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The decision between closure and concealment When a piercing is no longer working for your current lif a new job, a new relationship, a new aesthetic, a new phase the immediate question is whether to close it or keep it but conceal it. Most people default to closure because retainers are less discussed and less understood. This guide makes the case that for many situations, a retainer is the genuinely better answer. Retainers preserve options. Closure forecloses them. If the reason for removal is anything less than permanent and most reasons are less than permanent a retainer keeps the piercing...

Returning to a position you let go of A surprising number of piercing decisions are made twice. People get a piercing, wear it for years, let it close for some reason a job, a relationship, a life phase and then later decide they want it back. Re-piercing the same position is possible in most cases but it's not the same procedure as the original piercing. The presence of scar tissue, the change in your skin and anatomy over the intervening time, and your own different relationship to the position all matter. This guide covers what's different the second time around,...

The question almost everyone asks at some point 'How long until my piercing closes?' is one of the most common questions piercers receive usually from someone who either has had to remove jewellery and is wondering how long they have, or who is considering letting a piercing close and wants to plan for it. The answer is more variable than you'd expect, because piercing closure depends on multiple factors that change the timeline significantly. This guide gives realistic timelines for the most common piercing locations, split by the age of the piercing. The numbers are based on piercer-reported patterns, body...

Closure deserves care too Most piercing content treats removal as an afterthought you take the jewellery out and the channel closes. The reality is that letting a piercing close cleanly takes deliberate care, in some ways similar to healing one. The closing channel is still a wound. The decision to let it close deserves consideration. And the small scar that remains can be minimised significantly if you handle the closure period properly. This guide is for anyone who has decided to let a piercing close, or who is seriously considering it. It covers how to make the decision well, how...