triple-spiral helix

[maandusa]

okay... after my piercer looked at the triple spiral jewelry i got and compared it to my existing (gunned) helix piercings, he decided against stretching, which he originally thought we'd be able to do.

so, tonight i take out my jewelry and let the three existing holes heal. he's going to check in 2 or 3 weeks to see how the healing is going, and when it's ready, we're going to repierce to fit the jewelry. i'm not sure if we're going to do all three at once and insert the jewelry right away, or do all three and use straight barbells to heal (the most likely scenario, i think), or do the three holes separately.

so, i'll update on the process as it happens.

however, since i was itching to get SOMETHING done to my body today, i got my dragon tat on my right foot! you can read about that over in the ink forums....

[Illyria Jade_mod]

You'll need to wait at least two months, if you're going to be repiercing in the same spots as your old piercings. *And do a lot of vit. e oil massages.

You definitely want to heal it with seperate jewelry before you put the spiral bar in, or it's going to be a nightmare to try to heal.

Congrats on the ink!

[kaposhia_mod]

Definitely wait longer for your holes to heal competely. If you don't, you're looking at a much longer healing process.

Post pics of the tat!

[iamblackbird]

She did post pics! Check the tattoo forum.



Vit. E. is your savior here. You'll want to reduce the scar tissue as much as possible before repiercing, as it makes it go SO much easier. Also, just keeping up with general aftercare until the holes are closed is advised, since you want them to heal perfectly!

[Illyria Jade_mod]

Yep...do your aftercare religiously until their closed like Bird said, then do vit. e oil massages for 5-10 minutes, 2 times a day. *You'll be surprised how much it helps to reduce scar tissue!!!

[iamblackbird]

No joke!

I recently had to heal up a day-old navel and a day-old lobe piercing...you can barely tell the navel was there, and you wouldn't know that the lobe piercing was at all.

[wayfastwhitey]

Well as much as waiting sucks their right as usual. But the final product will probally look great.

[Kelt9]

Hey guys, was just happening by and found this cool pic of not a triple but a quintuple. *Prett neat.
link to image (http://bugabootattoo.com/earspiral.jpg)

Edit : Since we don't own the image, we need to link to it instead of posting it. *Thanks! *

[pranksta12]

Whoa, thats sweet!

[Illyria Jade_mod]

I'm planning on getting one eventually, but I only want a 2-spiral one. *I've been wanting one for a couple years now already, but it's not at the top of my list yet. *lol*