[Kyon]

I've had my septum and lip pierced. I don't wear them anymore, though. I just stopped putting them in because of work, and now that I'm self-employed I just haven't really thought to put jewelry back in, and I'm kinda over it anyways.

I love septum piercings, still, and I would love to have mine back, but that's about all I would get again, or for the first time.

I took care of them both with sea salt and water. I had issues with my lip ring at first because it was my first piercing and I wasn't informed on after-care, so I ended up breaking out in hives really bad all over my face, and that ended up getting infected completely overnight. I went to bed feeling fine, I woke up with open skin and grossness on my face. It got infected because I was scratching my face that night, since it felt itchy. I ended up having to go to the E.R. and get some ointment, then everything was fine about a week later.

That was not a good experience.

I also have really sensitive skin and if I don't get something that's stainless steel or a real gold or silver, my skin freaks out.