Surface piercings are easy to take care of but they can unfortunately take a long time to heal. This is due to them often being in places on your body that endure a lot of regular movement and are usually covered by clothing. Therefore most surface piercings can take between 6 to 18 months to fully heal.
Also question is, how do you know if your surface piercing is infected?
Infection
- red and swollen skin around the piercing.
- pain or tenderness.
- yellow or green discharge coming from the piercing.
- fever, chills, or nausea.
- red streaks.
- symptoms that are getting worse or last longer than one week.
Correspondingly, how do you know if your body is rejecting a piercing?
Symptoms of piercing rejection
- more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing.
- the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days.
- the jewelry becoming visible under the skin.
- the piercing hole appearing to be getting larger.
- the jewelry looking like it is hanging differently.