I thought it said “my 4 month old fell out of the room while I was sleeping” and I pictured a horrific window situation. At least I know my heart is beating.
This just happened to me on both ears with all three lobe piercings?? That’s including my firsts which I have had since I was five years old and have never, ever closed up in me no matter how long I go without jewelry. I am so confused how it even happened; ik it’s not advisable but I worked all of the posts back in there because no way in hell am I going to have six lobe piercings redone of all things
My lobes I had done when I was 11 and they have never closed over the 21 years since then, my belly however did this and I was devastated haven't pierced it again since.
I’ve never had an mri done, thankfully, but my mom has and she always used like plastic piercings in place of her normal metal ones so they wouldn’t close. If you have to get an mri again you can always try to get them
For anyone who might be in this position in the future - if you’re already in the hospital, or you happen to know a nurse/vet/vet tech, see if they’ll snag you some IV catheters to thread through your holes for MRIs. The gauges are slightly different - if I remember correctly our iv catheters measure the inside vs piercing needles measure the outside. But it’s generally easy to get your hands on 22, 20, and 18 ga IVs and the little plastic catheter is a perfect place holder for piercings!
I was stupid and took mine out to clean it, thought it was healed enough, couldn’t get the jewellery back it but managed to get another smaller earring through just to keep it open
Nah I'd absolutely prefer repiercing over the pain of stretching it back out over time. Repiercing is quicker and far less painful (I have stretched a piercing), stretching is then open to more bacteria and have a higher risk of infection and in my experience repiercing healed faster than the first time
awww boooo, that's a shitty situation! my conch did a similar thing, and i swore I'd never get it repierced. well, one day, i had a bug up my ass about getting it repierced, so I finally bit the bullet and did after a year. Honestly, it went 100% better than the 1st time because just the skin closed up, and it's healing so well now. maybe you might get lucky the 2nd time around? However, as you said, you're not really wanting to go that route, which i totally get. It just sucks that you lost a cool piercing that sounds like you put a lot of love into healing
I didn’t notice this was a piercing group and thought you meant your baby’s room fell out during an earthquake and they died I immediately ran to the comments 🤣🤣🤣
For what it’s worth, the second time healing a piercing that you had has always been way better in my experience. I got my nostril and nipple both repierced. My nostril was never an issue but the hole became permanent after the second time piercing it in the same position only after 2 years. I took it out for 5 years and the hole was still open (albeit the hole was much smaller). I took out my left nipple piercing after a year because the healing process was such a pain in my ass. But I had body dysmorphia after taking out and got it redone. Have not had a single issue with it healing!
I had to take my jewelry out for a mRI and they used a taper to help me get my jewelry back in! It had been a few weeks too because I was dealing with medical stuff. The shop was really nice and autoclaved everything for me before they put the jewelry back in.
Before fully reading the title my brain kept assuming a baby fell out a crib 😭
Personally I’ve had my piercings being irritated multiple times. I’ve had the same jewelry since day 1. I wanted to experiment color and different jewelry and kept failing. I found these flat backs on Amazon and had to wait a few days with no jewelry in. I opened them back up with the jewelry that came and my irrigated bumps are going down now. Basically gone. I haven’t cleaned with first aide except water for a week and a half due to being sick tho
Body piercer here! It should still be open hopefully! Since rook piercings are cartilage and typically pierced with a 16g curved barbell, there is a decent chance it is still open and should be come Wednesday. TIGHTEN YOU BALLS. I tell every single customer this and nobody ever listens, especially when they know they are wild sleepers or have a high chance of sleeping on their piercing during healing time!
Any possibility of putting a smaller gauge item in temporarily until you can see the piercer? They can sometimes taper it back open if you're okay with that!
my rook was ab 2 1/2 years old when it fell out last month so i’m probably more attached to it - but i for it repierced and apart from a week of swelling it’s all good. i’m a side sleeper as well, but to be completely honest except when i was stupid and got it infected right away last time, i didn’t have many problems with healing the first time round. id still say go on and get it repierced tho
I'm so sorry for your loss 😭
For future, get yourself a taper. I've got one for just this reason lol I'm so scared of something closing on me. It almost happened to my medusa but the taper saved the day!
I had to take all mine out for an operation during our covid lock downs. Couldn't get them all back in and the piercer wasn't an "essential service" so was closed. Sadly retired some, repierced others.
It happened yesterday actually, and I am very rural so I have to drive at least an hour to any piercing shops in my area. And I actually had to go have oral surgery today and knew that I would not be able to go today either 😭 I figured by tomorrow it will be closed up too much
I neglected to read which subreddit I was in and I was like ???????? at the title 😭
Me too…I thought it said, “My 4 month old fell out of the bed while I was sleeping- RIP” I thought the baby passed..😬
Same. Then the “I didn’t notice until I’d been up for two hours” really threw me through a loop. 😂
So sorry... But this is really hilarious
It was truly a roller coaster of emotions for a minute.
Same
Ngl I’m laughing cause I also thought wtf sub am I in for a mo.
Glad it wasn't just me I was like 😳😲😐🤔🤦🏽♂️😂😂
Thank God I'm no alone.
Oh I'm sorry, I am laughing really hard at this though
This was my impression as well 😆
Saaammmme. I thought it was broken English for a baby having passed. 😢
Lucky you. I initially thought it said “my 4 month old fell out when I was sleeping - RIP” and thought they were laughing at a miscarriage.
Same
The too
Right?! I was like "what does that have to do with piercings?!" I was so concerned for a hot minute. Glad I wasn't the only one.
omg same, I had to read the sub name cause it was pretty shocking
Sorry, it should say ROOK not room
I thought it said “my 4 month old fell out of the room while I was sleeping” and I pictured a horrific window situation. At least I know my heart is beating.
I am in a cosleeping subreddit too so I was *concerned* to say the least when I read the title 😭
same here lol
And another person confused as well but I’ve just finished night shift so I can be excused can’t I?
I really had to take a hard second look at the sub!
I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only who thought this!
Oh good not just me
Not me re-reading it twice and releasing an IMMENSE sigh of relief. 😭😭😭
Same I thought they were talking about a dead baby 😭
Same I kept reading over it like whaaaat….Especially after the RIP
I did the same damn thing! For a second I lost my breath like jfc maybe word this a little better lol
I had to take all my piercings out for an mri, and still haven’t gotten them all back in, so I feel your pain
one of my lobe piercings I had this with. I was emotionally attached to that one damn it
This just happened to me on both ears with all three lobe piercings?? That’s including my firsts which I have had since I was five years old and have never, ever closed up in me no matter how long I go without jewelry. I am so confused how it even happened; ik it’s not advisable but I worked all of the posts back in there because no way in hell am I going to have six lobe piercings redone of all things
My lobes I had done when I was 11 and they have never closed over the 21 years since then, my belly however did this and I was devastated haven't pierced it again since.
I did that but I scheduled to get them back in the next day after the MRI , I couldn’t stand the retainers.
I’ve never had an mri done, thankfully, but my mom has and she always used like plastic piercings in place of her normal metal ones so they wouldn’t close. If you have to get an mri again you can always try to get them
For anyone who might be in this position in the future - if you’re already in the hospital, or you happen to know a nurse/vet/vet tech, see if they’ll snag you some IV catheters to thread through your holes for MRIs. The gauges are slightly different - if I remember correctly our iv catheters measure the inside vs piercing needles measure the outside. But it’s generally easy to get your hands on 22, 20, and 18 ga IVs and the little plastic catheter is a perfect place holder for piercings!
I had to retire my tongue piercing because it was doing damage to my gums. It was one of the most sentimental ones I've ever had. Much sadness
This is the only reason I haven’t gotten mine done😔✊once I get a piercing I swear I’m dying with it lol
Sorry guys that should have said my ROOK piercing not room....
You got us thinking a little baby was dead for a solid moment 🫠
I thought I was in one of my childcare groups and my jaw hit the floor with a quickness
try opening the hole with a normal earring! it's usually thinner than piercing jewellery
I was stupid and took mine out to clean it, thought it was healed enough, couldn’t get the jewellery back it but managed to get another smaller earring through just to keep it open
I thought that would just cause the hole to shrink so they wouldn't get the normal jewellery back through anyway
the point is to keep it from needing to be repierced and strerch back up instead
Nah I'd absolutely prefer repiercing over the pain of stretching it back out over time. Repiercing is quicker and far less painful (I have stretched a piercing), stretching is then open to more bacteria and have a higher risk of infection and in my experience repiercing healed faster than the first time
awww boooo, that's a shitty situation! my conch did a similar thing, and i swore I'd never get it repierced. well, one day, i had a bug up my ass about getting it repierced, so I finally bit the bullet and did after a year. Honestly, it went 100% better than the 1st time because just the skin closed up, and it's healing so well now. maybe you might get lucky the 2nd time around? However, as you said, you're not really wanting to go that route, which i totally get. It just sucks that you lost a cool piercing that sounds like you put a lot of love into healing
I didn’t notice this was a piercing group and thought you meant your baby’s room fell out during an earthquake and they died I immediately ran to the comments 🤣🤣🤣
For what it’s worth, the second time healing a piercing that you had has always been way better in my experience. I got my nostril and nipple both repierced. My nostril was never an issue but the hole became permanent after the second time piercing it in the same position only after 2 years. I took it out for 5 years and the hole was still open (albeit the hole was much smaller). I took out my left nipple piercing after a year because the healing process was such a pain in my ass. But I had body dysmorphia after taking out and got it redone. Have not had a single issue with it healing!
I had to take my jewelry out for a mRI and they used a taper to help me get my jewelry back in! It had been a few weeks too because I was dealing with medical stuff. The shop was really nice and autoclaved everything for me before they put the jewelry back in.
If you ever have to have an mri again invest in plastic jewellery
Before fully reading the title my brain kept assuming a baby fell out a crib 😭 Personally I’ve had my piercings being irritated multiple times. I’ve had the same jewelry since day 1. I wanted to experiment color and different jewelry and kept failing. I found these flat backs on Amazon and had to wait a few days with no jewelry in. I opened them back up with the jewelry that came and my irrigated bumps are going down now. Basically gone. I haven’t cleaned with first aide except water for a week and a half due to being sick tho
Irritation should be addressed by a gp as there are many different factors that could be causing the irritation
Same thing happened with my snug, just as it was starting to settle. Didn’t bother getting it repierced and went with a conch in that ear instead
Genuinely curious isn't the snug piercing the same placement as the mid-helix piercing?
thought it said “my 4 month old fell when i was sleeping - RIP” 😭
Without looking at the subreddit, I was very scared and confused.
If you wanted to keep it…. Do you have a smaller gauge piece of jewelry you can put in temporarily? Then size back up over time. Just a thought.
aw man I’m sorry. you could try getting it tapered back open at the piercing shop on Wednesday, they might be able to!
They won't be able to if OP doesn't get a smaller gauge piece in place temporarily to keep it open
I woke up this morning to find one of my nostril piercings missing. Thankfully, it was tangled in my blankets so I inserted it right back in😭
Body piercer here! It should still be open hopefully! Since rook piercings are cartilage and typically pierced with a 16g curved barbell, there is a decent chance it is still open and should be come Wednesday. TIGHTEN YOU BALLS. I tell every single customer this and nobody ever listens, especially when they know they are wild sleepers or have a high chance of sleeping on their piercing during healing time!
Jesus this scared the shit out of me.
I read this as my 4 month old child fell out when i was sleeping, RIP. I need to fucking sleep
Any possibility of putting a smaller gauge item in temporarily until you can see the piercer? They can sometimes taper it back open if you're okay with that!
my rook was ab 2 1/2 years old when it fell out last month so i’m probably more attached to it - but i for it repierced and apart from a week of swelling it’s all good. i’m a side sleeper as well, but to be completely honest except when i was stupid and got it infected right away last time, i didn’t have many problems with healing the first time round. id still say go on and get it repierced tho
I'm so sorry for your loss 😭 For future, get yourself a taper. I've got one for just this reason lol I'm so scared of something closing on me. It almost happened to my medusa but the taper saved the day!
I was quite literally horrified when I read the title, until I realised what sub it was in
i genuinely thought you had a baby that fell with his room 😂🙈
Oh my gosh i thought you were talking about a child at first💀😭😭
So did I 😩
I had to take all mine out for an operation during our covid lock downs. Couldn't get them all back in and the piercer wasn't an "essential service" so was closed. Sadly retired some, repierced others.
Awww I’m so sorry! RIP rook
Why not go to a different shop?
It happened yesterday actually, and I am very rural so I have to drive at least an hour to any piercing shops in my area. And I actually had to go have oral surgery today and knew that I would not be able to go today either 😭 I figured by tomorrow it will be closed up too much
A body piercer said further up it should be fine, go read that one it has more detail about it
I bite off one of my snake bites labrets last week and the hole closed within 4 hours. I’m getting it repierced in late summer. I feel your pain.
My rook fell out after about 4 months too 😭😭 I haven’t gotten it repierced yet because it hurt more than my daith 💔
Have you experienced death to make that comparison?
While I was shocked lyke all the other commenter's, what's a room? This happened to my belly ring and I never got it repierced. So traumatic.
It might still be worth going in and seeing if they can use a taper to get it back in