Getting several new piercings at once might sound like a great way to build your dream setup faster. But before you book a bunch of piercings in one appointment, there are a few things you should consider.
So, what are some reasons you shouldn't get multiple piercings at the same time? The biggest reasons come down to healing, comfort, aftercare, cost, and giving your body enough time to recover.
This doesn't mean you can never get more than one piercing during an appointment. Plenty of people do! However, there is a limit to how much healing your body can comfortably handle at once, and that limit can be different for everyone.
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Getting pierced is only the beginning. The real work happens during the healing process.
Every fresh piercing is a new wound that your body needs to heal. When you have several healing piercings at the same time, your body has more work to do. This can make the healing process feel a little more demanding.
You may deal with tenderness, swelling, crusties, or irritation in several places at once. You'll also need to be careful about bumping, snagging, or putting pressure on each piercing.
More piercings can mean more chances for irritation. Something as simple as catching one on a shirt, towel, hairbrush, or headphones can make an already sensitive piercing unhappy.
Having several sore areas at once can make everyday activities more annoying than expected.
For example, depending on where your piercings are located, you might have to change how you:
One piercing might be easy to work around. Several fresh piercings can require a little more planning.
This is an especially important thing to consider if you're getting ear piercings.
Let's say you get multiple cartilage piercings on both ears. Suddenly, you may not have a comfortable side to sleep on.
Sleeping directly on a fresh piercing can put unnecessary pressure on it. That pressure may lead to irritation and can make the piercing uncomfortable.
If you're a side sleeper, think about where your new piercings will be located before getting both ears pierced at once. Sometimes, working on one ear at a time can make sleeping much easier while your piercings heal.
Aftercare needs to become part of your daily routine when you have fresh piercings. With several healing at the same time, that routine becomes even more important.
Instead of keeping track of one fresh piercing, you're keeping track of several.
You may also go through your aftercare supplies faster. If you're someone who already struggles to stick with a daily aftercare routine, adding several fresh piercings at once may make things harder.
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The cost doesn't necessarily stop when you leave the piercing studio.
Multiple piercings may mean paying for several pieces of initial jewelry, along with the piercing fees. Then you'll need aftercare supplies, and eventually your piercings will need to be downsized once the initial swelling has gone down.
Once everything is fully healed, you may also want to change your jewelry.
If you have several piercings and decide you want to upgrade all of them at once, the cost can add up quickly—especially if you're choosing more expensive jewelry materials like solid gold.
Spacing out your piercings can also spread out some of these expenses instead of having everything hit at once.
Don't be surprised if a professional piercer tells you they aren't comfortable giving you every piercing on your wish list during one appointment.
Some piercers have limits on how many fresh piercings they'll perform on one person at a time. They may also recommend changing your plans based on the locations of the piercings, your anatomy, your lifestyle, or how many other piercings you're already healing.
Listen to your piercer. They're not trying to ruin your plans. Their goal is to give each new piercing a good environment for healing.
If they recommend getting two piercings now and coming back for the others later, there's probably a good reason for it.
You don't necessarily need to avoid getting multiple piercings during the same appointment. The important thing is knowing when you're trying to do too much at once.
Before deciding, think about:
There's no need to rush your piercing journey. Your dream setup doesn't have to happen in a single appointment.
Giving each piercing enough time and attention to heal can make the entire process much easier. Be patient, listen to your body, and work with a professional piercer to decide how many new piercings make sense for you.
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