It sounds like a surface piercing since it's horizontal. The piercer has no clue what he's talking about, and a surface barbell or tygon should have been used. The piercing is bound to reject.
Surface piercings do not heal with curved banana barbells.
Also remember redness and swelling is normal within the first week or so after a new piercing.
But, the odds of yours healing is slim to none.
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