I'm thinking about getting microdermals on the sides of my eyes/cheekbones I dont think it would be too noticeable for jobs... Basically I dont know much about them. I know the basics, but I'm curious what its like to have them do you feel like they could be torn out easily? does that make you nervous? (that made me nervous with my snake bites for a while) Was the healing time a bitch? Anything else you'd like to share? Anything I should know/be cautious of? I have a bitchin' artist to do it (Brian Decker) so thats not an issue, I trust him 100%.

 Ok this might be completely useless to you because I'm new to microdermals too. Cat just got temple microdermals so maybe you could PM her specifically. But I just wanted to say that you should definitely share how it goes! I'm planning to get microdermals from Brian Decker at some point in the future.  

i just got mine done a week and a half ago.  however, im not scared they will get torn out.  all that i can share with you is what patrick, my piercer,  told me.

for the 1st week its good to wear bandaids that have the adhesive all the way around them (you know the little square ones) with the padded non-sticky part on the microdermal.  reasoning: it puts some pressure on the microdermals to keep them in your skin while your skin "fuses", more or less, to the anchor.  heres my advice on these bandaids.  DO NOT GET THE SUPER ADHESIVE ONES!!!!!  i learned the hard way, and changing the bandaids to sss and remove excess blood/lymph regularly ended up in me having torn chunks of skin where the adhesive sat :( i switched bandaids though, got the regular adhesive bandages and it was smooth sailing.  my microdermals are in there pretty far.   I have heard of people having microdermals that poke out or that are droopy.  but patrick assured me that if i wore the bandaids for the first week that 99% there will be NO drooping which equals less chance of getting caught on them.

NO chlorine, dirty water etc.  this means no baths :p unless of course, your thoroughly clean your tub with a bleach agent and then rinse the bleach out.  and you would have had to be freshly showered.

dont over-clean or over fuss.

so basically, thats all i can tell you that is more for sure

but one thing i like, since the salt can be over-irritating if you use it to much, microdermals are my most lymphy bloody crusty little buggers ever! and it starts to itch so i just get a little cup with warm water and soak it, with no salt, because i can not stand the itchiness, but i dont want to over irritate them. 

Hmm what about removal? How does that work? will there be scarring?

 i'm a microdermal horror story, so please look at them as just that but also take it into consideration before you get them on your face.

newly placed

placed too deep and begun to sink, i wouldn't recommend putting bandaids over them unless they start to migrate. i got it removed at this point

put it back in on the other side

the mark about a week after the first was removed
the newly placed one ended up being removed due to sinking also.
the last one rejected because of the trauma my body had been in due to removal and being sick, my immune system died in the arse and my body couldn't handle a random metal bit anymore

the day i got it removed the foot fell out but it was still connected to my tissue so i still had to make the trek to Melbourne


i'm not saying don't do it, as i'm making the journey up to Darwin (other side of the country) to get them redone by Lori (IAM:spikesandstuds), i'm just showing what can happen.
my scars are still quite visible and feel like a huge pimple under the skin, all hard and big and the last one came out in late November/Early December last year. i can't get a good photo right now because it's dark but i'll try tomorrow if i remember.

 

 uhmmmm.... those dont look like microdermal posts..... at all....  (the removed pic)

and youre not supposed to have little beads/gems on them for healing...

 

i say go for it... and make sure your getting a real anchor (they have a 14 g post with oval or rectangular bottom, perpendicular to the post that has little holes, for your skin to fuse to)  and. dont get the little baby beads either!!

i got mine with discs.

 

and removal.  as with any piercing (play or permanent) there will be scarring to some extent.  you can lessen the scarring by taking care of it after removal as of a piercing.  they also have scar creams to help break up tissue.  go to the artist who installed your dermals for you.  generally (as my piercer told me) they will make a small (as small as possible) incision with a scalpel.  depending on how long you had the anchor in determines the scalpeling, but they wont go scalpel crazy on you.  they just have to cut the flesh to pull out the anchor.

 

i say go for it.  please make sure they are using correct jewelry. please make sure you get a larger bead.  and please please take care of them how your proffesional piercer says to!!!  if you go to someone who is a) licensed and APP certified or holds them self to aPP certifications, than you shouldnt have to worry about the jewelry but make sure they show you :p just to be safe.

 

those posts... scare me 

sorry that happened andrea, though I'm betting its because those aren't microdermal studs. They look like tiny labret studs 0.o these are micro dermal studs http://www.bmeshop.com/ProductCart/pc/mac_viewPrd.asp?idcategory=17&idproduct=7137 I'm sorry you had to go through that though. hmm I'm not sure I want scalping on my face... for any reason. Maybe I'll consider them around my collar bone or something... I want them haha, even though I'm not sure its a great idea... maybe I'll just settle for another scarification in the mean time ;) I've been wanting some cherry blossoms on my shoulders/upper chest ^^ (sorry for the block of text, when I try to use the br code, it eats parts of my posts, I have nfi why... so I'm just giving up and sounding like an idiot with word block posts from now on >.<)

well my microdermal was done with an IS post, and a 3mm gemmed ball, the post sticks out just a weeee bit, but it is over my sternum, so its nice to know that when my boobs get skwooshed together, it doesnt hurt my lil micro.

 the post looks like a microdermal post to me. one that's still partly stuck under her skin, which according to her post, it was.

 there is always, always, always a chance of rejection with microdermals. you're trying to get tissue to heal into a hole and still drain fluids at the same time. many people have had issues with microdermals, even professionals like rick have had problems because they're so finicky. they're easily torn, bumped, hit, pulled, etc. even the proper jewelry isn't always going to keep it from rejecting.

ooh I didn't get that hmm... well yeah okay... so maybe no microdermals, I'll stick to getting chunks of skin removed instead :x hehe. Or maybe a monroe... though I dont know if that would look bad with my venoms, probably too much. I'm rambling outloud 0.o or uhm out-typed? hmm... *off to ponder that*

theyare IS microdermals with IS gem ends, and you can get any end as long as it's not too big and stiky-out like to begin with, the healing posts for microdermals are possibly one of the stupidest things ever cos even those, which were pretty flush with my skin got caught.

those "baby beads" as you called them are 2mm with a small gem, they are fine for healing microdermals, my friend got a tiny 2mm bead on hers and it's still going strong.

 

proof that they are actual microdermals, i'm not an idiot, i reseached it for a long time before i got them. 

they have my fingerprints all over them.

didn't mean to suggest that you where an idiot, sorry if I offended, I'm all hazey lately, and I thought that they where little like miniature labrets from the picture. My bad. ^^ Once again, I'm so sorry that you had a huge problem :( I'm probably not going to get it done in light of all this information, thank you for your responses. ^^

 don't not get them done because of this, maybe try them somewhere less visible than your face to begin with to see how your body reacts to them first.

well, it was just a thought... There are alot more tattoos/scarifications that I want done, I'll probably work on that first, in light of this, and think on it. ^^ I just thought about doing them first cause it would be cheaper then any of the above >.<&#xFFFF;

 andrea's right. there are a lot of people on the boards who have microdermals on their face and haven't experenced any major issues with them. but, as someone who also wants them on her face, i totally understand your hesitation. until they've been around a little longer and more piercers get better at placing them, i'm opting out. i think the key is getting someone who has a lot of experience with them.