So I ended up dipping mine, had no effect on the BJD, just made the oral discs super inflated day of, then BJD proceeded to get way worse. Within 2 days after dip, flesh was pulling away from skeleton, barely any colored flesh in the middle today, so I tossed it. So now my elegance and gold wall hammer that I bought on the same day are gone, FML!!!!! I'm done buying finicky expensive coral for a while