My Piercing

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SOURCE: Myself

SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: This was my first cartilage piercing done with a needle.  I got this piercing done at Steady Tattoo in Minneapolis over a year ago.  The piercer asked me what kind of jewelry I wanted for the hole—in which I believe he shouldn’t had asked me.  He should have told me that I should get the straight barbell for my new piercing.  I went ahead with the hoop ring.  My pierced cartilage was fine until around three months later.  I developed the bump in the picture.  I thought it was normal since the previous piercing I got, developed a small bump but it went away on its own.  It has been over a year and the bump is still there.  Sometimes it hurts, others it doesn’t.  I still get clear discharge that dries into crusties.  I’ve notice that sometimes the bump gets smaller.  I’ve been trying to find good, reputable piercing shops in Puerto Rico to advice me on the piercing, but it’s really hard.  I don’t know what else to do aside from the saline soaks.

WHAT’S AWFUL:  Getting a hoop ring for a cartilage piercing.

HOW CAN IT BE FIXED:  Maybe replace my hoop ring with a straight barbell, unless it’s pointless.  Keep doing saline soaks and hope for the best.

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MODERATOR’S COMMENT:

Seriously, take your own advice and try a straight barbell. :)

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  1. elizabethreszke reblogged this from awfulmodifications and added:
    so badly, but i didn’t want to go through...skin right next to
  2. ranktwo reblogged this from awfulmodifications and added:
    Cartilage piercings heal fine with CBRs, yours just has awful placement :\
  3. iamtheclone said: Wouldn’t it be best to take out the piercing, carry on doing saline soaks and wait for it to heal. Then get I re pierced with a straight bar..?
  4. ihatenicolascage said: OR take it out because its at an extremely off angle creating pressure there for you get an ugly chunk of hypertrophic scar tissue. Take it out, it’s ugly and way off. Get it redone after it heals over.
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