So, before I start, I know there is a piercing thread but it's not looked at often and I thought I would get better replies here.
I have the dreaded bump. On my nose piercing, which is about 4 weeks old.
I did change the jewellery after 10 days, because the piercer put in a straight bar which I had to put tape over at night to stop it falling out and I was always fiddling with it because I was paranoid - and I did knock it out a few times in the shower. So, I changed it to a screw. I have tried really hard not to fiddle but it has moved around a few times and obviously enough to get a bump.
I have been doing salt water soaks once a day.
What are your best tips and tricks to get rid of it?
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I had a bump on my scaffold piercing and a lady in the shop told me it was because I kept fiddling with it (I literally changed the bar the day after it was pierced).
Tbh - nothing's worked with mine. I assume it's essentially scarring, so there's not a lot that can be done.
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I found that maintaining the warm sea salt soaks worked, although it took time and also once the bump was gone you have to continue doing it for a quite a while or it just comes back. So the trick with the sea salt soaks is to do them every day and dont stop immediately when the bump goes.
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There was some part of me that hurt so badly, that I wouldn't ever be able to forget it.
It faded but the memories could bring it back any second, keeping me in the moment.
It would never fully heal. I could never really be free. I could never really be fixed. Now I just have to work out how to live whilst being broken.
I feel like I'm dying.
I had that with my nose piercing, I just kept up with salt water soaks twice a day and it went away eventually. *shrugs* I have no idea what the best thing to do is though, I don't have any other piercings.
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Many years of expierience with b*tchy piercings have led me to know rather alot about healing them.
Always sucks when you finally get something done and it goes wrong a few days later.
Good luck OP and I hope it heals up alright.
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I think I will try the ibuprofen tablet thing, thank you.
I would change it to a ring particularly as I really want a ring not a stud but it needs to have a stud in it for work - meh.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
Camomile tea bags. I swear by them. Just soak one in boiling water and drain lighlty. When it's cool enough just hold it on the area for a couple of minutes. It has worked wonders for my piercings.
I agree with camomile tea bags I had a bump on one of my piercings and it got rid of it. Hopefully urs goes
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I have loads of piercings and am extremely prone to these bumps.
I've found that the best treatment is an aspirin scrub - basically crush up like four aspirin pills, mixed up with a teaspoon of honey and a little bit of water to make a gluey paste. Then you just smooth it over the piercing and once it's dry pick it off quite easily :)
But if you are totally desperate to get rid of it now, the fastest way is buying a smaller gauge of jewellery for it. It will disappear within a few days if you do that (or mine have done anyway). But it depends if you're happy with a smaller gauge.
Hope this helps, those bumps can be a nightmare!!
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I am currently trying a crushed aspirin paste on it at night. Will give it a week or so and see if it looks any better, then try the tea thing. Thanks all.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
