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Cartilage Piercing Help......?
I am having a little trouble with cartilage piercings at the moment and would like some help. I had my scaffold/industrial done almost two years ago and one of the holes has a little lump by it (not sure if it's a keloid) and have been told many reasons why it has happened like that my ears aren't right for the piercing, i haven't looked after it, it has been pierced wrong among others.
And now I have got a little problem with my rook piercing as I am developing a little small lump (like a mini ulcer/spot) around the piercing. I clean my piercings two a day with sea salt water and always wash my hands before I touch my piercings.
Could it be that I should stop cleaning the piercing and leave it be (so to speak) so that it can heal itself? or should i keep cleaning it? I just dont want to aggrivate it and make the piercing worse.
Any help would be really appreciated (preferably people who have had lumps or problems with cartilage piercings) Thank you
And now I have got a little problem with my rook piercing as I am developing a little small lump (like a mini ulcer/spot) around the piercing. I clean my piercings two a day with sea salt water and always wash my hands before I touch my piercings.
Could it be that I should stop cleaning the piercing and leave it be (so to speak) so that it can heal itself? or should i keep cleaning it? I just dont want to aggrivate it and make the piercing worse.
Any help would be really appreciated (preferably people who have had lumps or problems with cartilage piercings) Thank you
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No you do not want to stop cleaning the piercing. Your sea salt soaks aren't what's causing the bumps. Your cartilage is. They are hypertrophic scarring and extremely common with cartilage piercings. It doesn't mean you've done anything wrong, although improper care can provoke one; they just happen sometimes, cartilage is hard to heal.
For the two year old industrial, if the bump's been there for about that long, chances are it's not going away on it's own. You can have it surgically removed if it bothers you a lot.
For your rook, keep doing the sea salt soaks, and use more warm compresses. You may also want to try some emu oil to massage on the bump (keep it out of the piercing itself). There's a good chance the bump will go away eventually. However if not, again, they can be surgically removed.
For the two year old industrial, if the bump's been there for about that long, chances are it's not going away on it's own. You can have it surgically removed if it bothers you a lot.
For your rook, keep doing the sea salt soaks, and use more warm compresses. You may also want to try some emu oil to massage on the bump (keep it out of the piercing itself). There's a good chance the bump will go away eventually. However if not, again, they can be surgically removed.
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- I had the same thing with my helix a couple of months ago.
I just left it be, and after about a week; it went away :)
Bye :] x - cartilage delenda est !
- Heey i have a bunch of piercings adn many on my ears including the indurtial, the helix and the tragus and rook. Mine never really got bumps on em, and i have veyr sensitive ears. So maybe your ears are allergic to the type of metal used, so you can go to your piercer and ask him to swithc the jewleery, maybe to a ball closure ring which is what i have on all of them except obviously the industrial. Definitly keep cleanign it, and if it doesnt get better i would got see your piercer because after all thye would definitly know what to do.
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