Piercing Shrinkage and How to Prevent It

Piercing ShrinkageKeep in mind that you should remove your body jewelry only in special circumstances. Most of the time, you will remove the jewelry only for a few moments, when you take your old jewelry out and insert a new one. This is the best way to treat jewelry removal, because new jewelry will replace the old one.

Remember: your piercing is a hole in the tissue that only jewelry keeps open. Once the jewelry is out, the piercing will start to shrink. While it often happens to new piercings you need to know that all piercings are prone to shrinkage once the jewelry is removed. Even the old, well-established piercings will shrink.

Piercing Shrinkage

In many cases, the hole without the jewelry will close completely, especially if you are pierced with a small gauge. For stretched piercings and piercings read more