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Forward helix piercing

Misticles · 2014-08-31 17:23:40

I got it pierced about 2 months ago and I'm still experiencing problems. About a month after I got it, it was all red and really swollen. I took the bar out and went to a piercers - they said it wasn't infected just irritated so they put a slightly longer bar in. It's still quite sore now and I can't ly on it. There seems…

31-08-2014 6:23pm

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Misticles

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I got it pierced about 2 months ago and I'm still experiencing problems.

About a month after I got it, it was all red and really swollen. I took the bar out and went to a piercers - they said it wasn't infected just irritated so they put a slightly longer bar in.

It's still quite sore now and I can't ly on it. There seems to be a little lump formed on the entry hole.

Will this go away?

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#2 31-08-2014 7:51pm

Adiboo

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Looks like it could be some hypertrophic scarring. Common enough with cartilage piercings. Continue to do your sea salt soaks, keep the water a bit hotter than luke warm, soak a cotton ball and hold it to the piercing twice a day for 10 minutes.

Chamomile soaks have been helpful to some people too. Boil your kettle, make some chamomile tea and use the tea bag as you would the cotton ball. Make sure it's 100% organic chamomile.

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