How long does it take for a piercing to close up?

When I had my tongue pierced, I was hospitalized for a short time. I had my tongue ring out for about 8 hours before the hole closed. If I forced it, I probably could have gotten the barbell back in...but it would have been very painful. It was pierced for a couple years prior. Tongue piercings close up very quickly, even if they are fully healed.

It's relative to the size, place of the piercing, and how long you've had it. While my nostril piercing closed up within an hour, my eyebrow piercing has been open for the past six months even though I've had no jewelry in it. I've also had my earlobes pierced since I was 6 months old and haven't worn jewelry in them for a few years but they are stillopen.

Depends on what kind of piercing it is. Ears will usually take weeks to decrease in size, and may never close up completely, depending on factors like: A) how long you've had them and B) have you stretched the holes, etc.
As far as I know from friends and such, belly button holes would probably be a few days to a few weeks, depending on the same factors mentioned above, while facial (eyebrow, labret, etc.) would be considerably less, life a few days, due to the face being particularly vascular tissue. The quickest of all piercings is the tongue, which I have heard can start to close up within 30 minutes to an hour after removing the barbell.

I've had my tongue pierced for 10 years and lost my barbell 4 days ago. I just got a new one today. I was worried it might be too late, but I didn't even have to force it when I put it in. I think it just depends on how long you've had the piercing and where it is.

Depends on the piercing and how old it is. Some can close up almost immediately after the jewelry is removed.

i had a labret piercing close up after about a week or so. i had my nipples pierced at the same time, and i took them out at the same time. my right nipple closed up after a few weeks or so and my left nipple still has not closed up and i haven't had anything in it for about 3 years. so i think it's safe to say it varies.

I had a nipple pericing it closed up within 1 week of my removing the post. My nose ring hole took months but I feel that was because it was infected when I took the ring out. I have 4 ear holes, out of 8 I had they are all still open and Ihavent had anything in them (except for putting my moms earings in to make my neices and nephews laugh) for over 10 years

I had a belly piercing for 7 years. I took it out 3 years ago, still looks exactly the same. I could probably still put the same ring back into it and it would fit just fine. I've come to accept I'm probably always going to have a hole above my belly button :s

It depends on the location of the peircing, your body chemistry, and how well you heal up. Some piercings will never heal, while others will heal up within a few minutes. My ear peircings never healed up, while my horizontal amphlong (head of the penis) closed up in 30 minutes after being completly healed for over six monthes.

I got my tongue pierced and took it out about 3-4 hours later because I couldn't stand the swelling and throbbing and it healed up in about 10 minutes.
My wife has had hers in for a about 2 years and she took it out for a day cause she had a sore that was irritated by it. The top closed up in about 10 hours but the bottom was still open. She has a small tongue and I'm not sure if that plays any factor in it or not.

ive got my ears pierced and ive had my earings out for about a year and they still havent closed up. i dont know how to take my tongue bar out. can anyone tell me how

I got my belly button pierced when I was 16. I took it out around the age of 18... I'm twenty now and it still has not closed up fully. It's horrible. Don't get your belly button pierced.

Tongue peircings close up the quickest but depending how long you've had the peircing and where the peircing is are key factors.For example you ears normaly can be left out for a week or so without them closing up but if it was your tongue it could close up in minutes.

how long will it take an eyebrow peircing to close up, ive had it for 2 months and i need to take it out now for 7 hours, will it close up?

i just got my eyebrow pierced but in about 3 months i will play basketball n b4 games i will have 2 take it off for about 1-2 hours do you think it will close???

I've had my ear pierced for 2 weeks. How long will it take to close up?

Depends on the piercing, depends on the person.

I had my tongue pierced 2 days ago and hated it, so I went back to the shop and they took it out, it seems to already be closing and it's been around 5 hours. it feels much better now, plus I can eat again...lol

i have had my tongue piecered for nealy a year and going in hospiatal for a 3 hour op will i have to get it re piecered or will i be able to poke it through after lo ;)

I had my third lobe done about 6 weeks ago, and I took one out today, I think it was slightly infected but I'm not sure, I left it out, as the earing would only go back in half way, it wouldn't push through the scar tissue which had formed at the back of my ear as it has swollen slightly due to infection, as I took the earing out, the swelling covered the hole and now it won't go back in, I'm not sure how long it will take the swelling to go down, but how long, roughly will it take my ear to start healing up again?
Will I still have the hole there by the end or will I have to get it repeirced?
>.< Any answers?! D:

It depends on the person. I have had my naval done since i was 18. I took it out when I was like 6 months pregnant and waited about 3-6 months after I had my son to put it in and had no problems. My ears have been peirced since I was 12. I have gone up to 5 years without earrings (thanks to my ex husband) and didnt have a problem with the rings going back in. Also now I work for an attorney. Well about a year ago, while i was working for him I decided to get my tounge done. That has been about a year and a half ago that I got that done. Well I preform real estate closings as some people in my area doesnt accept the fact that I have a tounge ring so I just take it out. Well I forgot to put it back in one time and went about three days with it out. Didnt have a problem with that going back in or not. Now the doc did tell me I have a collogen issue and maybe that is why me peircings dont close like most people but all in all that depends on the person. I think I am going tomorrow to get the nipples done. Oh by the way I am 28 now so I have had a lot of peircings for about 10 years.

Actually one and a half years is approximately the maximum.

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Alright, guys, seriously, most of these answers are stupid.

Stop asking if your piercing will close up, because everyone's body is different!

My ears have a hard time with being stretched, they're at an 8G now, have been for 2 years, but if I take the studs out for more than a couple of hours, putting them back in is REALLY tough and very painful.

On the other hand, I have both sides of my lip pierced. One side for 4 years, on for 2 and a half... I took the jewelry out for two whole years and just the other day was able to put rings back in both sides without a problem!

It -completely- depends on the person, the way the piercing has healed, all of that.

I just had my lobes peirced and my cartlige on the 11th of june, i have just got a job and they want me to take it out, will they close over on a four our shift? wb asap, i have work at 9 tommorow! :(

i have had my tongue piercing now for 5 months, I can take it out for well over a half hour. I am just scared that any longer it will close up... how could I know if it will close up after any longer?

barrychapman .. your full of it causee my tongue has closed up 2 time both times it was out for under a day

I took my belly ring out well actually it fell out and within 5 hours (once I found the ring again) it had closed to the point where the ring wouldn't fit back in! Mind you I've had ny navel pierced for over 6 months. After reading all these posts I wonder if my body is extra strange cuz I've never heard of it healing even a little in just a few hours... its practically healed now ! :-(

I had my bottem lip peirced for 5 months at a party drunk off sum Captin Morgan uh...i don't
know what was worst the hangover the next day or the pain i was in the next day!!!! it hurts really bad and i didnt even want a labret i wanted my upper lip but i was drunk and stupid and now i have a hole for the rest or my life i kind like it now it grew on me tho. the healing process was horrible it swells,throbs,you can't eat,sleep,around the peircing becomes red soar and really sensative! Pre pair for your lip to look like rocky balboa for a couple weeks to a month! I have a plastic push in labret and the back would hurt anytime i laughed opened my mouth to wide talked ate and i noticed a little circle embeding on the inside of my mouth. Cleaning was fairly easy get a cup of warm water and salt and soak your lip 3 times daily. Soak a Q tip in warm salt water and clean around the peircing and jewlery. make sure you wash your hands and around the peircing i personally use anti bacteral soap. use mouth wash. try not to remove jewlery during healing process because it will close up almost instaintly and is really painful to re peirce or force your jewlery through belive me i know from experance! so for people wanting to get there's peired think twice before geting it done i want to get my bellybutton peirced dose it hurt and how bad dose it get infected easy???

i've had my tongue pierced goin on 11 mnths i'm curious to know if my hole will seal up if i were to have it oput for about 2-3 dyas? And i've had my ears gaged to a 4 for 2 mnths whats the scenario with gages if i have them out the same amount of time as my tongue?

It will be dependant on your health and well being....a day o so for sure

The posts here regarding facial piercings are all myths. Facial piercings take a long time to close due to the vascular nature of the face.

If you have a tongue piercing that has healed, it is not going to close up. If you had a 12/10 gauge bar in there - it will NEVER close up.

Eyebrow piercings are also going to take a long time to close. The exceptions to the rule are lower lip and nostril.

Other than that, your tongue is not going to start closing up 30 minutes after removing your piercing!

Lip piercings as well will close up in 30min whereas nose piercings will generally last a few days.

You can't really say for sure, sometimes they close immediately, sometimes they take years to close fully. Massages help.

as Anonymous on June 5th, 2007 said they do not close up So if you are going to get one then get a true navel piercing that way if you take it out you will not see a scar.

does any one know if this will work ?
i have both my second holes done in my ear
but one of then is to high
is it possibe to pierce it just a little lower with the other hole still open?
ive had it maybe for 2 years

Your lip will always have a hole in it. But if you have it roughly for 2 or 3 weeks and you take it out it will close up within the hour.

I have size 8 guages they have been in for a day and i wanted to no if i take them out for about 1 and 30 mins if they will close up

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barrychapman .. your full of it causee my tongue has closed up 2 time both times it was out for under a day