3/15/2023 0 Comments Keylord scat![]() Unless your piercing is visibly wonky though, this can be tricky to diagnose. Don't make my mistakes and please for the love of God, don't perpetuate bad advice.ĮDITED TO ADD: u/Imastealth pointed out that I forgot to address angle! The angle at which you are pierced is SUPER important and can absolutely cause bumps. Ultimately, I just don't wanna see anyone giving themselves chemical burns or ruining their piercings because of bad info. If you've taken care of all of the above, and your bump doesn't seem to be going away, give it time and follow the advice in the other post. Body piercings take time to heal and if you're not willing to be patient enough to wait until the latest given estimate on healing time, you shouldn't get pierced. If it develops a bump afterward, change back to your initial jewelry and don't try again for several weeks. If your piercing really hurts when trying to change it, don't. Healing timeframes are guidelines and everyone is different. When in doubt, LITHA (leave it the hell alone) Did it get snagged? It'll take awhile to calm down. No twisting, no rubbing with Q-tips, no picking off crusties, no irritating cleaners (this includes antibacterial soap and tea tree oil. Use sterile saline spray/wound wash, perhaps with a rinse afterward. When in doubt, change to titanium jewelry of the best type for your piercing (usually not a hoop since they move around the most) in a proper length that's fitted but not too snug or too long, and the gauge at which you were pierced. This can be wrong length, wrong gauge, wrong type (hoop vs. The primary causes of irritation bumps are: All of what I'm about to say is universally acknowledged as good advice. ![]() ![]() Disclaimer: IANAP, but I've got years of experience with piercings and advice from professional piercers I trust as well as from this sub. But it's info clearly needs to be reiterated. I honestly don't know why the above isn't pinned yet. There's a great post here that has a lot of good info on what to do: r/piercing/comments/dlij72/help_my_piercing_looks_irritatedredi_have_a/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share If it's hot to the touch, has smelly discharge, is throbbing, and you feel feverish, see a doctor.) (Side note: yeah infection can also happen but it's much likely to be nastier than just a bump. A bump on a piercing is almost never a keloid. Keloids are a genetic scarring condition, are permanent, and those who are predisposed to them definitely know that they are because they've experienced it before. I feel like I've been seeing it a LOT more than usual recently (probably due to more advice being asked here due to piercing shops being closed) and figured a blanket response would be useful. This kind of shit caused me to lose a couple piercings when I was young and dumb and new to piercings, and to see it circulating even in this sub where there actually IS good info and knowledge is frustrating. I'm getting sick of this constant misinformation that a bump on a piercing is a keloid, and even sicker of the suggestions that it can be treated with tea tree oil, aspirin paste, peroxide, etc.
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