One of the most common and least expensive kind of jewelry is acrylic plugs (ie. “Lucite”, “Plexiglas”, etc.). In general it’s quite biocompatible (some contact lenses are made of it, dentures can be made of it, as can some types of bone cement)… That said, some people do react — James Raimar (Holey Body, Saginaw MI) sends in this shot of someone who came into his shop seeking help due to their body not liking the plastic jewelry one bit! He’s seen enough of these reactions that he recommends avoiding it.
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Yikes! They make contact lenses out of that stuff? Imagine if you had such a reaction on your cornea? :S
Yikes! They make contact lenses out of that stuff? Imagine if you had such a reaction on your cornea? :S
ouch poor man, I hope hes all healed up real quick.
Personally I would only wear good quality gold jewellery especially through my ears. Anything else gives me a real bad reaction.
ouch poor man, I hope hes all healed up real quick.
Personally I would only wear good quality gold jewellery especially through my ears. Anything else gives me a real bad reaction.
ouch poor man, I hope hes all healed up real quick.
Personally I would only wear good quality gold jewellery especially through my ears. Anything else gives me a real bad reaction.
ouch poor man, I hope hes all healed up real quick.
Personally I would only wear good quality gold jewellery especially through my ears. Anything else gives me a real bad reaction.
I am lucky that my lobes don’t mind acrylic, now kaos on the otherhand makes them swell up!
I am lucky that my lobes don’t mind acrylic, now kaos on the otherhand makes them swell up!
I am lucky that my lobes don’t mind acrylic, now kaos on the otherhand makes them swell up!
I am lucky that my lobes don’t mind acrylic, now kaos on the otherhand makes them swell up!
Dang… I had a similar reaction to acrylic that sucked pretty bad.
I use to buy acrylic jewelry all the time because it was so inexpensive, which was fine until I reached about 00g. Once I started using large gauge acrylic jewelry, my lobes started to itch… it got worse and worse until I had small open sores around the edges.. but I took them out before it got too bad. I learned my lesson though:
IF IT ITCHES AND TURNS RED… TAKE THEM OUT!!!! They should never get to the point illustrated in the photo.
Dang… I had a similar reaction to acrylic that sucked pretty bad.
I use to buy acrylic jewelry all the time because it was so inexpensive, which was fine until I reached about 00g. Once I started using large gauge acrylic jewelry, my lobes started to itch… it got worse and worse until I had small open sores around the edges.. but I took them out before it got too bad. I learned my lesson though:
IF IT ITCHES AND TURNS RED… TAKE THEM OUT!!!! They should never get to the point illustrated in the photo.
Dang… I had a similar reaction to acrylic that sucked pretty bad.
I use to buy acrylic jewelry all the time because it was so inexpensive, which was fine until I reached about 00g. Once I started using large gauge acrylic jewelry, my lobes started to itch… it got worse and worse until I had small open sores around the edges.. but I took them out before it got too bad. I learned my lesson though:
IF IT ITCHES AND TURNS RED… TAKE THEM OUT!!!! They should never get to the point illustrated in the photo.
Dang… I had a similar reaction to acrylic that sucked pretty bad.
I use to buy acrylic jewelry all the time because it was so inexpensive, which was fine until I reached about 00g. Once I started using large gauge acrylic jewelry, my lobes started to itch… it got worse and worse until I had small open sores around the edges.. but I took them out before it got too bad. I learned my lesson though:
IF IT ITCHES AND TURNS RED… TAKE THEM OUT!!!! They should never get to the point illustrated in the photo.
lakdskh that happened to me too :/
lakdskh that happened to me too :/
lakdskh that happened to me too :/
lakdskh that happened to me too :/
This is exactly why I’m scared to start wearing acrylic.
This is exactly why I’m scared to start wearing acrylic.
This is exactly why I’m scared to start wearing acrylic.
This is exactly why I’m scared to start wearing acrylic.
i never had a problem with acrylic plugs and was even completely fine with making my own fimo plugs while between sizes. eventually i got up to 5/8″ using stainless steel plugs. about 6 months after they healed i bought some kaos plugs. within 2 hours my ears were red and swollen. when i took the plugs out to see what was going on, the entire inner circumference of both holes came off with the plugs.
most excruciating pain i have EVER been in. i’ve never passed out but i came incredibly close to doing so after removing those damn things.
needless to say, my holes are now gone. blah.
i never had a problem with acrylic plugs and was even completely fine with making my own fimo plugs while between sizes. eventually i got up to 5/8″ using stainless steel plugs. about 6 months after they healed i bought some kaos plugs. within 2 hours my ears were red and swollen. when i took the plugs out to see what was going on, the entire inner circumference of both holes came off with the plugs.
most excruciating pain i have EVER been in. i’ve never passed out but i came incredibly close to doing so after removing those damn things.
needless to say, my holes are now gone. blah.
i never had a problem with acrylic plugs and was even completely fine with making my own fimo plugs while between sizes. eventually i got up to 5/8″ using stainless steel plugs. about 6 months after they healed i bought some kaos plugs. within 2 hours my ears were red and swollen. when i took the plugs out to see what was going on, the entire inner circumference of both holes came off with the plugs.
most excruciating pain i have EVER been in. i’ve never passed out but i came incredibly close to doing so after removing those damn things.
needless to say, my holes are now gone. blah.
i never had a problem with acrylic plugs and was even completely fine with making my own fimo plugs while between sizes. eventually i got up to 5/8″ using stainless steel plugs. about 6 months after they healed i bought some kaos plugs. within 2 hours my ears were red and swollen. when i took the plugs out to see what was going on, the entire inner circumference of both holes came off with the plugs.
most excruciating pain i have EVER been in. i’ve never passed out but i came incredibly close to doing so after removing those damn things.
needless to say, my holes are now gone. blah.
cheap metal from online or the mall makes my piercings (like 5+ years old) hurt i try to stick to glass, wood, bone, or for work silicone (i have to do restraints and silicone in a large stretched septum makes life much easier)
ive never had a problem with acrlic. I had it in my ears and septum for years but i think it looks tacky now and don’t use it.
cheap metal from online or the mall makes my piercings (like 5+ years old) hurt i try to stick to glass, wood, bone, or for work silicone (i have to do restraints and silicone in a large stretched septum makes life much easier)
ive never had a problem with acrlic. I had it in my ears and septum for years but i think it looks tacky now and don’t use it.
cheap metal from online or the mall makes my piercings (like 5+ years old) hurt i try to stick to glass, wood, bone, or for work silicone (i have to do restraints and silicone in a large stretched septum makes life much easier)
ive never had a problem with acrlic. I had it in my ears and septum for years but i think it looks tacky now and don’t use it.
cheap metal from online or the mall makes my piercings (like 5+ years old) hurt i try to stick to glass, wood, bone, or for work silicone (i have to do restraints and silicone in a large stretched septum makes life much easier)
ive never had a problem with acrlic. I had it in my ears and septum for years but i think it looks tacky now and don’t use it.
ick.
I usually try to stick to organics or surgical steel. I only wear clear acrylic stuff occasionally, and only during the day, because it makes the holes look bigger and I have weird reactions to silicone.
Once I find a good pair of Pyrex, though, I think I’ll be through with acrylic for good.
ick.
I usually try to stick to organics or surgical steel. I only wear clear acrylic stuff occasionally, and only during the day, because it makes the holes look bigger and I have weird reactions to silicone.
Once I find a good pair of Pyrex, though, I think I’ll be through with acrylic for good.
ick.
I usually try to stick to organics or surgical steel. I only wear clear acrylic stuff occasionally, and only during the day, because it makes the holes look bigger and I have weird reactions to silicone.
Once I find a good pair of Pyrex, though, I think I’ll be through with acrylic for good.
ick.
I usually try to stick to organics or surgical steel. I only wear clear acrylic stuff occasionally, and only during the day, because it makes the holes look bigger and I have weird reactions to silicone.
Once I find a good pair of Pyrex, though, I think I’ll be through with acrylic for good.
poor ears…makes my ears hurt thinking about it..but then I did jsut stretch up 🙂
poor ears…makes my ears hurt thinking about it..but then I did jsut stretch up 🙂
poor ears…makes my ears hurt thinking about it..but then I did jsut stretch up 🙂
poor ears…makes my ears hurt thinking about it..but then I did jsut stretch up 🙂
Acrylic is not acrylic, there are many different sorts. Maybe the plugs of this guy where made out of somw low quality industrial grade stuff…
Acrylic is not acrylic, there are many different sorts. Maybe the plugs of this guy where made out of somw low quality industrial grade stuff…
Acrylic is not acrylic, there are many different sorts. Maybe the plugs of this guy where made out of somw low quality industrial grade stuff…
Acrylic is not acrylic, there are many different sorts. Maybe the plugs of this guy where made out of somw low quality industrial grade stuff…
I don’t have any stretched piercings, I’m not sure I ever will – the seem to require a whole lot more maintenance than my lifestyle could hope to keep up with. I don’t know if it’s just that people post their bad experiences, or if it’s a general rule of thumb, but it seems that stretched piercings are really bitchy most of the time, am I right in saying that? All these posts, and others relating to stretches gone bad talk about reactions to just about every plug material! So my question is why do stretched piercings react so violently? Most people are allergic to nickle and so forth, but the reactions to nickle in ordinary piercings I’ve seen have never been on the scale of ‘ewwww’ that Shannon posts. I was just wondering why?
I don’t have any stretched piercings, I’m not sure I ever will – the seem to require a whole lot more maintenance than my lifestyle could hope to keep up with. I don’t know if it’s just that people post their bad experiences, or if it’s a general rule of thumb, but it seems that stretched piercings are really bitchy most of the time, am I right in saying that? All these posts, and others relating to stretches gone bad talk about reactions to just about every plug material! So my question is why do stretched piercings react so violently? Most people are allergic to nickle and so forth, but the reactions to nickle in ordinary piercings I’ve seen have never been on the scale of ‘ewwww’ that Shannon posts. I was just wondering why?
I don’t have any stretched piercings, I’m not sure I ever will – the seem to require a whole lot more maintenance than my lifestyle could hope to keep up with. I don’t know if it’s just that people post their bad experiences, or if it’s a general rule of thumb, but it seems that stretched piercings are really bitchy most of the time, am I right in saying that? All these posts, and others relating to stretches gone bad talk about reactions to just about every plug material! So my question is why do stretched piercings react so violently? Most people are allergic to nickle and so forth, but the reactions to nickle in ordinary piercings I’ve seen have never been on the scale of ‘ewwww’ that Shannon posts. I was just wondering why?
I don’t have any stretched piercings, I’m not sure I ever will – the seem to require a whole lot more maintenance than my lifestyle could hope to keep up with. I don’t know if it’s just that people post their bad experiences, or if it’s a general rule of thumb, but it seems that stretched piercings are really bitchy most of the time, am I right in saying that? All these posts, and others relating to stretches gone bad talk about reactions to just about every plug material! So my question is why do stretched piercings react so violently? Most people are allergic to nickle and so forth, but the reactions to nickle in ordinary piercings I’ve seen have never been on the scale of ‘ewwww’ that Shannon posts. I was just wondering why?
This is so sad, I really feel for this guy. My lobes are my pride and joy and I’m almost fanatical about what I put in them. Hopefully this guys will heal up fully and not cause him anymore discomfort than they already have!
This is so sad, I really feel for this guy. My lobes are my pride and joy and I’m almost fanatical about what I put in them. Hopefully this guys will heal up fully and not cause him anymore discomfort than they already have!
This is so sad, I really feel for this guy. My lobes are my pride and joy and I’m almost fanatical about what I put in them. Hopefully this guys will heal up fully and not cause him anymore discomfort than they already have!
This is so sad, I really feel for this guy. My lobes are my pride and joy and I’m almost fanatical about what I put in them. Hopefully this guys will heal up fully and not cause him anymore discomfort than they already have!