Infected piercing. Should I take it out?

Reply 20

emmajcunningham

Hmmm... I have been using both the solution that the body artist gave me and also drops of neat lavender oil, but neither are working. :frown:

lavender oil. how often are you applying this to it. it might be throwing the solution to not work properly and this is therefore probably causing the problem. i would just use the solution on its own and apply some savolon onto it if its looking a bit sore. to ease the affected area.DO Continue to apply a drop or two of lavender oil once a week after the piercing is healed or the wound can become tight and dry. found this on the net.

Reply 21

Cromulent

12

Jo1986

lavender oil. how often are you applying this to it. it might be throwing the solution to not work properly and this is therefore probably causing the problem. i would just use the solution on its own and apply some savolon onto it if its looking a bit sore. to ease the affected area.DO Continue to apply a drop or two of lavender oil once a week after the piercing is healed or the wound can become tight and dry. found this on the net.

And of course everything you read on the net is true.

Reply 22

Jennybean

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rosetinted

Definitely don't put tea tree oil, cocoa butter or any of the stuff that Jennybean suggested on it.

Why on earth not? A piercing is just the same as any other skin lesion. After I had my bellybutton pierced both the piercer and a friend who's a GP recommended those thing and mine healed in absolutely record time. I never even had the normal pus, tbh wish I'd had that info when I did my ears.

Reply 23

Reue

20

Tea tree oil is highly recommended by many peircers.

Just be carful, that stuff is strong.. i put a load on my cheeks once whilst bored... my whole face went numb..

It rocked.

Reply 24

greeneggs

OP

10

Reue

Tea tree oil is highly recommended by many peircers.

Just be carful, that stuff is strong.. i put a load on my cheeks once whilst bored... my whole face went numb..

It rocked.

Silly boy. ^o)

Reply 25

Wackywitchwillow

emmajcunningham

I have 6 piercings, the first 5 of which are fine, but my most recent (belly bar) has gone a bit nasty.

I had a pair of ear piercings (third holes) that didn't work out, and I left them in for a while just to see, but they didn't get any better. Maybe some areas of your body take better to piercings than others? Should I stick it out and see if it gets any better - it doesn't hurt or anything - or should I take it out? If I take it out, I probably wont get it done again...

Before people start posting crud about my stomach having to be amputated and the like, I just want a simple "yes" or a "no". I do not want stories about body parts falling off or pussssss or blooood, or anything like that. Thanx,
Much love,
E.

I think it's best to continue with the after-care your piercist would have told you about,(boiled water that has cooled down and add about a teaspoon of salt,then use clean cotton buds each time to swab away any discharge) and if it doesn't get any better go see your piercist.
Sometimes it could be your clothes rubbing against it that might have caused it to become infected.
Hope that helps.

<33

Reply 26

rosetinted

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Jennybean

Why on earth not? A piercing is just the same as any other skin lesion.

The reason I said not to use anything other than salt water is that it is simply unnecessary and will usually cause more problems. It is far better to use one treatment option than several. That way if there is a reaction you can be sure what the skin is reacting too. Also it says on a bottle of tea tree oil that it shouldn't be applied to broken skin. I'm sure the same applies to moisturiser. The more stuff you rub into the wound the more likely you are to cause skin irritation or to get bacteria into it and cause infection.

Your advice of cocoa butter works well later when the skin is better healed and needs toughening up, or if you want to break down hypertrophic scars. But it is not necessary to use it when you're still at the fresh wound stage.

It is better to keep aftercare for a piercing simple. Hot salt water helps to draw out infection and pus, soaking allows the crusty bits to fall off rather than be pulled off. That's all that is necessary.

Reply 27

Quiet _One86

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Cromulent

And of course everything you read on the net is true.

the bit that was italic was from the net. the other stuff was my opinion. i didn't think lavender oil was good for the piercing, thought just using straight salt water was good enough.

Reply 28

greeneggs

OP

10

Update on the infected piercing...
(Just in case anyone's interested...)

After using twice daily the solution provided by my piercer, and also a small bottle of antiseptic skin pain every now and then, my piercing has fully recovered from its minging state.

Thank you for all of your advice.

... oooooh... Any suggestions for what I should get done next...? :smile:

Reply 29

hannah_dru

2

Even though it's cleared up, I would say not to use the stuff which the piercers provide you with. A friend who did most of mine for me (and prevented me having an operation on one which a jeweller did wrong) said that it's too strong and can actually make things worse. Salt solution is better.

Reply 30

KsPaRkS1

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I’ve used TCP oil on 6 out of 7 of my piercings. It’s amazing to rid of infection. It does stink but it’s worth it. I was just looking whether to carry on using TCP oil on my new helix piercing as when you research it, it’s says do not use tcp 🤷🏼*♀️ Or any antibacterial spray/cream etc. Any advice or recommended products?

Infected piercing. Should I take it out?

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