I got my scaffold piercing 2 months ago and its always crusting and and is still sore to touch., is that normal??..Also my hair is caught around one of the balls on the bar and I can't get it out :/ and tips?
GO BACK TO YOUR PIERCER. or just dip the area on warm water with sea salt.
I have these problems all the time! They're normal, no worries, because cartilage takes forever to heal! I have been pierced upwards of 11 times so this isn't a new thing to me. Don't touch it! My biggest problems with anything coming out of my piercings after the first month are from touching them! Also unless the piercing is really red and puffy, the stuff coming out is probably sebum. Your body is just healing. Try not to sleep on that side if you can help it. Putting a washcloth with really hot water on it onto that piercing over and over really helped me if it was indeed an infection. Is is also itchy? That's a good indication of infection if it's also red and puffy and oozing anything. Use NON antibacterial soap that is unscented like dove to clean it. Please do your piercing a favor and don't use anything like hydrogen peroxide or anything they give you to clean it at places like Claire's. Been there done that, have scarring. As for your hair, try to have someone else with squeaky clean hands try to get your hair untangled...I hate it when that happens >_< As to using sea salt, it does help SOME. For me, it just irritated my piercings and delayed healing time. If you are still worried about infection because of itching, puffiness, redness, swelling, and consistant pus, see your piercer. If you didn't get it done at a tattoo/piercing shop, I'd recommend going there and getting it checked out if you are concerned. PS THANK YOU for calling it a scaffold piercing! I know piercers who didn't even know it was called that! ^_^
