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ZedroZ
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Topic: Building Bridges
Posted: September/23/2008 at 5:58am

Hey all,
This is my first post on here as I just joined today! I've got a fair few piercing & tattoos and I have no intention of stopping!
Just a quick question though. I got my bridge pierced about 4 months ago and it has been one hell of a pain in the ass to heal. I did all my usual aftercare, sea salt soaks etc and some days I would wake up and it would look healthy and normal and healed. Other days I would get up and have lymph and blood coming out of it :-(. I really don't get it because occasionally i'm still getting this problem, which I clearly shouldn't be, 4 months down the line!
Anyone had / has this problem and can shed some light?

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CheeseStix
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 6:29am

I had a few issues with this because of jewellery.. Everything was fine until I put on some little spikes. The abr I had was long enough with balls on, but the flat backs of the spikes irritated the piercing like crazy, so I switched to a slightly longer bar, and now everything is good again.

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ZedroZ
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 6:38am

Yeah i did put some spikes on a while back but im pretty sure they were too big as i kept snagging them on everything! I swapped them out and it did calm down for a while. Im still using the original bar I was pierced with so I doubt length is an issue, the piercer used a longer bar anyway to allow for swelling.

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tetragrammaton
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 7:47am

My bridge still does this and it's almost a year and a half old..=S So I have no idea.

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Carrie_p2005
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 8:45am

The bridge is a hard area to heal. It's prone to migration and rejection. Any type of irritation or snagging can significantly delay the healing process. I still have problems with mine as well and it's been over 6 months. Just keep up your sea salt soaks and things should calm down in the next few months.

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ZedroZ
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 11:13am

I considered rejection but the piercing looks ok when its not oozing gunky stuff! :-)
Although in the past week or so it has been alright, but give it a few days and i will wake up, go to clean it, and as soon as the bar moves lymph will come out. I had the thought that maybe im knocking it when im sleeping. This too seems unlikely as im like a brick when im sleeping! :-D

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ZedroZ
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 4:35pm

Just want to give a little shout out as a thank you to all the folk who have been kind enough to respond and help me out with my small problem. I feel privelaged to have people take some time out of their busy schedule to help me, so major kudos to you fine folk!
Peace x x

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Carrie_p2005
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 6:35pm

Having lymph ooze out is nothing to worry about, it just means you're still healing.

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ZedroZ
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Posted: September/23/2008 at 6:48pm

But realistically 4 months is a fairly good period of time for most piercings to heal, is it common enough that i don't need to worry?
Sorry for the 3rd degree everyone but this one stumped me a treat :-D

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Carrie_p2005
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Posted: September/24/2008 at 2:48am

4 months is usually enough for piercings that normally heal quickly and easily, but the bridge doesn't really fall into this category. Nipples take longer, navels take longer, ear cartilage takes longer, etc. Some piercings just don't heal quite as well as others. Give it some time, and don't stress as long as you don't show signs of infection.

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