Piercings and surgery

[KF2007 66]

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

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

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

[stephh 634]

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.

[AvaFern 3,516]

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...