The Tea: Answering Your Piercing Questions, Vol. 15
Hey Body Candy Fam!
Hellooooo, everyone! Happy Thursday. I'm Alley and this is my vlog, The Tea. Every week I get to talk about what's on my mind, usually in relation to being pierced & modified... But this week, we're going to talk about what's on YOUR mind :)!
My inbox is STUFFED! Thank you so much for all the emails and questions... Now it's time for me to start working through them all. Welcome back to another edition of "Answering Your Piercing Questions!" Who else can believe that we're on volume 15 of this super fun series?!
For today's Tea, we've got questions from Tara, Audrey, and Kasey - we're talking about recurring piercing bumps; sensitive nipple piercings; and complications that arise when switching from plugs to regular earrings.
Today's questions:
- "I have a industrial piercing and a nose piercing, I’ve had them for a year now. My industrial piercing still hurts if anything touches it or whatever and I have three (3) small keloids on my ear. How can I get rid of them? I clean my ear with solution and they go away and still comes back after while. Same as my nose, it goes away but comes back if I put on makeup, touch it, or if it gets caught on some thing it almost comes out!! What can I do the get rid of the keloids?? Please help I really don’t want to have to take them out ?? I wanna buy more jewelry but why would I buy it if Ima still have keloids :(" - Tara
- "I've had my nipples pierced for two months now, I keep cleaning them every day but they still get infected. My body like to reject my piercings... When do I know that I have to remove ‘em ? Any advice?" - Audrey
- "I had gauged ears (sizes 16 18 and even a 14 here and the there) for several years in my ear lobes and had recently went to regular earrings. My question is why does the back of my ear lobe itch just on the right side to the point us cause the right side of my face to go numb. I have seen doctors and they gave ruled out anything life serious and can't find a cause for it cause the switch to from gauged ears to regular piercing gave cause damage that I'm unaware of... Thanks for your help." - Kasey
Watch my vlog for the answers to these unique questions!
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ALLEY'S PICKS: NEW ARRIVALS
ALLEY'S PICKS: PEACHES
ALLEY'S PICKS: JUNE MONTHLY CLUBS
Lately we've been getting lots of submissions featuring our pierced and modified customers... But not in the way you'd probably expect. We're getting pictures of their skeletons! In other words - we've been enjoying receiving your pictures of your jewelry via x-ray. There's a lot of misconception around body jewelry and x-rays... "Is the machine going to rip the jewelry out of my body?" "Do x-rays penetrate the jewelry?" "Will the jewelry start on fire?!" The answer is no, none of these things (unless your doctor tells you otherwise). More often than not, an x-ray while you're wearing body jewelry will be completely safe, other than the jewelry's effect on the x-ray. Metal appears opaque on an x-ray - meaning it might obscure medical information around the location of your piercing. That's all! Of course, we always recommend following the advice of your doctor and would never tell you to forego their advice. For more information, make sure you check out our latest blog: More Fascinating Pictures of Body Jewelry in X-Rays.
Have you visited our New Arrivals collection lately? If you're the kind of person who likes to stay up on all sorts of new offerings, that collection is a perfect one to bookmark. When you visit that page, it will show you all the restocks and new jewelry that we've just uploaded to our site... Think color new pieces, old favorites that have been recently restocked, and probably a few surprises! MILLIONS OF PEACHES, PEACHES FOR ME! Anyone else remember that jam from The Presidents of The United States of America? It's a 90s classic... But it's also a reminder to check out our cute peach collection! Between our matte peach options; literal peach body jewelry, and the juicy summer theme, it's a perfect time to pick yourself up some peach body jewelry. Finally, I think it's a perfect time to check out our NEW monthly clubs! June clubs are in... more on that later, but before then, make sure you check out the new offerings above!
My inbox is stuffed... But it doesn't mean I don't want to hear from you anymore! Do you have a question for me? Are you stressing out about one of your piercings? Do you need an unbiased opinion about something piercing/tattoo related? Alley is your girl! Send an email out to DearAlley@bodycandy.com - sometimes I'll answer your questions like today on The Tea, but I also have a Saturday advice column called Dear Alley. Each week, I choose three (3) questions to answer... Maybe yours will be next!
It's a new month, which means June monthly clubs are in! Have you had a chance to check them out yet!? Anyone who signs up for our monthly clubs love a good deal on body jewelry! Our clubs are only $14.95 per month and you get three (3) amazing pieces of body jewelry delivered right to your door... YES - three (3) sets of nipple rings! Nipple jewelry isn't the only offering we have - if you have a belly button ring; labret ring; industrial bar; tongue ring; daith or septum piercing; nose ring; or cartilage studs, you should sign up - check them out now!
