After thinking about it for a while I decided to get another ear piercing! Not going to lie, one of the main things that put me off getting one is just the maintenance of it. Like cleaning it every day and everything, it’s just so tedious. But my boyfriend and I were out last weekend and I decided to just go for it because otherwise, I’d probably never do it.
So here we are with a helix piercing, I am not going to lie I already want a second one haha. I think it would be nice to have two so I am going to go back to the piercer probably this week or next to get it. I want to get them around the same time so the healing time is similar. Ideally, I would have went back the next day, but the piercer recommended that I wait a week or so for the swelling in my ear to go down.
And so far it’s been a week and things are going well. Naturally, I am a little obsessed and overprotective about it but I just don’t want it to get infected. I’ve discovered things like putting on my glasses and wearing a mask require more attention than normal to not upset the earring. That and also sleeping – I can only sleep on my left side now which is kind of annoying. I didn’t even think about that when getting the piercing but it’s mostly been fine. It’s a bit weird not to be sleeping on my right side, but I know it’s for the best as to not irritate my piercing. Still, I look forward to the day I can roll on that side again haha.
Helix piercings can take anywhere from 4 months to a year to heal so this is another reason why I wanted to get the second piercing soon, if it’s going to take a year for my ear to heal from one why go through all the effort again in a few years you know? Also, the sound of the needle going through my ear was not a pleasant one so if I could just get through that again as quickly as possible that would be great. x
In terms of other piercings or tattoos etc there’s nothing on the horizon. I think I would probably get more tattoos in the future but I don’t have ideas for them currently. I would probably not get any other piercings though just because of the maintenance, and the fact I’ve had my lobe piercings for years and never change out the earrings. I mean I don’t think the helix will be any different but the option to have nice earrings is always there lol. I also do not think I would suit a face piercing or anything like that.
I’m looking forward to my ear healing and being able to have cute hoop earrings – I’ve seen lots of pics online of people with ‘curated’ ear jewellery where it’s all matching and aesthetic. I think I’ll strive for that for about two months before I go back to forgetting I have ear piercings haha. But yeah, that’s where I’m at, 25 with five piercings (two lobe piercings on both sides, one helix – soon to be two) and three tattoos. We’ll see where I am again in a few years lol.
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