Just makes me want one more then ever… thanks for the update!
So the Xg3 is great. The magnet is strong, the packaging was great, precautions of sterilization were well made with the product.
I was doing great on healing. I had some issues initially because I came too close to the surface at one point but then decided to run with it. Then it ground-hogged and I jammed it in trying to save it.
Long story short the healing was going good and I was watching it. Then I had a period of time which I had to hold an all metal rifle all day (I was thinking might’ve influenced a rejection), and then while packing some stuff I got my finger caught on a spiral notebook and it felt like the implant got shifted. (Pulled in a downward motion and the skin got caught between the spirals and pulled).
24 hours later, she’s red, swollen like twice the normal size of my finger, tender to the touch. I figured maybe I ripped the capillaries inside and it was looking blood and it’ll be okay. Ice and ibuprofen.
Next day, equally sore and red. I considered removing it, I considered draining the blood. To start I poked a little hole into my finger and gave her a little squeeze. Sure enough, I learned it had become infected. A 20 second diy surgery later I popped it out, drained it, cleaned it up and soaked it in betadine. Then a little bandage with some neosporin, I feel I’ve been removed from the community.
Honestly a lil sad, it was a great experience but damn it needed to come out. I’d like to try again in the future, on my other hand and now, with significantly more experience. Until then, I’ll be lurking around the forums, reading and watching. Maybe find a smaller easier implant. The Xg3 was definitely not something for beginners.
I’m not leaving, I’m just saying see y’all later. 
You made the right decision! Noone ever like it when it goes south but health is so much more important than anything else.
proud of you for having the wits to admit it needs to come out. take a lot of courage to admit that to yourself, heres to a future of different implants!
Not at all, and also your shared experience will benefit others in the future.
Think of it as a failed experiment.
Keep lurking, buy yourself a NExT, keep an eye on M31 revival? Not yet, just letting you know though
although it is not
Thanks again for sharing, and heal well 
Think of it as education for other people to use as a resource.
I have never installed a magnet before, and have been trying ti figure out the best way to install the xG3. I now know from you, that I am going to insert it from below my joint. (If the ufo isn’t released soonish)
Thank y’all so much for the support. And I really hope that my thread gets utilized as a reference for when things go bad as well as tips for the first day of healing and expectations for what you’ll feel.
I like how it was mentioned as a failed experiment. I will look at it like that. There’s always a possible future and this attempt was just a failure is all. And I’m happy to have learned from it and experienced it.
Already in about 8 hours, My finger feels much better. The pressure from the pooling of fluid is gone, the discoloration is already disappearing, it’s nowhere near as tender. I’m happy that I made the decision I made.
Now looking at the perspective of a new reader. I do not recommend a first time self installation unless you have some sort of a medical or piercing experience. I had enough to have the confidence and even I made a mistake by being too close to the surface. I can imagine what could happen with someone who is new and randomly poking themselves. So please find someone who knows the importance of sterilization, piercing and some sort of knowledge of human biology and the reactions to certain things. (For example, blood flow and knowing to tie a tourniquet and squeezing blood out of the finger prior to injection of the implant).
Also, the removal. So I’m currently at a place with no hospital or reliable medical resource. But I have a bit of a medical background and was confident in opening my body up to remove a foreign object. If you don’t know what you’re doing this can be very very dangerous so please take advantage of your local overnight surgery or E.R.
Thanks again y’all for the support. I genuinely appreciate it and all of your time reading my first dangerous things adventure. It really was a great couple weeks and I can’t wait until my next project. And hopefully the next one will be better. Again, I feel much more confident for the next one now that I have an idea what I’m doing and what to expect.
Quick review on the xG3, it’s a really awesome magnet. Again, the packaging was great, Amal did a great job creating these kits. Also the PMK kit is awesome. Make sure you know what you’re doing before using it, if you know how to properly use it, it’s a lifesaver. And may the gods bless y’all who don’t use lidocaine. You’ve got my respect. The magnet (for the duration I had it) was really cool. There were a few instances I had some cool world problems that most people don’t have, like paper lips and tacks sticking to my hand when cleaning a drawer out. Also, I felt power in my “step down” systems (they change voltage from 220 to 110) as well as my alarm clock. It’s like a 6th sense and it’s absolutely wild. It was worth the attempt to install the magnet and I highly recommend it to anyone interested and looking into it. If my word has any influence on you, I say go for it, try it out and hope it works out. If it doesn’t, it’s still an experience you’re unlikely to regret. If it doesn’t work, you can always get it removed.
Thanks for your time,
See y’all on the other threads!
-Badger
Something subliminal in there, but I can’t quite put my finger on it [pun not intended]
If this happened to me, I would consider soaking it in chlorhexidine, and taking it to a local installer.
Or see if a local install place has E.O. gas. Then install also.
Nah man. It was installed AND infected. It’s contaminated quite seriously now. My finger is worth far more than $130. Frame it on display as a lesson and buy a new one.
Now I’m thinking about 3d printing some hunting trophy style mounts for removed implants!
Failure is always an option
I am extremely curious on your logic. Care to explain why you feel this way?
It’s been festering inside a pocket of bacteria. If you need to attempt to sterilize and re-inject it, risking your finger and hand, just to save $130…
You know chlorhexidine doesn’t sterilize, it just sanitizes, right?
Technically true but the glass surface is not particularly permeable, and a proper gentle soap and water cleaning followed by a long term soak in chlorhexidine for 48 hours is sufficient against most bacteria. For added protection an prophylactic application of antibiotics with installation could cover the remaining risks quite well.
If the surface of the glass was scarred or damaged in some way I would agree, do not install. Otherwise, with proper professional preparation, it should be very low risk to reinstall after proper cleaning.
agreed here.
This sentence doesn’t make sense to me. You either sterilize it or not. I wouldn’t attempt it, I would find a place that can Use E.O. gas to break down the proteins of the bad stuffs.
There is also no guarantee it didn’t get contaminated at the source, or during install.
For the record, I have my spark 1 sitting in a
Active ingredients Purposes
Chlorhexidine gluconate 2% w/v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antiseptic
Isopropyl alcohol 70% v/v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antiseptic
Solution. Been sitting there for weeks. I would bet my next paycheck, if you took it out, and threw it on agar. It would grow nothing. Not a thing. I just wouldn’t be able to clinically say that though as it isn’t the intended use.
Edit to say, that spark is from a failed install. I decided to let a coworker try it. She apparently watched, but didn’t listen to the video. It popped out, instead of trying to jam it in the needle with my dirty gloves and put it back in, I just put it in a micro tube with that solution. I am going to be betting my life soon it is clean enough to put in, and I trust the science behind it.
I have an xGLO that I had installed below my right wrist. I am a metal worker so my hands take some abuse…so when I saw all the talk on this forum about the dangers, I removed it. I still have it. I would love some kind of “mount” for it that would reflect the light out of the “mount”. Maybe mirror? Just a thought.
That’s the second reason why I’m not tempted by a magnet implant at all (the first being MRIs): I’m a metalworker also, and I have a hard-enough time to remove iron filings from those of my files that have become unfortunately become magnetized. I even have a de-magnetization gizmo to remove said magnetization from my tools and I apply it religiously as soon as any of them starts attracting iron powder. I most certainly don’t want my finger to constantly attract grit without being able to do anything about it. What a nightmare!