It seems silly, but it’s genuinely such a sore subject
I wanted piercings since I was super young, and in the last few years I’ve actually gotten some.
In February I had to take out my eyebrow piercing because it was rejecting & infected. That sucked, and I really miss it, but at least I was ready for it.
My snakebites were the first piercings I ever got, and the ones I always wanted the most. I used to make fake lip rings to wear, and draw myself having them.
I’ve had them since 2024. This week I had rings in, but they’re not super comfortable so I was gonna change them out. I couldn’t get any jewelry in, and now it’s been a few days, and the right hole can barely get a taper halfway in, and the left one (healed rougher from day 1) is completely closed. Not even a hole on the inside.
It feels so stupid to be upset over piercings, but I genuinely feel like I’ve lost parts of myself. My self expression is really core to who I am, and I loved having piercings. I love what they say and the impression of me it gives people at first glance. And now it feels like I’m losing them all (◞‸◟)