How can I tell if this is a keloid or not?

I got my nose pierced a few weeks ago and recently (within the last couple of days) it started puffing up and turning red around the piercing. It doesn't hurt or itch. I've been cleaning it with bactine since I got it. Does this sound like a keloid? And if so, what are some home treatments I can do to reduce its size/redness?





*I do plan on going to the piercer, I'm just stuck at work and worrying about it until then.

How can I tell if this is a keloid or not?
Actual keloids are pretty rare in piercing, and are much more prevalent in more highly pigmented skin and people of African descent. While I can't rule it out (since I'm not looking at you) it's more than likely not a keloid, unless you already have a history of them.





A small bump next to a nostril piercing is usually a clogged pore, which swells and looks red and irritated. This is how to get rid of it:





Prepare a warm saline soak (the warmer the better, just don't burn yourself!) and soak a cotton ball in it. Press the cotton ball on the bump until it drains- clear fluid may come out of the lump (this is lymph- containing white blood cells). Do the soaks until the lump drains. When the lump has drained you can apply 100% tea tree oil using a Q-tip twice a day (morning and night) to make the bump shrink down.





In the meanwhile, continue to use saline soaks to clean the piercing, and things should improve. Good luck!
Reply:Keloids don't normally turn red, and they are usually permanent. They usually look like a smooth part of healed skin.
Reply:The jewelery probably got a little dirty so its irritated. Just change it and it should be fine. Nose piercings are notorious for acting up.
Reply:It's hard to tell. I think you'll just have to wait until you go see the piercer to know for sure. Good luck!








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Reply:my sister gets them all the time around hers.. its mainly because u might have hit it and its a little swollen or its just reacting to the new peircing.. it should go down soon.. but i have a keloid on my arm from a removed tumor and if its a keloid it would itch and hurt it will also get bigger and spread to more skin so i dont think that its a keloid.. just keep doctoring it.. i hope i helped
Reply:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keloid