My friend peirced my cartilage last June, and it developed a bump by it. I found out that it's because my body's trying to reject the peircing, and I've tried to keep it clean and what not, but it won't go away. I've tried to pop it, thinking there'd be puss or something causing it to stay there, but it's only blood? Have any ideas?
2007-02-10 13:47:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
its possible you might have a keloid forming - i had 3 after my first piercings, and had to have them surgicially removed. essentially its an overgrowth of connective scar tissue causing the problem. alternatively this might be hypertrophic scaring too - the attached website will provide you with details.
2007-02-10 13:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey as the others said it is probably a keloid if you take the ear ring out it will not go away. I have 3 of these from getting peircings with a gun. I now go to my local piercer/tattoo artist and have it done with a hollow needle. No more keloids. And depending on where you live there are regulations on cleaning piercing needles so the is little to no chance of infections from the needle or hiv as someone has written. I am not a kid and do know what I am talking about. Most people will not notice it unless you point it out to them
2007-02-11 11:09:59 · answer #2 · answered by Lori C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The piercing has damaged a blood vessel, or you have some form of keloid tissue anomaly. Cartilage has no blood supply of its own but has many vessels near or around it. The lump may very well be with your for life. The keloid may be removed by surgery a costly process for a cheap piece of adornment!
This is some of the penalties for piercing and definitely stupid if the person who did it is unskilled in basic anatomy.
I see people all the time with problems from piercings, it's about time some of these silly practices were outlawed. I see nothing attractive about eyebrow, lip, nose, ear cartilage, nipple,tongue, labial or cartilage rings, studs or pins.
Next to tattoos these objects are the most infection inducing, skin rotting procedures a medical officer will ever encounter.
Whilst it may be cool in modern immature society, the risks are high when it comes to loss of function or loss of body part due to rotting, infection or even HIV.
Sorry, I know this is not what you wanted to hear but as a medical officer these are problems see and have to try and deal with regularly
2007-02-10 14:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Shelty K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just advise against peircing your body but people these days are really into that thing. If it doesnt go away after leaving it out for a while try taking it to a doctor as its probably infected
2007-02-10 14:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by The Wall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be a keloid,i imagine its because your friend pierced it and didnt use a hollow needle,future reference go to a tattoo/piercing shop to get it done.The way they do it it takes out all the skin and doesnt shove the access into the rest of your ear cartilage.Image wise if your friend pierced it i imagine it is small so you could have it removed but if you wanna keep the piercing you could also have them pierce it with a bigger needle and remove the scar tisse in the process....while painful that will be you still get to keep your piercing and no more keloid!! 2 seconds of pain and $60 versus a doctor removing it and no more piercing ....id go with the $60
2007-02-10 14:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by kit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yah, it is scar tissue called a keloid. over 80% of surface peircings are rejected by the body and it is just your bodies way of telling you ther is something unnatural in there. nothing to worry about, it will go away. if it gets to big then u have to take the jewlery out and let it heal itself and maybe try again.
2016-05-25 07:15:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋