Getting a bump on a piercing is, unfortunately, normal. As much as we don’t want them, most of us will get them, and they can occur well after the initial piercing stage. It is important to know that they are nothing to be afraid of! If it is a small bump it is more than likely a keloid bump (also known as hypertrophic scaring), which, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, is “a build up of collagen”.
Quick low-down on collagen
Medical News Today describes collagen as the “hard, insoluble, and fibrous protein that makes up one-third of the protein in the human body”. According to Health Line, “when the skin is injured, fibrous tissue called scar tissue forms over the wound to repair and protect the injury, and in some cases scar tissue grows excessively, forming smooth hard growths called keloids”.
So a keloid is simply your body trying to kill any bad bacteria that has entered the piercing.
Does your piercing bump look like any of the below?
If the answer is yes, try this treatment…
Every piece of advice on the internet will tell you to constantly bathe your piercing in salt water, but when you’re out and about this ….is… unrealistic.
Firstly, buy the Saline Solution from the BodyJewlleryShop. At this point, don’t mess about and risk making the keloid worse. Buy this product which has the correct ratio of salt to water and it will save you a whole lot of time, trust me.
Secondly, buy some big plasters. Big enough to cover the piercing completely with some spare wiggle room. And Buy some cotton wool.
Right. Get your cotton wall ball and rip it so it’s a suitable size to rap around the piercing. Dampen the cotton wool with the Saline Solution and rap it around the piercing. Put the plaster over the piercing to secure the cotton wool in place. The cotton wool will now stay in place when you move around in bed.
What now?
Leave the piercing alone for 12 hours so the solution can sink into the keloid and the keloid’s pus (the collagen) can ooze into the cotton wool.
After 12 hours, remove the plaster and cotton wool and see the results.
This is a brilliant treatment to use over night and, after a week, the keloid should be gone. If your keloid has not gone in a week, see a doctor.
You can also use this treatment on a body piercing during the day, for example a nipple or belly button piercing. You can use this on a facial or ear piercing in the day, but you might not want to walk about with a plaster stuck to your face.
If the bump on your piercing also looks like any of the following, it is seriously infected and you need to see a doctor asap!
