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Bubble on industrial/scaffold piercing?

OK I am really worried about my scaffold piercing. I've had the piercing for almost 2 months now and a bubble/bump has formed on the entrance to the top hole. It's horrible and I'm worried that it is infected as I have noticed a little bit of yellow discharge, but not much.I think the bump/bubble may be hyprotrophic scarring but I'm not sure.I've been cleaning the piercing by dipping tissue in sea salt solution and then cleaning the holes with cotton buds. Is this OK?Please help :(

Answer:

If the bump does not ooze any fluids and does not hurt, also has the color of your skin you know it's a hypertrophic scarring bump. Those bumps are formations of scar tissue ( new skin that is naturally created to heal a piercing ) and it goes away with proper care just takes time to do so. If the bump does ooze any fluids like blood or pus or whatever and it does hurt you know it's a cyst/boil. If this cyst is filled with yellow fluids or pus you know that it also got infected. Both of those bumps are treated with sea salt soaks twice a day. Soak the piercing in and do not just use a tissue. Warm water (8oz) + non iodized salt (1/4 teaspoon) mixed in a cup. Soak the piercing in for 10 minutes, 2 times a day. Use a q-tip to clean around the piercing thoroughly, rinse with water and pat it dry with a paper towel. Another alternative which helps for hypertrophic scarring bumps is the chamomile soaks. Industrial is a piercing that goes through cartilage and not just skin. It's not an easy piercing and healing time is 1 full year. Do not stop the sea salt soaks and do not get lazy because cartilage piercings have their ups and downs while healing. They can stay irritated, swollen and painful for long, bumps can be formed around them which can also get infected etc. All this goes away after proper care but can happen again days or even months later. So you need to be extra careful with those piercings and follow your piercers aftercare instructions by the book. Until the piercing is fully healed don't : Touch it, twist the jewelry, change the jewelry or take it out, sleep on it, play with it, but only touch it with freshly washed hands to clean it.

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