WOW.. some people are real dumbasses, read the thread properly before asking questions. Most of them have already been answered.

PTFE isnt suitable for a surface piercing, unless it has been bent into shape using the right method, but surface bars are usually still preferred.
Also the punch and taper technique is preffered to the needle method due to the angle of the holes created.. i drew this in MS paint to illustrate what i've poorly put into words...




Edited by theartofnecro - May/29/2008 at 4:57am

thats why you get a professional who knows what they're doing, and even so sometimes its inevitable 

Originally posted by MontanaPiercer

Hello all! I got a surface piercing in my back 7 months ago. I didn't know this at the time, but the method used was improper (clamp, taper, teflon barbel). I decided to leave it in and see what happened. It has been pretty good as far as pain goes, it doesn't hurt at all. But it has always been a little red around the holes, and there has always been fluid build up (mostly a yellow-reddish clear color). I recently go a bad sunburn, and since then it has been acting up. It has been very sore, red, and is bleeding a bit. Is this a sign of rejection, or will it pass? Also, is the regular fluid secretion for the 7 months straight normal?


Thanks for the help.

links for the pictures:

http://oswego.edu/~bfromm/back1.JPG
http://oswego.edu/~bfromm/back2.JPG





Edited by flightstreak723 - June/02/2008 at 9:36pm

I do have one surfacepiercing in my forehead, it is healed and other I had in my left hand, it did not heal. :/ I had to take it off, there went 50euros but it was worth it.

edit:

I noticed that I have posted here one other post with same subject, but one thing more to tell..


Edited by Peedu - July/17/2008 at 10:15pm