Took me 7 years to realize I was piercing with the wrong needle type

I started piercing my own ears back in high school with sewing needles like everyone else. About 3 months ago I bought a proper piercing kit with hollow needles from a shop in Portland. The difference was insane, the hollow one actually removes a tiny core of skin instead of just pushing it aside. That explains why my old piercings always took forever to heal and got irritated so easy. I was basically just shoving a solid spike through my flesh and wondering why it fought me. Has anyone else switched from solid to hollow and noticed the healing time cut in half?

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charles6401mo ago

Switched to hollow needles a year ago and never looked back. Healing time dropped like crazy, right?

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faith_shah881mo ago

Did @the_wade's friend also mention that weird popping sound when the hollow needle goes in?

the_wade1mo ago

Yeah, @charles640, that "never looked back" line hits home. I remember the days of regular needles and how much longer it took for anything to close up. Hollow ones really do cut that healing time down a lot, it's kind of wild how big a difference it makes.