Piercing rejection

[KokopelliRises]

I got my right nipple pierced four days short of seven months ago. I know that surface piercings are the most likely to reject, but I have never had a problem with this before (two ear piercings and a belly button one). The problem is that it just rejected. I had a feeling it would for a little less than a week now, but I was kind of hoping I was wrong. My question is: what do I do now? I kind of got attached to having a less than perfectly common piercing. I may or may not want to do this again, depending on a couple factors, including people's experiences with repiercing after a rejection, especially nipple ones. How long does it take to get to a point where it is healed enough to do a repierce (if an estimate, the high end of that, especially given the healing time of my other piercings being longer than normal)? Regardless of whether I do it again or not, what can I do to insure it heals properly and with minimal scarring?

So what do you think?

P.S. I will post a picture if 1) someone who can give a professional (preferably piercer's) opinion thinks it will help and 2) if it is okay to do so (I'm a little fuzzy on forum rules regarding this).

P.P.S. Given the fact that this one rejected, does that increase the chance that another one (perhaps on my left nipple) would reject?

 

[Chicklet]

This thread in the BDSM section is a great thread about nipple piercings.

Has a lot of experiences similar to yours. Might be good for you to go through it.

 

[KokopelliRises]

Thank you. Somehow I didn't catch that thread when I did a google search of the forums here.

 

[littlebitshe]

Bummer!

I had the same exact thing happen with my nipple piercing Once I realized that my body was rejecting it, I took out the ring and let it heal up. I do have a scar on each side of my nipple. When my nipple is erect, I have two white lines on each side of it.. lol It's only noticible because I know it's there... otherwise no one would really know it is there.

I have also been thinking of getting it done again, but I too was afraid it would just reject again. I've had several piercings (tongue twice, tragus twice, ear cartlidge, belly button, and my ears) and never had this problem. The nipple has been he only one rejected.

Post back if you get your nipple done again and let us know if u have any problems with it again. Sorry you had to part with it I understand the attachment!

 

[KokopelliRises]

I know this is an old thread, but I'd just like to say that I got both of my nipples pierced today--one for the first time (obviously) and the other one for the second time. The first one didn't hurt that bad to get pierced but when he got to the one that had already been pierced (and rejected) it hurt like hell (the support I brought with me to hold my hand said I nearly broke his--he likes to exaggerate but I did squeeze damn hard). On the bright side, that one barely hurts now whereas the other one hurts a fair amount. So I'm crossing my fingers and knocking on wood that this batch holds.

The piercer (he also owns the shop) apparently had at least one of his reject--apparently it looks really odd on guys. It's good to know I had someone who's been in the same boat at least--he was very knowledgeable about the jewelry and the odds of rejection.

P.S. I got it pierced with titanium this time--the piercer said it was less likely to reject because an allergy to the metal used was much less likely and he figured that was probably the reason it did.