KF2007 66 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) I have several piercings that will need to be replaced with plastic spacers when surgery comes around. What is the best type of jewlery to purchase that is medically acceptable? I keep running across something called bioflex in my research. Has anyone used that? Edited February 23, 2015 by KF2007 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProudGrammy 8,322 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) piercings @@KF2007 you know you are getting older, when you are not a big fan of body piercings buttttt............ when i reached goal i had my ears re-pierced (they had closed) years earlier following week i had another piecing then ONE more total of 3 on each side to continue............... i had first 3 letters of my grand-kids tattooed on my right forearm in italics (i never had a tattoo before!!) M organ A ndrew E than with a little italic red heart under each letter couple months later i got the word survivor above my right ankle shortly after i had a cute little butterfly spaced above the word survivor!!! all above were my rewards i gave myself at goal ( promised hubby no more tattoos for the next 58 years!!!) all my tattoos were small, tasteful and look great!!! i'm sure the same can be said about your body piercings good luck with surgery speedy recovery kathy Edited February 23, 2015 by proudgrammy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stephh 634 Posted February 23, 2015 I have a tragus piercing, 16 gage. I wore a bioflex spacer and didn't have any problems. The only thing that was weird and I was nervous about was the little rings on the end that keep it on. It came with two, but there is only a little notch for one. I used both anyway, because I was afraid of it falling out! It stayed in nicely though, and I kept it in for a week after surgery with no problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AvaFern 3,516 Posted February 23, 2015 Depending on the piercings you have, you can put them right back in after surgery and they shouldn't close in the 45 minutes of the procedure (unless you have a toungue ring- my toungue closed fast when I took it out a few years ago). I had a belly button ring which we took out right before surgery and the nurses put back in for me right after surgery. Just a thought... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
