Ball closure/ captive ring- help! Can't open it!

by **Acacia** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:38 am

Ok, so I bought these:
http://www.bodyjewelleryshop.com/online ... 305277.cfm

They came today and they are gorgeous, I'm already loving them...except...I can't get the bloody things opened! I have small ball closure rings for my other piercing and have never had problems, but these ones... omg I cannot even get it to budge. It feels as though ball and ring is fused, I can't even rotate the ball in the socket, let alone open it.

What do I do? Any tricks?

And I'm worried bacause if it is this hard (impossible!) to open it while having it freely in my hands, how on earth will I ever get it out of my ear..assuming I ever get it in....

by **Acacia** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:46 am

Should I maybe try to loosen it a bit with pliers?

by **Acacia** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:19 am

Got it .... but now I can't get the ball back in :roll:

by **MichaelAnthonyCorso** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:48 pm

Lol, just don't wear them..

by **corazon_de_oro** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:42 pm

Ahh I hate CBRs... there are piercings I'd love to wear them in but they're too hard to work with and I'm clumsy so I don't have the patience. I can barely screw balls on, haha. But anyway, the best thing I can suggest is going back to your piercer. I've hurt myself and pissed off piercings plenty of times trying to get jewelry in. There are some guides on Youtube and such about putting in/taking out a CBR, though.