I freaked out when that happened to my first nose piercing. But then it mysteriously went away without me doing anything to it so I didn't bother being worried when it happened to my second one, though it was annoyingly unattractive. xD

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I just came across this journal randomly, and this is really helpful! I got my tragus pierced about 9 months ago and it looks like the first picture. Thanks for the helpful advice! The scarring disappeared once before but comes back, with a vengeance, whenever I accidentally hit the ear with my phone or whatever. thanks again!

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My scars always become Kelloid things so I have injections to fix them, they feel all plastic-y and gross!

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i'm surprised it happened to your piercing . . . not that i know too much about piercings, i guess, but i've only really seen that kind of scarring in cartilage piercings. hmmm. but, as you said, you know what it is and how to get rid of it . .. so, you're winning this battle.

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it's pretty unmistakable, my body is just special sometimes -__-;

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Very informative!

I had this happen to my ear tips and no matter what I did they kept getting infected again. I finally took them out eleven months ago, they are smaller, but can still be seen.

If they go away completely I would really like to try again with the peircing, what do you think are the chances of rejection again? The first time I had taken leave of my senses, I let someone I knew do them instead of going to a shop. Even after I changed to surgical steel hoops the swelling did not stay down.

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I know this thread is way old but I was googling around for some answers. I'm not sure if this is scarring or a keloid. It don't think it's gotten bigger. At one point it was there then *poof* got tiny and then it go bigger again. I know I've knocked it around so scarring isn't out of the question. But I'm looking for experienced opinions so I know how to make it better.

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it looks like scarring to me but you should try posting to bmezine

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clean your ear out. GROSS

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The advice to use chamomille saved my nose! thank youuuu!

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ooooooomg! im so happy that i found this website... i was cleanin my ear yesterday n i saw a lil lump like the one in the picture n i freakkkked out! i dont want a keloid n most of all i dont wanna take out my new piercin :-) but yea...thanx a ton...

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Randomly came across this while 'doing a google'.
With calmomile tea soaks does it have to be the plain ones? The ones i have in my cuboard are calmomile, honey and vanilla.. i should get new ones right?
I either have a boil or a hypertrophic scars and so far salt soaks made it nearly go away but now its come back again and it looks kind of squishy like a spot and feels tender :(

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you probably should buy plain chamomille. and if stuff doesn't work out you can take a picture and post to bmezine cuz they know more than i do. good luck!

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Is that really you? Wow, could you please tell me how you dyed your hair? I would be incredibly grateful, you have no idea how many years I've been trying to get my hair that EXACT shade of light blue. This was all pretty useful by the way.

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Just came across this using google, but it has been incredibly helpful. Thank you for the post ^.^ I have a small bump, just like the one in the last picture near a cartilage piercing, and I was glad to find an answer here. Thanks!

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You don't know me, but THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have this on my three helix piercings (yeah, I had all three done at once. I'm so freaking stupid x_X) and I was wondering why my skin was trying to gnom my earrings. Cue major freaking out etc

I'm going on down to the piercists anyway for him to have a look and see how the ear is taking the abuse, but thank you so much for the reassurance!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
this helped TONS. I was getting a keloid on my lip piercing, and it just kinda chills there! it looks like I pierced through a pimple or bump xP but hopefully these methods will work on me. again, THANK YOU <3

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I got my nipples pierced about two months ago, and I was freaking out about two red bumps (one on each piercing X_X). I realized when i saw the picture of your ear that a: heh heh, my old cartilage piercings that ended up coming out for exactly this reason....and b: That its happening again with my nipple piercings! Thanks to you, though, i know whats happening this time around and can take steps to fix it, cause i love my piercings!!!

thanks so much for posting!

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