Transverse Ear Piercing Questions
Janessa Cornelius
I have seen a couple of people with transverse lobe piercings wearing
either barbells or CBRs. I really like the look of the piercing with the CBR.
I've talked to a local piercer who has done one transverse piercing at a
friend's request. He told me that it took almost a full minute to get the
needle through!
My questions for anyone who has a bit more experience with transverse
piercings would be:
1. Will it ordinarily take that long to get the needle through?
2. I prefer the look of the CBR in that piercing, but how does that really
work out if the ear is pierced with a straight needle?
3. Are there curved needles for that sort of work so a CBR would fit
better?
4. What's the healing time?
5. Is there common incidence of rejection?
Thanks
Janessa
E. George Oeser
Janessa Cornelius wrote:
>
> I have seen a couple of people with transverse lobe piercings wearing
> either barbells or CBRs. I really like the look of the piercing with the CBR.
> I've talked to a local piercer who has done one transverse piercing at a
> friend's request. He told me that it took almost a full minute to get the
> needle through!
>
> My questions for anyone who has a bit more experience with transverse
> piercings would be:
>
> 1. Will it ordinarily take that long to get the needle through?
No, when I had mine done the needle went through in 3 or 4 seconds
> 2. I prefer the look of the CBR in that piercing, but how does that really
> work out if the ear is pierced with a straight needle?
Should work just fine, but I would recomend a VERY large diameter ring, at least 3/4
inch, not only because a pierce of this type goes thru a fair amount of tissue, but also
because as far as I can tell the less extreme the curve a pierce assumes the faster it
heals.
> 3. Are there curved needles for that sort of work so a CBR would fit
> better?
I wouldn't think a curve needle would do anything but make the pierce more diffacult to
perform.
> 4. What's the healing time?
I had mine for over a year and it never healed, but you might have better luck. I should
also say that I am a diabetic and this could be part of the reason I was unable to get
the pierce to heal.
> 5. Is there common incidence of rejection?
Mine migrated just a bit on one end, it started off on somewhat of a diagonal and wound
up being paralel to the ground
>
> Thanks
>
> Janessa
Hope this helps,
E. George Oeser
Shannon Larratt / BME
Janessa Cornelius <jan...@tmx.com> wrote:
>I have seen a couple of people with transverse lobe piercings wearing
>either barbells or CBRs. I really like the look of the piercing with the CBR.
>I've talked to a local piercer who has done one transverse piercing at a
>friend's request. He told me that it took almost a full minute to get the
>needle through!
>
>My questions for anyone who has a bit more experience with transverse
>piercings would be:
>
>1. Will it ordinarily take that long to get the needle through?
NO! That seems like a very very long time...
>2. I prefer the look of the CBR in that piercing, but how does that really
>work out if the ear is pierced with a straight needle?
Well, most piercings are done with a straight needle, but a CBR is put
in them without complications -- The tissue will adapt...
>3. Are there curved needles for that sort of work so a CBR would fit
>better?
There are curved needles, or the piercer can manually bend the needle,
but it's not really neccessary.
>4. What's the healing time?
>5. Is there common incidence of rejection?
Haven't seen enough of them to give a solid answer...
Shannon
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Jean Edwards
i did my own lateral lobe with a 7/8" barbell, and it healed in about a
month. mine was through a 1/2" stretched lobe, so there was less tissue to
actually heal...actually it's 2 seperate piercings.
ghost
Derek Lowe
In article <3215A0...@tmx.com>, jan...@tmx.com says...
>
>I have seen a couple of people with transverse lobe piercings wearing
>either barbells or CBRs. I really like the look of the piercing with the CBR.
>I've talked to a local piercer who has done one transverse piercing at a
>friend's request. He told me that it took almost a full minute to get the
>needle through!
>
>My questions for anyone who has a bit more experience with transverse
>piercings would be:
>
>1. Will it ordinarily take that long to get the needle through?
Yeah, that seems like a VERY long time. While it is a delicate piercing and
shouldn't be rushed, it shouldn't take anywhere near that long. The longer
the piercing the longer it will likely take, obviously. I've done four of
them so far, and I think the longest one took in the neighborhood of about
5-7 seconds. It was almost 7/8" long.
>2. I prefer the look of the CBR in that piercing, but how does that really
>work out if the ear is pierced with a straight needle?
Yeah, it's not a problem. Unless you want a really big ring in the piercing,
they are usually done a bit lower on the lobe so the piercing isn't as long
and a smaller (relatively speaking) ring can be used. And remember, that even
if the needle is curved/bent, the puncturing part isn't, so the hole is still
going to straight, unless the needle is manipulated in a curved manner as
the piercing is done.
>3. Are there curved needles for that sort of work so a CBR would fit
>better?
See above...Curved needles generally are used to aid the piercer in working
in smaller/tougher areas and to make the piercing more comfortable for the
piercee.
>4. What's the healing time?
Two of the four I've done have been w/ BB's, and they seemed to take about
3 months or so to heal. The other two were done w/ rings. One of them was
done recently, so the word isn't back on that one, but the other one seemed
to heal a bit faster than the barbells, as there is more jewelry to help
facilitate cleaning.
>5. Is there common incidence of rejection?
None of the 4 (not that that is a significant amount) I've done have been
rejected at this point. The first one I did was about 6-7 months ago.
>Thanks
Your welcome. Hope it helped.
>Janessa
Derek Lowe
Steve's Tattoo and Body Piercing
Madison, WI
Anne Greenblatt
>Janessa Cornelius <jan...@tmx.com> wrote:
>>4. What's the healing time?
Usually 6 months to a year, based on the experiences of people I know.
>>5. Is there common incidence of rejection?
Two friend have transverse piercings which intersect their eyelets /
enlarged lobe piercings, making the transverse piercing two piercings.
One woman had her transverse repierced after she lost the first one trying
to change jewelry. Her piercing migrated a bit (healed with a ring).
The other woman healed hers with a barbell while wearing a few rings
through her enlarged lobe piercing. During healing she developed a large
abscess on the back of her ear. Luckily it cleared-up without any longterm
effects to her health or her piercing. She just recently had a custom 2ga
eyelet made (drilled for the transverse), which I installed for her.
A third friend lost his to migration (wearing a ring).
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Piercing Exquisite
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Anne Greenblatt
In article <3216B3...@nc5.infi.net>, "E. George Oeser"
<syn...@nc5.infi.net> wrote:
>Should work just fine, but I would recomend a VERY large diameter ring, at
>least 3/4 inch, not only because a pierce of this type goes thru a fair
amount >of tissue, but also because as far as I can tell the less extreme
the curve a >pierce assumes the faster it heals.
This is true of any piercing.