Plus, if yours is infected and you don't actually want your hole to close permanently, you can lose the piercing altogether upon removal. As your piercing is closing, if you're concerned about scarring, you can use topical treatments to help minimize the appearance of those potential scars. Mederma , a scar treatment that's made from onion skin extract, has been proven effective in studies , and it should be applied to the area once per day.
Another option is Bio-Oil. Like Mederma, studies have shown that its key ingredients — oleic and linoleic acids — can help improve the appearance of scars once they have already formed. It should be applied to the area once a day. If your piercing is fully healed and you're ready to get rid of it, just take it out and let it be, Banks advises.
However, there's no way to really know how long it will take to close, or even if it will fully close up. The general rule, however, is that newer piercings will take less time to close up and can do so in just a few days.
However piercings that are over a year old will take several weeks minimum to close. Perhaps the most complicated piercings to close up are gauged ears because the skin is so stretched out. Taking out the plugs won't be enough, and you'll likely need to get them stitched up. There are different ways to have stitching done depending on the type of stretched piercing you have. With small holes, plastic surgeons can cut away the newly grown skin, essentially creating a new wound that can then be stitched to heal together.
Larger holes may also be cut to create an opening and then stitched back together. When you take out a piercing, your skin doesn't magically snap back to what it once was, and you may even be left with a hole for the rest of your life. But if you leave it out for too long the time for healing varies widely between people , it could close up.
If you've had one for years, it can close in a few weeks, but for some people it can take longer. If you decide you don't like yours, simply take out your ring or stud.
Make sure you clean the area until it's fully healed. If you like your piercing and want to keep it for the long term, put jewelry in it all the time. Due to the pre-mentioned outcomes and probably some swelling, redness and discharge, you may have decided to remove the piercing and let it heal or close up. Is there a weird dark spot around your piercing? The cause of a gray or black piercing hole is usually jewelry made with improper or inferior metals that turn your skin black, gray, bluish-gray, or grayish-black in color.
Umbilicoplasty is a procedure that changes the appearance of your bellybutton. It was originally used to treat umbilical hernias in infants. In recent years, it's become a popular cosmetic surgery. As long as your piercing has completely healed and remained healthy, the length of time since you were in that piercer's chair will likely affect how quickly it closes. If a piercing is irritated it may close up much faster once the jewelry is removed. According to Ouellette, that can even happen in the same day because of the inflammation and discharge that problematic piercings usually have.
Nostril and cartilage piercings, however, may close faster than others not through cartilage. When jewelry is removed, the body may heal the hole with scar tissue, particularly if it was irritated from wearing cheaper jewelry. IMO, the only thing scary about a piercing is the future scar it leaves when you are ready to close it for good. If the piercing is angry from improper aftercare or low quality jewelry causing an allergic reaction the body will have a higher tendency to produce scar tissue," he says.
Sadly, Ouellette advises there aren't any products out there that will close up your piercing sans scar — that means the better you take care of your piercing the better closing experience you will have.
Unfortunately, not every piercing will fully close by itself.
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