How do I know if my piercing is migrating or being rejected?

Question

I would like to know know the signs/symptoms of a body piercing migrating or being rejected.. Thanks!

Answer 1

The first thing you need to know is what rejection and migration are. Some people tend to confuse the two or think that they are one in the same, but that is not actually the case. Rejection happens when you place a foreign object in your body (i.e. body jewelry) and your body, for one reason or another, considers that foreign object a threat to your health and safety. In order to protect itself, your body slowly fights the object by pushing it and healing the skin behind it to eventually force the object completely out through the skin.
The process of the movement that slowly brings your body jewelry closer and closer to the skin's surface is migration. If the jewelry is not removed, the process of rejection will cause it to migrate far enough to actually push its way entirely through the skin. Once this happens, the possibility of healing without scarring is very unlikely. If it is rejecting, the best thing to do is to take it out immediately. If the holes are bigger, then that's also a sign of rejection.

Answer 2

Rejected Piercing

Answer 3

Piercing Rejection

Answer 4

Typically when your body rejects a piece of hardware, piercing or otherwise, the area becomes inflamed and soar because their is basically a foreign object that it is trying to get rid of. Migration may or may not have similar symptoms. It is possible for your piercing to migrate without having too much discomfort, but there is usually a line behind the piercing from where it started to where it is now. Rejection or migration ends up the same, your body is trying to get rid of the hardware and will one way or another. If you suspect that your piercing isn't healing as quicky as it should then go back to your professional and ask them (mine stopped hurting for the most part after about two weeks, but just like an ear piercing, you should be very mindful of cleanliness for about 8 months or so). If you do decide to get a piercing make sure that your professional follows the proper sanitary practices with gloves and you actually see them clean their utensiles prior to use. Also, make sure that you go to a reputable place, don't go to a hole in the wall just because it's cheaper, you'll end up paying for it later when you develope mono or something worse due to unsanitary practices. A bad infection can look just the same as hardware rejection so check with someone who knows for sure.

Answer 5

Migration:
When your body moves the piercing around to another place that it likes better (where it can heal better). This is barely detectable, though sometimes you can tell by a small trail of scar tissue.
This shouldn't be painful. Though you may experience some discomfort, tenderness, and/or reddness.

Rejection:
When your body literally pushes the jewelry out of your body. It will not heal it, and once rejection starts, there's really nothing you can do to stop it. It is the same thing as someone getting an organ transplant, and their body rejects it.
This will be quite painful, will cause reddness, and usually leaves a pretty bad scar.
The earlier you remove the jewelry (at the first signs of rejection), the less of a scar you end up with.

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How do I know if my piercing is migrating or being rejected?
I would like to know know the signs/symptoms of a body piercing migrating or being rejected.. Thanks!

Answer 7

Usually only surface piercings migrate, so if you don't have one of those, then you're probably OK.

If you do have a surface piercing, you will know it's migrating if the area becomes red, and possibly inflammed, but not necessarily sore. Sometimes migration can be sore, but not always. It will be really obvious that your piercing is migrating because the surface bar will be edging closer and closer to your outer layers of skin, so the barbell will be very close to the surface. Piercings can migrate right out of your body if you don't take them out first, which results in a scar.

If you have any serious concerns, go back to your piercer, or to another tattoo shop with a piercer and ask their opinion. I good piercer would rather recommend you take it out if it's migrating than risk the reputation of doing a shitty piercing.

Answer 8

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Hey, plastic belly bars are really bad, especially when the piercing is healing! So you should change it for one made of surgical steel. Keep on cleaning it with salt water, it's probably best to do it 2-3 time a day if possible and try and let the air to get to your piercing. this should all help :)

Answer 9

you will see the bar through the skin, it will feel sore possibly and look a bit red...
My daith piercing started to reject as I could see the bar through my skin, it was really sore etc.. but as soon as I went to a piercing place, they took it out for me and put a smaller bar in for me.. if the jewellary is too big it can reject... and ive had no problems since... and that was about a year ago possibly..

Answer 10

Although I don't have an answer for your question, I do have a suggestion.

Sometimes peoples body's are allergic to and will reject the metal the object is made of. My sister has problems with earrings that are nickel plated, or just has any nickel mixed in them.

If you think the metal type is part of the cause for rejection then use gold plated jewelry.