How often do horizontal eyebrow piercings reject?
I turn 18 in two weeks and I want to get a horizontal eyebrow piercing, but I heard that they reject a lot.
How hard is it to take care of a horizontal eyebrow piercing and how long does it take to heal?
Do they get infected easily and how bad is the scaring if I decide to take it out?
Are they annoying at all and do they easily get caught on clothes?
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They reject quite often, probably half the time or more There are a number of things you can do to keep your piercing from rejecting, and several of them are things you need to think about before you get the piercing.
Find a piercer that is experienced in the type of piercing you want. Check their portfolios for healed piercings in addition to fresh ones. Ask about their experience and qualifications.
Decide how high the risk of rejection is with your piercing. Eyebrows, navels, lip frenulums, some genital piercings, and surface piercings all have a higher risk of rejection. Piercings through cartilage have a very low risk.
Choose appropriate jewelry. Piercings that travel through a lot of flesh, like a rook or tragus, should be done with a straight or slightly curved barbell. Surface piercings should be done with surface bars. Navels and eyebrows need curved barbells, or surface bars. Most piercers agree that titanium or glass is less likely to reject than steel, because your body accepts it more easily.
Make sure the gauge is large enough. Most piercers use 14 or 16 gauge as the standard, smaller gauges are more likely to reject. Choose the largest gauge that is suitable. Many piercers believe certain places, like tongues and inner labia, do best with 12g or larger.
Have your piercer double check the placement for proper depth.
Take good care of your piercing, clean it daily with soap and water, use sea salt soaks, and never touch it with dirty hands. To make a sea salt soak use non iodonized sea salt that can be purchased at any drug or grocery. Use 1/4 - 1/8th teaspoon salt to 8 oz of warm distilled or bottled water. Using more salt can cause irrintation to your piercing. Don't bump or hit your piercing, and keep hair products and tight clothing away from it.
See your piercer if it seems your piercing is rejecting, if there's redness outside the holes, or it looks like the holes are getting larger.
If you think your body is rejecting the jewelry, do not remove the jewelry yourself. See a qualified piercer to remove jewelry. Removing jewelry from an infected site can seal the infection inside the skin, causing a cyst to form.
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