Here’s what poor Megsie ended up with after her industrial piercing “ripped out” and (her quotes), “healed”… Some very telltale keloids!
I can guess what that used to be…
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86 responses to “I can guess what that used to be…”
ouchies!! that sucks doll!
ouchies!! that sucks doll!
Whilst I know these are keloids and not implants, they do remind me of the ear implants that were on here a little while ago… I think this actually looks kind of cool, almost as though it was done on purpose.
I’m sure poor Megsie doesn’t quite feel the same way!!
Whilst I know these are keloids and not implants, they do remind me of the ear implants that were on here a little while ago… I think this actually looks kind of cool, almost as though it was done on purpose.
I’m sure poor Megsie doesn’t quite feel the same way!!
Looks painful. Though, it does look a little like the industrial’s still in there, just with pink balls and an invisible barbell 🙂
Looks painful. Though, it does look a little like the industrial’s still in there, just with pink balls and an invisible barbell 🙂
Yes, it totally looks like the industrial’s still in there! I think it’d be cool if she just tattooed it black or something – pink balls and invisible barbell turning a fake industrial!
Yes, it totally looks like the industrial’s still in there! I think it’d be cool if she just tattooed it black or something – pink balls and invisible barbell turning a fake industrial!
i love it! i would never take them away, they look so damn funny!
i love it! i would never take them away, they look so damn funny!
i have a bump on my ear exactly like that in the exact location of her top one! when i took out my industrial the top hole make a bump just like that but the bottom hole closed just fine.
i have a bump on my ear exactly like that in the exact location of her top one! when i took out my industrial the top hole make a bump just like that but the bottom hole closed just fine.
the nut looks so very lonely.
the nut looks so very lonely.
good thing she had to remove it. look at the dent left in her outer conch from the pressure from the barbell.
good thing she had to remove it. look at the dent left in her outer conch from the pressure from the barbell.
It’s always weird to me when people say their piercing “ripped out” when there’s no exit scar visible and it obviously didn’t.
I guess in my head, “ripped out” means forcibly got torn out of the piercing (ie. balls still on, and completely torn out of the piercing)… maybe that’s not the case though.
Either way though… I’ve seen way too many ears that look like this — makes me sad.
It’s always weird to me when people say their piercing “ripped out” when there’s no exit scar visible and it obviously didn’t.
I guess in my head, “ripped out” means forcibly got torn out of the piercing (ie. balls still on, and completely torn out of the piercing)… maybe that’s not the case though.
Either way though… I’ve seen way too many ears that look like this — makes me sad.
argh i hope this never happens to mine! i’ve dot a dent from the barbell as well, does that mean anything?
argh i hope this never happens to mine! i’ve dot a dent from the barbell as well, does that mean anything?
redneckzombi – I was thinking the exact same thing. It obviously didn’t rip out.
redneckzombi – I was thinking the exact same thing. It obviously didn’t rip out.
Looks painful.
🙁
Looks painful.
🙁
Obviously photoshopped..
Obviously photoshopped..
Eeeep. That looks uncomfortable, and I agree, I don’t think this was “ripped out”
Eeeep. That looks uncomfortable, and I agree, I don’t think this was “ripped out”
Jacki D — Why on earth would you say it’s “obviously photoshopped”? Shannon ‘cleans up’ all the pictures he posts, but I don’t think that’s what you meant.
Jacki D — Why on earth would you say it’s “obviously photoshopped”? Shannon ‘cleans up’ all the pictures he posts, but I don’t think that’s what you meant.
Caroline (#10) – If there is a dent, that means that the piercing is warping your cartilage. That’s not a good thing and most people agree that if the bar can’t run freely without pushing into the ear, the piercing shouldn’t be done. It can also cause excess pressure on the pierced holes, by pushing on the bar.
Generally, it will at least extend healing time.
Caroline (#10) – If there is a dent, that means that the piercing is warping your cartilage. That’s not a good thing and most people agree that if the bar can’t run freely without pushing into the ear, the piercing shouldn’t be done. It can also cause excess pressure on the pierced holes, by pushing on the bar.
Generally, it will at least extend healing time.
i had some scarring that went away on my industrial, and thank god i didnt end up with something like this! but well, i guess it also has to do with my lack of genetic propensity to scar in the first place, even if i tried to.
i agree with comment #16 as well. as the indistrial piercing is gaining popularity around the campus of my university, it has allowed me to see more and more how it shouldn’t be. i had a conversation with one such person whom i had grown friendly with, whose poor left ear where her industrial was had large lumps of scarring on both ends, her ear looked very bent, and the bar was way too short and was squishing. not to mention the crusties looked dark greenish/brown, not clearish white/yellow. the conversation went like this:
me: allison your ear doesnt look so happy..
her: no its fine, it hurts a little but my sister (in the sorority sense) said hers did this before it healed.
me: well does she still have it?
her: no she had to take it out cause it was bothering her too much.
i think that pretty much sums up whats happening in my community with this piercing. i think i may have been blessed with a well formed outer conches/flats, and my industrial healed very well. but not just anyone is suited to this anatomically. but because its becoming a fad (at least in my area), more hack piercers are letting more uninformed customers get this done even when they are anatomically unsuited. i guess that could go for any piercing, really though.
i had some scarring that went away on my industrial, and thank god i didnt end up with something like this! but well, i guess it also has to do with my lack of genetic propensity to scar in the first place, even if i tried to.
i agree with comment #16 as well. as the indistrial piercing is gaining popularity around the campus of my university, it has allowed me to see more and more how it shouldn’t be. i had a conversation with one such person whom i had grown friendly with, whose poor left ear where her industrial was had large lumps of scarring on both ends, her ear looked very bent, and the bar was way too short and was squishing. not to mention the crusties looked dark greenish/brown, not clearish white/yellow. the conversation went like this:
me: allison your ear doesnt look so happy..
her: no its fine, it hurts a little but my sister (in the sorority sense) said hers did this before it healed.
me: well does she still have it?
her: no she had to take it out cause it was bothering her too much.
i think that pretty much sums up whats happening in my community with this piercing. i think i may have been blessed with a well formed outer conches/flats, and my industrial healed very well. but not just anyone is suited to this anatomically. but because its becoming a fad (at least in my area), more hack piercers are letting more uninformed customers get this done even when they are anatomically unsuited. i guess that could go for any piercing, really though.
What I don’t understand is why someone wouldn’t see a doctor when the keloids starting getting /that/ big…
Mine healed really well, and as much as I bump it, hit it, and snag it on things, I never had a big problem with it at all.
Either way.. ouch. =(
What I don’t understand is why someone wouldn’t see a doctor when the keloids starting getting /that/ big…
Mine healed really well, and as much as I bump it, hit it, and snag it on things, I never had a big problem with it at all.
Either way.. ouch. =(
pierce the keloids! yeah!
pierce the keloids! yeah!
yuck, that looks awful.
yuck, that looks awful.
wow, that really sucks. there aren’t any exit scars, though. ripped out?
wow, that really sucks. there aren’t any exit scars, though. ripped out?
While it would obviously suck for most people, I can’t help but think that looks totally badass.
While it would obviously suck for most people, I can’t help but think that looks totally badass.
Is she had done that on purpose it’d be kick ass
Is she had done that on purpose it’d be kick ass
get that -ish removed
get that -ish removed
Wow I’m glad mine didn’t do that.
I have a dent in the top and bottom holes from mine, but they’re scar dents rather than pressure dents, if that makes sense
Wow I’m glad mine didn’t do that.
I have a dent in the top and bottom holes from mine, but they’re scar dents rather than pressure dents, if that makes sense