Embedding
Well, today the proverbial somewhat hit the
fan. In the morning, Elanor sent me this
picture
She decided to see if she could cope a few more days until she was back at work and we could sort it then. But then later towards the evening, this happened…
Disappeared!!
At this point we decided it couldn’t be allowed to go on any longer. I took out the stud and replaced it with a 12mm barbell to give it the space it needed to swell properly and go back down.
Watch us getting the little blighter out here:
Much better!
Replaced the short gun-piercing stud with a nice long barbell. Much better already.
What we removed
This is what we took out. The fluid there is a bit of alcohol by the way! Felt compelled to give it a squirt immediately, though not entirely sure why because it went straight in the bin!
Measuring to check
Yes it was 6mm. I wouldn’t ever use a 6mm stud in a new piercing unless they had TINY ears! This is VERY silly.
Visual length guide
Left to right:
12mm barbell, the length we used for the swelling, 8mm labret, the length we started the other ear with, 6mm studex stud that Elanor was pierced with.
In case you’re interested, we change to a barbell rather than a labret so that less of the surface was covered as it starts to heal.
So here endeth the experiment. Conclusions in the next and final post!