HELP! is my nose piercing infected or is it a keloid?!?

ive had my nose pierced since june, and in july, it appeared to be a pimple near the piercing, but the pimple supposedly popped but theres still a red bump in the spot. it kind of hurts when i put the jewelry back in and it takes a while to too. is my piercing infected? or is it a keloid? but most importantly that i want to know is, HOW DO I GET RID OF IT??





please help, THANKS!

HELP! is my nose piercing infected or is it a keloid?!?
it's probably not a keloid... keloids are maassive and painful.. do warm sea-salt soaks a couple times a day for 15 minutes (1/4 of a teaspoon of natural sea salt to 8 ounces of hot water)... try that for a couple weeks.. if it doesn't go away, see your piercer, it's probably your jewelry... don't cover it with makeup, or take your jewelry out, that'll only make it worse.
Reply:quick call 911 or call 999%26gt;what is wrong with you?
Reply:No its not a keloid - you may want to look at changing your jewellery though - I dont know what you have in there but it may not be agreeing with you - if it looked like a pimple and it popped it could be infection - I would just go to the Dr and get them to have a look at it or the very least go back to the piercer so they can look for you - I have problem with a nose piercing once the screw came out and I couldnt get it back in and as it had only been pierced for 2 days I quickly took the sleeper out of my ear and put it in my nose - I went straight in to see the piercer and she said to just leave the sleeper in till it healed - I ended up with a large bump growing around the jewellery on the inside - I took the sleeper out and it went away - I had the other side pierced this time with a labret and made sure it was titanium and havent had a promblem with it since - I am sensitive in new piercings to steel so have to go with titanium or better.
Reply:Just use Ocean Spray or a Saline Wash it's a salt water solution. I've had my nose pierced 2 times since 2002 and they are a real pain in the a$s. They take forever to heal. I took my 3 yrold nose piercing out for a surgery I had, and couldn't get it back in after the surgery. I finally gave up on it, and everyone else has one now so it's played out. But I suggest you use Wound Saline Wash from your local pharmacy store, or H20cean Spray which is sold at most upscale piercing places.

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