safepiercing: Ok, so let’s talk about this picture I’ve seen making it’s way around the interwebs lately. This, boys and girls, is a dead earlobe. Now this picture is not meant to imply that everyone who wears silicone in their earlobes, or stretches with it, will have this kind of problem. Far from it. Silicone is worn in healthy earlobes by many people. We’ve covered that stretching with silicone is bad a idea and can cause damage to a piercing, but damage of this extent is not typical. This, right here, is blatant neglect. The original problem could very well have been stretching with silicone, or stretching too fast. The dead tissue was caused by ignoring immediate damage, and neglecting the problem it caused. Blood flow was compromised in the earlobe, and the tissue died leaving this scabby mess. Damage of this level took a lot of time, there would have been numerous chances to stop the problem and heal the earlobe, but apparently this person was a stubborn idiot.  In short, use some common sense and if you have a problem with your piercing get it checked out by a piercer. 99% of problems can be resolved if you do the right things with it, and you do them early on. Is it really worth losing your earlobe because you feel too embarrassed / lazy / indifferent to have someone look at your piercing and tell you how to fix it? Ryan Ouellette, APP outreach
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safepiercing:

Ok, so let’s talk about this picture I’ve seen making it’s way around the interwebs lately. This, boys and girls, is a dead earlobe. Now this picture is not meant to imply that everyone who wears silicone in their earlobes, or stretches with it, will have this kind of problem. Far from it. Silicone is worn in healthy earlobes by many people. We’ve covered that stretching with silicone is bad a idea and can cause damage to a piercing, but damage of this extent is not typical.

This, right here, is blatant neglect. The original problem could very well have been stretching with silicone, or stretching too fast. The dead tissue was caused by ignoring immediate damage, and neglecting the problem it caused. Blood flow was compromised in the earlobe, and the tissue died leaving this scabby mess. Damage of this level took a lot of time, there would have been numerous chances to stop the problem and heal the earlobe, but apparently this person was a stubborn idiot. 

In short, use some common sense and if you have a problem with your piercing get it checked out by a piercer. 99% of problems can be resolved if you do the right things with it, and you do them early on. Is it really worth losing your earlobe because you feel too embarrassed / lazy / indifferent to have someone look at your piercing and tell you how to fix it?

Ryan Ouellette, APP outreach

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  3. monstersjaw reblogged this from awfulmodifications and added:
    I’d just like to say how lucky I feel that I was never one to stretch so recklessly and ignorantly. Some people just...
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    Nasty retards have gages like that…js
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  15. ganjachick reblogged this from awfulmodifications and added:
    Nasty as fuck.
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  18. singedsanity reblogged this from pleasurablebody and added:
    O.O I actually gasped.
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  23. darkmotherdevine reblogged this from teasetsandpearls and added:
    I do this, have done for the past 3-4 years, my ears have been up to 26mm, they’re back down to 12mm now. It’s perfectly...
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  25. mynieceisaslut reblogged this from teasetsandpearls and added:
    I know some kid that doesn’t take care of his ear lobe, wouldn’t be surprised is this happens
  26. teasetsandpearls reblogged this from miss-morgue495 and added:
    what fucking dick’éd does...man, leave yourselves alone its retarded
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  29. miss-morgue495 reblogged this from awfulmodifications and added:
    Just gonna leave this here. Remember boys and girls, take care of your lobes and stretch properly!!!
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  31. thelasthairbender reblogged this from safepiercing and added:
    How did they NOT notice...blatantly DYING? That is repulsive!! BE SAFE. BE CLEAN. BE...