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- From: milt@esd.sgi.com (Milton Tinkoff)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.bodyart
- Subject: Re: A Healing Nipple Pierce
- Message-ID: <MILT.92Dec30114824@primus.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 19:48:24 GMT
- References: <C02HFs.AwG@umassd.edu> <1992Dec30.153220.8294@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: milt@sgi.com (Milt Tinkoff)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
- Lines: 36
- In-Reply-To: wright@reach.enet.dec.com's message of 30 Dec 92 15:32:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.153220.8294@engage.pko.dec.com>, wright@reach.enet.dec.com (Life was never meant to be painless.) writes:
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- clark> In article <C02HFs.AwG@umassd.edu>, acsrdl@UMASSD.EDU writes:
-
- > I've got a question to just sort of throw out: I got my left nipple
- > pirced this summer (August 8th) and although it seems to have healed just
- > fine the ring keeps on getting stuck. A couple of times, I tore the new
- > membrane inside the pierce: when I turned the ring a thin white "skin"
- > came sliding out along with the metal, and then it was back to sleeping
- > on my side etc. for a couple of days.... I've been leaving it strictly
- > alone and greasing it with neosporin after showers, but I'm wondering how
- > long this phase of things will last.
-
- > Do piercings usually do this? Should I be moving the ring around more?
- > Is it too soon to hope for things to be "normal" and all healed? I'd
- > appreciate any info or horror stories you-all could give me. Thanks!
-
- clark> Mine has done this a couple of times.
-
- Mine too.
-
- clark> what you are seeing is the pierce channel, and it is the tube of
- clark> flesh that forms on the ring has part of the healing process. and
- clark> once it rips and sticks to the jewelry the skin starts to die, and a
- clark> new channel starts to form.
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- To avoid this I only turn it in the shower (when I do my daily cleaning)
- when it's lubricated with Hibiclens. If it doesn't want to turn easily,
- try turning it very slowly and you should have no problem.
-
- -milt
-
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