Signs that a piercing is migrating and possibly being rejected include: more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing. the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days. the jewelry becoming visible under the skin.
Unfortunately, once a piercing has begun to migrate, there isn't too much you can do to stop it. It's kind of like a relationship gone bad. What you can do, however, is prevent it from getting worse. "Once you notice migration, remove the piercing to avoid further damage to your skin.
SLEEPING ON YOUR HEALING PIERCING
The pressure from laying on it causes the jewelry to become tilted, and VERY irritated. This will do all of what not downsizing your piercing will do. It's the same thing. It leads to migration, crooked, angled piercings, and sometimes the total loss of the piercing.
It is more likely that piercing migration will occur with surface piercings such as those in the navel, eyebrow, and nape. Deeper piercings such as those in the ear, nose, and tongue are less likely to be rejected by the body.
The immune system may attempt to reject and move your piercing from its original spot to a new one. This can lead to piercing bumps that migrate the piercing, causing it to move and become crooked! Piercing migration may also be referred to as piercing rejection.
If the skin is looking thinner or tighter around the piercing, or above the jewellery, it's a possible sign of rejection. As well, the colour of your skin changing around the hole is another potential sign. Transparent/near-transparent skin is a very likely sign of rejection.
Surface piercings have the highest rejection rate. Surface piercings such as microdermals as well as eyebrow piercings and navel piercings reject the most because they are closest to the surface of the skin.
The movement required to twist and turn your body jewelry can lead to inflammation and irritation. If you've ever had a lip piercing, then you might understand how sensitive new body piercings can be. Pushing and pulling body jewelry in a new piercing can cause irritation and inflammation.
As soon as you notice that there's skin growing over your nose piercing you should contact your piercer. They know all about the causes of this and will be best to advise on what you need to do to fix the issue. A keloid will take around three to twelve months to develop after the original piercing.
Wiggling your jewelry in the piercing could bring some of the crusties that built up into the piercing site, which is painful. You also don't want to be touching your piercing at all with unwashed hands, so it's a no from me.
Due to the type of puncture wound a piercing is, it's important to remove the crust that develops around your earring or on the outside of your piercing. This is because air needs to hit the punctured tissue to properly heal your piercing.
Jewelry should not be expected to rotate or move freely in most piercings, even after healing. Most piercings will shrink or close very quickly if the jewelry is removed, so if you like your piercing it is vital to LEAVE YOUR JEWELRY IN AT ALL TIMES!
As a general rule, we recommend waiting: At least 8 weeks to repierce soft tissue like a lobe or navel piercing. At least 12 weeks before repiercing 'soft cartilage' like a nose or septum piercing. At least 6 months before repiercing hard cartilage, such as daith, helix or conch piercings.
Signs of an infection
Your piercing might be infected if: the area around it is swollen, painful, hot, very red or dark (depending on your skin colour) there's blood or pus coming out of it – pus can be white, green or yellow. you feel hot or shivery or generally unwell.
Practicing good hygiene can prevent your piercing from getting infected or from migrating. Piercings rejected due to allergic reactions will usually need to be removed, but infections can heal over time.
The piercer will quickly puncture the skin with a needle or skin punch to create an empty space (or “pocket") where the metal will sit. Then, the anchor of the jewelry is inserted into the small opening by the piercer—either by hand or with a small pair of forceps—until it's completely under the skin's surface.
The motion of the ring moving back and forth in the piercing, combined with the extremely thin and wire-like gauge, can cause it to literally begin sawing through the tissue like a cheese cutter through…. well, cheese.
There can be many reasons why your piercing is rejecting! Personal factors such as stress, genetics, weight changes, and the tightness of your skin can all play a role. External factors such as incorrectly sized jewelry, and inferior jewelry material also contribute to a piercing rejecting!
The most attractive spot for a piercing is the belly button. The least attractive is a tie between the nose and the nether regions.
Uncommon piercings may be more costly due to the fragile nature of the procedures. A few more uncommon piercings are eyeball piercings, dermal piercings (pictured to the left), corset piercings, some genital piercings, uvula piercings, bridge piercings, and anti-eyebrow piercings (the latter two are pictured above).