Yeah, that was my concern… but putting some little blue blinkies on the outer rim would look sooo nice! Or at least one on that spike in the middle?
Also, does this come sterilized or just sanitized? And will my future Titan magnet have any effect on it? Not sure if I can keep the 5cm distance that’s recommended…
Probably you would either end up with a pinch-like feeling when you move, depending on the region, and no much more.
Or, more likely, most biobond materials tend to become flaky and break down a bit if they meet trauma. or age. Not something I would want on me…
Also the better seal you can get is when your inner sticky bits get in touch with more of your inner sticky bits. So anything in between will most likely be worst than nothing in between.
But could help for the very few who can experience 30cm migration…
Long story short: NO
You want the piercing to be as smooth as possible.
You want the tissue to heal around it not into it.
Also the hole cleans itself when it heals, you want those juices to come out, hence the importance of smoothness.
Edit: Speaking from experience. I tried it as a teen… I know, right!
Not the best way to get pus squirting if ya know what I mean…
Oh, it seals up, but the bio-material is generally porous, and the rigid surface irritates the cells. If the object is smooth as butter the healing is much quicker.
Yes, the body gets rid of whatever juices it doesn’t need. However if you insert a foreign object in it that is the least considered normal.
Imagine a splinter. The body wants to encapsulate and eject that, rather then digest it.
If you are interested in piercings I warmly recommend to look up JC’s channel on youtube.
He was doing videos for years about this topic. He covered pretty much whatever could be covered regarding to piercings. google:pangeapiercing
P.S.: If you see him pass my very-best wishes!!
Interesting topic.
AFAIR there was a snippet about this: if it’s easier to sterilise a polished surface, or how rigid does a surface need to be to prevent growth.
When I was a kid we had iodine-tincture ampules in 1st aid kits.
The alcohol evaporates quickly and as the iodine crystallises it makes the surface hostile for microbes to live on. Same theory goes with photofunctionalization.
We should have started defining bio-bond and bio-safe first.
Luckily this is the off-topic.
However, it would be interesting to start a topic about it.
Back to the practical aspect:
An USB port poking out from the skin: Yes, that would likely to be coated with material that binds with tissue. BUT not the stem that goes trhough the skin, only the anchoring bit.
I made the assumption that transdermals eventually fail because of microbial stuff getting past the skin
If this is the case, we need to seal better
If this isn’t the case I’m in the wrong road
I was just thinking that the skin actually attaching to the object that’s perforating it, would for a better seal that simple constriction and allow the skin to function like normal
Now, I’m no expert, but there are a couple of points:
-Transdernals present excellent surfaces for skin dwelling bacteria to bond to (for example S. epidermidis looooves infecting inplants/catheters because it is excellent at forming biofilms which are really difficult to kill
it doesnt so much bond with the body as it “sits” in a “skin pocket” with a bigger inside where the anchor sits and smaller opening - the way the transdermal is attached is through holes in the anchor where the skin can regrow back together, it isnt actually bonded directly - now, these are small, and as you can imagine, quite easy to rip. It would probably need just a tug or snagging on clothing or something to create an ooen wound. And the opening where the transdermal ‘head’ pokes out is an excellent ingress point for all sorts of nasties that could infect that wound. And as the infection is partially hidden hidden in the pocket, any antimicrobial agents (antibiotic creams etc) have a hard time getting to the wound and biofilms are also very resistant to them
Im sorry if i am confusing ts 4 am @Coma has more experience with transdermals so she could probably tell you more