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Offset piercing! Will it sort itself out?

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:51 pm
by Freaky-Rik
Basically my dodgey local piercer didnt pierce my ear centrally. I've gone back and he says it'll self center the bigger I stretch! but I dunno wether 2 believe some one who can't do there job properly. I don't wanna end up with thin skin one side. I'm currently at 3.2mm but the bigger I stretch the more noticeable the offsetness is.
So will it sort and center itself correct the bigger I go? If not is there anything I can do?
Also on my other ear I have a small freckle/mole near where I'm stretching, is this gonna be problematic?
Would be very thankful 2 anyone who could resolve this query 4 me.

Re: Offset piercing! Will it sort itself out?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:33 pm
by corazon_de_oro
Do you mean it's not even with your other lobe or it's sitting crooked in your ear? If you think the piercing is crooked, there's not much you can do about it but the good thing is it won't be noticeable to anyone except you.
If the piercings themselves are very uneven, you might just need to start over. How big are you going? If you plan on having really big stretches it will get less noticeable, but if you're staying around 1/2" and below they'll still probably look uneven. If it bothers you, you might need to just retire the piercing and have it redone. If it doesn't close all the way, you could look into having it scalpeled to match the other one.
Do you have pictures of your ears, by any chance?

Re: Offset piercing! Will it sort itself out?

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:02 pm
by Freaky-Rik
Thanks for the advice, I'm planning on goin up 2 14mm maybe 16mm if the wife doesn't moan 2 much about it. Dont really wanna start from scratch, so I guess il have 2 live with it. Could u elaborate on the terminology of scalped? Wot does that involve? Il try and get a pix on heRe soon.
Is the freckle/mole situation nothing 2 worry about?
Thanks again

Re: Offset piercing! Will it sort itself out?

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:40 pm
by TheGreyEyedMonster
the freckle/mole shouldn't be a problem at all if it's not raised. if it is raised it my be a problem, but i couldnt say for sure unless i saw a picture.