I've had it for roughly five weeks, I've never had one and the piercer didn't really mention a rough time scale to leave it in, I really want to change my piercing jewelry because at the moment its a plastic jewelry piece. so can anyone answer please?? thanks
No you should at least wait 3 months or so. -J
Industrial piercings take 9-12 months to heal. Changing an unhealed piercing can result in infection, irritation, prolonged healing time, hypertrophic scarring (the bumps) to form, and other problems that you shouldn't want to risk. I was stupid and took mine out after 3 months (despite being told by my piercer not to) to clean behind the bar. It was out for maximum a minute and when I put the bar back through the bottom hole was fine but the top bled and hurt a lot and wouldn't take the bar...it had closed up too quickly. Don't make the same mistake I did. I was so annoyed that I lost money and time because of my mistake. Hopefully by plastic you mean PTFE. If it's not, you need to go to a reputable professional and get proper jewelry put in. There is no way you can have everything sterile, don't do it yourself. PTFE is fine. Leave it alone.
