Conch dermal punch, nearly healed

This is now totally my favourite piercing ever. I've had a fairly close-knit run of colds the last week and I think my body has stepped up its healing game. After a pretty long 9ish months, this is all-but healed. It still aches a little bit, and I don't think this will ever be my natural sleep side again, but there (gross alert!) is no leakage of any kind from it now. Just a smooth, perfect little hole (8mm).

I just wanted to take a little bit of time to confirm to anyone who also read Conch Stretching; not for the faint-hearted that you should not stretch your conch (or any other part of your body that's made of cartilage). You shouldn't really go see a guy and get him to punch a hole in it either, but if you must have holes, go for a dermal punch. It's gross, it hurts like fuck and it bleeds like crazy for about a week. You seriously might think you're going to die, but it is so worth it. I wouldn't trade this piercing for all battered Mars Bars in Scotland now.

People have started asking me how I did it now, as well, so hopefully that will continue and I can actually take it out and show them!