[dairygirl224]

Hi,

Just had the two holes pierced, told to come back when they are healed to have the long barbell inserted. I have two helixs on the otherside, but they are old, so I can't remember how long they too to heal.

Can anyone tell me when I will know when the new ones are healed enough to have the barbell inserted?

p.s I know cartilages take longer, 3-6 months minimum, but was just looking for gudiance from fellow industirals
xxx

[Sakura-Chan]

(Original post by dairygirl224)
Hi,

Just had the two holes pierced, told to come back when they are healed to have the long barbell inserted. I have two helixs on the otherside, but they are old, so I can't remember how long they too to heal.

Can anyone tell me when I will know when the new ones are healed enough to have the barbell inserted?

p.s I know cartilages take longer, 3-6 months minimum, but was just looking for gudiance from fellow industirals
xxx

It took mine more like 2 years than 6 months

[malleablegrace]

You'll know when they're healed enough
It took mine a good year to properly heal, but 3-6 months (ish) for them to heal enough to have the barbell.
It varies with everyone.
Personally, I found surgical spirit to work very well on mine even though it stings like hell.

[rebecca871]

Mine took about 6 months to heal fully (i.e. stopped hurting when people bumped it)

[dairygirl224]

anyone lese

[Ilora-Danon]

Everyone's different. You'll have to wait and see.

[Revd. Mike]

I'm told it's best to have the barbell from the start, otherwise they might not line up properly. Dunno if that's true or not.

Mine was largely healed in about 6 months, but it took a good 3 months or so on top of that for it to be completely healed. It's a year and a half later now, and I was forced to take ti out for about 18 hours and it closed up!

[Ilora-Danon]

(Original post by Revd. Mike)
I'm told it's best to have the barbell from the start, otherwise they might not line up properly. Dunno if that's true or not.

Yeah you're right. A straight barbell heals better than a curved BCR, so it'll be easier to line up the barbell when the scaffold's complete.

[dairygirl224]

yep ive got 2 individual barbells atm, pain almost gone now, i can sleep on it now, phew

much less cleaning to do this time round, seems weird, no lymph or bleeding over night

[tish89]

I had my scaffolding done two days ago, I actually found it isn't very painful for me which is a relief. I do have a question about it though, I have a lot of other piercings and because they are all small bars i was able to move them about to clean them. With this piercing I am able to move the bottom part but the not part at top of my ear, I have been told that the skin can grow over the piercin hole even with bar in but am not sure i quite believe that..will the piercing be ok without me being able to move it? i can still clean it ok

[tish89]

also dairygirl it may take bit longer to heal on urs as if u put the one bar in then it takes off the pressure whereas two seperate piercings adds more pressure

[ScarlettDangerfield]

Mine took about 18 months

It stayed sore-ish until I had my rook pierced and then the tenderness seemed to disappear almost overnight, which was strange.