing that will stop a full rejection of a piercing.
Typically, this will happen with surface piercings and navel piercings, but it can happen with other types of piercings as well.
Generally, if a piercing is rejecting, you'll start to see some scaring around the holes. You may also see a trail of where the piercing has migrated as of yet. You will see more barbell, thinner skin between the holes, and may experience a little bit of discomfort.
When a piercing rejects, it does not have to be infected, and you may not even feel any discomfort.
If you notice any signs of potential rejection, you should remove the jewelry and let the piercing heal. You can have it repierced once the area has healed, but there is no guarantee that it will heal the next time, but if you really want the piercing, you can give it another try.
There are some people who just can't heal certain piercings, and no matter how many times they may get the same piercing or how many different types of jewelry or slight placement changes are made, the piercing will reject no matter what. If you're this person, you need to decide if you want to keep paying to have the piercing re-pierced, of if you just want to give up and find something different that you like instead.
If you do not remove the jewelry of a rejecting piercing, your body will completely push the jewelry out of the skin. You'll be left with a larger scar, and you won't have the piercing any more.
If you notice that your piercing is rejecting or even just migrating, there's nothing that you can do to reverse the process. In some cases, migration of a piercing will stop, but there's nothing that will stop a full rejection of a piercing.
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