Is this nose piercing bump a keloid?

sweething · Jun 12, 2008, 06:32 AM

Can someone tell me if this bump around my nose pierce looks 'normal'? The piercing is almost a month old and this bump has only gotten a little smaller in the last week. I had another one earlier in the piercing that was smaller and shrank a bit, but didn't go away completely.

My piercer said it was a keloid, which I know is hard to get rid of, but I'm wondering if he just doesn't know the difference between that and hypertrophic scarring? I had a keloid on my cartilege piercing several years ago that shrank with cortisone shots.

I clean it twice a day with a pinch of organic sea salt in warm tap water. Should I be doing anything else?

Thanks!

animal_lover · Aug 21, 2009, 05:16 AM

I have one too. I think it's a keloid as well. That's what the dude who did my nose said it was. To get rid of it you can get a Q-tip and dip it in rubbing alcohol and rub around the nose ring with it. Do it 3-4 times daily and it should go away in a few days. My friend had one, she actually made it worse by using h2ocean to much. But the rubbing alcohol should work.

babeygurl_08 · Aug 27, 2009, 07:58 PM

Thats why you DO NOT under any cirrcumstances touch your new piercings ! The best thing to do is buy Ivory Soap and wash it everytime you shower, overcleaning piercings is bad too. And sea salt is basically useless for piercing. And if you do not touch your piercings you wont give it any reason to cause infection and try to push it out.

arsyo1 · Sep 12, 2009, 09:31 PM

i just got a piercing about 2 months ago now and the same thing is going on...its wicked nasty and i hate it.. i thought maybe because of sports...it gets crusty and bleeds and i just want it gone it's so embarassing. i even had a ring put in it to keep from having the like weight of the gem on it but it just looks stupid still & hurts so bad. I duno what to do so if you have any ideas let me know. I have never had this issue not even with my industrial piercing so this is slightly frustrating..

also my parents asked me ot not get it done so if i come home from college for thanksgiving and have some dumb bump my mom is definitely gonna say "i told you so"

help? please?

beanie3991 · Sep 16, 2009, 05:11 PM

I have the same thing! except I've messed with mine and have tried to pop it thinking it was like a pimple. but it looks like the one in the picture...
where would one find this tea tree oil? I want to know just in case I need it...the bump is annoying and I do NOT want to get my nose re-peirced, my sister had to get hers re-done and it hurts wayyyy worse the second time.
I would know. I was with her when she got it.
but yeah. so just leave the bump alone for a couple days and just clean with soap?
I've just been cleaning it once/twice with rubbing alcohol....
my piercer told me to do that and soap.
but yeah...the tea tree oil can be found...where?
thanks

sweeetfizz · Sep 21, 2009, 12:48 PM

i have the same thing, but it bleads.. what do i do
its about 2 months old

vivid05 · Sep 22, 2009, 11:03 AM

{{{{babeygurl_08}}} --- IS WAY AND COMPLETELY WRONG!! I am a piercer and Sea Salt is good, not after 1 month though. Please only use it for cleaning along with your anti-bacterial soap 3 x a day, and 1-2 x a day there after, nose takes 1 year to heal all the way, although you can change the ring out after 2 weeks or sometimes 3 days. Sea Salt ROCKS! Healed my Belly Ring in 2 days FULLY! No lie!

Your nose will get better but please also don't over do the alcohol or your skin will dry, if it does, just put some A&D or Aqua-for.

THX

JahnaAngelina · Sep 30, 2009, 04:18 PM

ok, so my piercing is alomost 4 months old, and ive had a problem with this bump before, its about a millimeter big and is pinkish white, but now it came back,,
is it a keloid??
ive been using noxzema antibacterial wash on it 2 time a day and neosporin, is that ok??
its like, right above the piercing, its awful.

emily5591 · Oct 2, 2009, 05:27 PM

You can find tea tree at any beauty supply store like Sally's. Im a hair dresser I would know. And for a Keloid. I have a small one on my nose from when I got it done in July and a HUGE one on my ear. I had gotten it done at the end of July and it is just starting to hurt. I had never been told about the sea salt so I deff going to try that asap. And the rubbing alcohol im going to try that as well. I hope it works! These dam things look so bad and I has to be once a day that someone askes me about the one on my ear.. Grrr

calijhutchings · Nov 4, 2009, 08:29 PM

OMG!!!! IM not alone!!!!



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