Funbrunette

Keep sucking on ice cubes and popsicles. It also helps to take an advil or two...Whatever you do DON'T play with it until it's healed or you'll form Keloids (little bump that won't go away) Rinsing with salt water helps too!

Good luck! I finally took my out after a year and the hole is still there!

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thatdykeliz

DO NOT TURN YOUR EARRINGS WHILE THEY HEAL. I know they tell you to when they pierce you, but the only time you should turn them is in the shower after the water has softened up the crusted lymph and you're gently cleaning them with antibacterial soap. Think of it this way -- the tunnel of scar tissue in the hole is just as fragile as wet paper. If you fuck around with a wet paper straw wrapper, for example, what happens? It tears it up. Same thing with the new tissue in your piercing. And it's even worse when you turn it during the day with dirty hands and the crust cuts up the scar tissue.

I follow the LIFA method of aftercare -- Leave It the Fuck Alone. I do not touch my new piercings at all unless my hands are clean, and I only clean them twice a day when I shower. If they get irritated, I soak them in a shot glass of sea salt water -- see my post above to Amanda for how to mix salt water. I've had wonderful success with this method -- out of all the piercings I've gotten, I've only retired one, and that was because the placement was bad.

I hate to see people go and get their ears pierced at the mall with those guns. They're unsanitary, for one thing -- you can't autoclave the fuckers. They're also needlessly brutal -- the stud is barely sharpened, and it punches a messy hole through the earlobe, which is why so many people with mall ear piercings get knots of scar tissue behind them. A needle is razor sharp, sterile, pretty painless, and if your piercer keeps changing his gloves to cut down on cross-contamination, damn near infection-free.

My Mother in Law got my daughter's ears pierced at the mall when she was very young, and I was furious. When they got infected -- of course -- we took them out, and I waited until my daughter was old enough to understand how to clean them herself (she was eight.) Then I took her to my piercer and he re-pierced them with a needle at 20 gauge, which is standard mall-earring size. She barely felt it -- took it like a lil trooper, made her much-pierced momma so proud. Her ears are doing really well -- healed up, she changes the earrings herself now.

If you get re-pierced, please think about going to a piercing shop. I know it's more expensive, but this is your body you're dealing with -- the extra expense is justified by the end result and the benefits to your health. If you do get them pierced at the mall again, try not to turn them unless you're in the shower, and clean them with liquid dial soap rather than the shit aftercare fluid they sell.

If you want more info on how to deal with a healing piercing, Body Modification Ezine is a good place to go. (I have a clit-hood piercing experience on there under the name Aiobheann )

Hope that helps!

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Absolutely. This is why all women should either have a favorite dildo stashed in their nightstand drawer, or a girlfriend who knows how to use a strap-on. Much more convenient than those silly bio-male dicks, and less fuss and muss.

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I like you.

Who are the chicks in your sig?

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I just noticed you called me 'Feltch'

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The redhead is Willow, and the blonde is Tara -- from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Unfortunately, there'll be no more hot lesbian witch-lovin' on Buffy...Tara died.

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Ahhh, Alyson Hannigan. I knew she looked familiar.

I need to start watching that show more.

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