Tips And Info On Nape Piercings

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I think it's attractive but it'd be stupid if I didn't because I have my nape pierced. I've had people think it's weird looking and get a bit grossed out about it but I've never had anyone be rude about it. In fact, I had some random people ask me about it yesterday and compliment on how cool it looked.

The biggest advice I can give you is this....find a good piercer. Look at their portfolios and ask them to see pictures of healed surface piercings that they have done. People think that all surface piercings will reject. This is a myth. If done correctly, they should have a low chance of rejection. They just have a higher chance of rejection than regular piercings. I have just hit month 8 on having my nape pierced - it has it's little flare ups of problems (last week was one, for about a week it hurt a bit and had a small bump and crusties - but that is gone now) so it's not completely healed but it is doing very very well. It's a piercing that you have to commit to taking care of.

Everyone thinks I am crazy when I say this but my nape piercing hurt no more than my lobe piercings which didn't really hurt at all. The only thing that hurt was a quick pinch of the jewelry getting pushed in. I have an amazing piercer that did a great job. He calmed me down and I thought it was going to be the most painful thing of my life (I had 13 other piercings at the time and thought my nape was going to hurt more than all of them combined) but it was so simple. During the main healing period it didn't really hurt that much. It was sore when I laughed or moved my head side to side but it never really gave me a lot of pain.

I wouldn't trust a piercer that does a surface piercing for a cheap amount. I got two piercings the day I got my nape pierced and I bought some jewelry and spent $120 on all of it...but I had a regular customer discount. The price for a nape piercing at the studio I go to (which is sadly halfway across the country from me) is $80. The one place around me that I would trust to do a surface piercing charges $35 for the piercing and $60 for the jewelry - so $95. They definitely aren't cheap.

Hope I've helped. :)

Do nape piercings leave scarring?

All piercings scar, but the extent of the scarring is dependent upon each persons own body. Some people have very noticeable scars, and other have barely visible scars, while others may not have much of a visible scar at all. However, there is scar tissue there whether you can see it or not.

Nape piercings are surface piercings, but if done with a true surface bar they are less likely to reject. If done with just a standard straight barbell, or curved barbell, the odds of rejection are extremely high,. If they are done correctly they are fairly easy to heal and do have a good success rate with the proper jewelry and proper care. If a nape piercing rejects, the scar of course (if the jewelry isnt removed before full rejection) will be the length of the jewelry that was in the piercing and will most likely look like a scar from a cut because technically thats what it will be... the jewelry will have been pushed out through the skin slowly "cutting" its way out.

How to soak a nape piercing?

If the piercing is difficult to soak, which a nape piercing definitely is, then you need to use a paper towel not a cotton bud to soak it. Cotton can leave little cotton fibers on your piercing that can irritate it, paper towel won't do that.

Off of the APP tumblr - "Also, try a soak with a small cup or a compress with a clean paper towel. If you eliminate cotton balls or q-tips you eliminate the cotton fluff being stuck on your piercing." http://safepiercing.tumblr.com/

I actually have soaked with a paper towel before. A folded paper towel to make it thicker, not a cheap brand. It's what I did for my own nape piercing when it was healing. Plus I'm just passing on what the APP recommends, I trust them more than anyone.

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One side of my nape piercing sticks out?

I got my nape pierced a week ago today. But the right side is sticking out to the point where I can just see the bend in the surface bar. The left side is completely fine though, and only the ball is showing. I went to my piercer yesterday and was told that if it keeps migrating, to go back in a week to have it removed. Then I'll take a month to heal and they can redo it after that. But i'd really rather not have to go through that long process.

I've been reading similar stories online and I'm gathering that maybe the bar is too big? It seems to have stayed in the same place for a few days now, so maybe it's settling. But I don't like how it's uneven. :/ I thought maybe it was rejecting but I found it weird how only the one side was, and not the whole thing. When I try to push it back in, it doesn't really work. Can anyone offer any advice on this please? :)

How to hide my nape piercing at bootcamp ?

Okay, I got my nape pierced a few months back and am going to boot camp (for teens not for the services, it's educational and physical) I go in about four months. Your not allowed to have piercings, taking my lip out is no problem but my nape (back of neck) is bc it'll grow back and it was expensive. Now it's not like they do a full body scan for piercings so it isn't going to be hard to get past with, I'm just worried about if I have on a Tee and my hair's up somebody seeing it. I plan on buying a clear flexi bar and not putting the balls on, but any other or better tips for keeping it hidden for the 5 months?
(and no I'm not just taking it out,
reason one: if i take it out they said that's dangerous cos infection could spread. reason 2: i went through too much to get it done and i love it you.)
it may sound dumb but im going to try.


It'd be greatly appreciated .
Thank you and God bless .

Other tips for boot camp are welcome along with what to do about my piercing.

Can you get neck massages when you have a nape piercing?

I'm considering getting a nape piercing next week. My main concern (oddly enough) is that I won't be able to get neck massages anymore... :(
Does anyone know if I could maybe be able to take it out, once it is healed of course, during the massage so I could still get one?
Thanks!
And any other helpful tips/comments/advice on nape piercings would be grrrreatly appreciated :)

Nape piercing jewelry removal?

I got my nape pierced a while back, and I'm pretty sure that it is fully healed now (it's been about a year and 3 months). I love it, but would like to change the jewelry in it and give the surface bar currently in there a good cleaning. However, the other day when I tried to unscrew one of the balls I found that they are on there really tight and I was unable to remove either one. Is there some way that I could loosen it up a bit or do I have to go to the piercing studio to get it removed? Also, is it normal for people to go back to the piercing studio to get help removing jewelry?

Do neck piercings hurt ALOT?

actually
it looks worse than it is. its not at all that bad. I have 18 piercings including the nape (which is the neck)

at the beginning and the end you feel pinching, doesnt last more than a couple seconds, (entering and exiting the tissue) and then just pressure during the middle

the whole process takes about 20-30 seconds

i cant stand pain, the worst piercing as in the most painful, was my tragus piercing.

trust me, it doesnt hurt all that bad ( :
hollyy