How to Break a Bead on a Piercing
Sometimes, usually when you least expect it, you come across the unfortunate situation of discovering that you can't remove a piercing. Sometimes it is screwed on at a bad angle and becomes stuck, other times low quality paints on the piercing can melt and fuse the bead in place and sometimes the body simply rejects the piercing and tries to grow over it. All of these situations can be dangerous because it is essential to remove the piercing for periodic cleaning or risk a massive infection. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Pliers
- Metal cutters
- Sterilizing solution
- Gloves
- Paper towels
- Disinfectant and bandages
- Ice or numbing spray
Instructions
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Clean the pliers and slim metal cutters with the sterilizing solution. Use disinfectant to clean around the piercing if necessary. Try turning the piercing and squeezing out as much puss as possible if it is infected. Apply ice or a numbing spray to the area.
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Ask a friend wearing gloves to carefully grip the piercing ball with the pliers and position the cutters around the anchor. Tell him to avoid tugging or jerking on the piercing, since this will aggravate the area, even if the numbness prevents you from feeling it.
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Position the cutter so that the ends point away from the body then as quickly as possible and with as little movement as possible, squeeze until the anchor just below the bead is cut.
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Remove the bead and anchor (if possible) and use the paper towels and disinfectant to clean pus from the area.
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Dispose of the bead and anchor. After removal the bead is unusable and the anchor broken.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not under any circumstances use this process to remove a dermal anchor piercing. You can seriously injure yourself and rip a hole in your face. Go to your piercer or a medical professional to have a dermal piercing removed with a surgical scalpel.
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Comments
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I'm a body piercer, and I'd like to tell you this is the worst idea ever. GO TO THE HOSPITAL IF YOU CAN'T REMOVE A PIERCING. Cutting jewelry leaves potential for there to be shards of metal left over that you can pull through the skin and highly injure yourself. It is never a good idea to do this, you can end up with multiple problems. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE AN INFECTION, THE WORST IDEA IS TO TAKE THE PIERCING OUT. Piercings heal inside to out, so if you remove the jewelry, you trap all the infection inside the channel. If an infection is bad enough that you can't handle it, seek a doctor or hospital, who can give you antibiotics and or drain you, if necessary.
