Question of the Week - Bump On Piercing
Sunday March 19, 2006
Q: I have a question about my nose piercing.
I got it under 2 months ago. Anyways, now around my nose piercing on the outside, it's swollen and looks absolutely disgusting! Its like a big bump around the nose on the outside. This swollen area doesn't really hurt or anything but it's simply gross. I didn't have this bump before - but i think I got this bump because I kept on changing the actual piercing - I'm not exactly sure if this is the exact cause. I wanted to know if anyone knows the solution to this problem...HOW CAN I GET RID OF THIS NASTY BUMP and WHY IS IT THERE???A: No need to panic...this is very common. But you will need to do a few things.
First, you need to put in a quality surgical stainless steel, niobium or titanium CBR in the piercing but do not do it yourself. Buy the jewelry at your professional piercing studio (tattoo/piercing shop, NOT Claire's or Piercing Pagoda) and they will help you find the right size and put it in for you for free. Then, you will need to leave your CBR in for several weeks - no changing the jewelry until it is completely healed. Second, you need to clean your piercing properly and do about 3 sea salt soaks every day until the bump is completely gone. Cleansing and sea salt soak instructions are here: http://tattoo.about.com/cs/beginners/l/blpiercingtlc.htm Once your piercing is completely healed, you can change the jewelry - again, use high quality jewelry only from a professional shop and let them put it in for you so you don't accidentally damage anything in the process. Good luck to you - I'm sure your piercing will be just fine. My nose did exactly the same thing and this happens all the time. If at any time it becomes infected - painful, red, hot, pussing green ooze - then you need to see a doctor. Otherwise, these instructions should help you heal up just fine.
Comments
I’m having the same problem but my bump is much bigger n looks like theres liwuid on the inside…like a mole it WONT GO AWAY… waht should i do?
i have it to
i just picked mine off. it bled and hurt, but hey its gone now. oh, and i used tea tree oil too.
Use Vitamin E oil.
I’d like to say that I wouldn’t attempt to pick anything.. The worse thing (In some cases) could cause Infentigo.. or a bigger infection. I barely have an immune system at all so I have to be careful of what I do. I recommend calling your local “Licensed” body piercer to find out what is wrong and what do they think is best for use.
I have this same problem. I used sea salt crushed into warm water and it’s getting a lot better.
I had that with my nose piercing as well. I called the piercer and they called it a keloid which is just your body reacting to the new piercing. I have had mine done it will be a year in July and I have not had another issue with it.
I had the same problem and went to the place where i got it and they told me to use evoo. I have yet to try it but I will let you know what the out come is!!
i was wondering if i can buy sea salt anywhere besides going to the piercing place. if they have it at like target or fred meyers, where would it be? by the face wash stuff?
You can get it in the section of the grocery store where the normal salts are. It’s cheap and comes in a big container. I got mine at kroger. Just look for it.
Has anyone ever tried using Polysporen on this kind of bump. I’ve had my piercing for about 2 months and about 6 5 weeks in, the bump appeared and I’ve been cleaning it with distilled water & the sea salt solution since it appeared and it hasn’t gone away! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
i have tried everything in the book asprin, sea salt anything u can name. i still cant gid rid of the bump, so i went to the piercing shop and they said it was very normal and mine was actually not that big, but it looks huge to me, anyone go any tips i have had it for about 2 months now
I had one too. I was cleaning it with salt water (and often) and then I read that salt water is way too strong and that you shouldn’t even clean it with anything; your body can heal itself. So i stopped cleaning it or touching it at all and it went away completely
how long did it take cause i have had this for since mothersday
Hi all i had this exact problem… i used hydrogen peroxide and it cleared up but it flaired back up and it never went so i took my stud out and its still there ive had my stud out for about half a year but it does work with hydrogen peroxide if catch it at early stages im going to try to get my nose done on the other side again soon see how it goes wish me luck xkayteex
oh my god! i have the bump too, but mine is so much grosser. i seriously thought i was the only one and that there was something wrong with me. for the past two days i’ve been cleaning it with rubbing alcohol and peroxide, but i haven’t seen a change. it has only been a couple days though.
oh, and at least your piercing doesn’t look like this.
http://www.drhendry.ca/InfoAndLinks/TonguePiercing/TongueInfection.jpg
i had my nose done a few years ago now, i really like it until a few weks into the healing process it got this lump, it looked realy ugly and sat just beside the stud. i went back to the place i had it done, and she told me its a very common blood filled lump called a ‘Granuloma’ (GRAN-U-LO-MA)
She told me that the small alcohol wipes (the ones they wipe the nose with first to remove germs and residue) would work by drying it out. sure enough, i used these 3 times a day and it got smaller and smaller, untill 1 day it dropped off.
Hi,i got one too,and i got very afraid,because something the same happen to my industrial,soo i removed the stud,but now is still there,what can i do to make it disapear??? please help!!!!!
Hi, I have one too…about a month now and it looks like it’s getting bigger by the day…I am very concern. I ordered Provon medicated soap and H2OCEAN SPRAY..Hope this works. I really want to get rid of this.
hi i have a bump to but i have had my peircing for 3 years but the bump comes and goes what can i do to make it go away for good?
Use tea tree oil it really does work I had the same problem sea salt soaks me bother the piercing and further irrate it…. warning tea tree oil has strong smell but works wonders the bump should be gone in about 3 to 4 days
Where Can i get Tea Tree oil?
Oh yes, the dreaded bump…I have had it for 2 and 1/2 months now…comes and goes…I also tried peroxide, sea salt, leaving it alone, works for a week or so and then comes back….wonder if it is worth leaving it in???
i used fucidin creme. it went away in 2 weeks.
hey, long story short. i had a bump forever!! soaps didn’t work, teatree helped but didn’t work, dry weather helped. i could not find a permanant solution for about 6 months. finally i decided to buy a Gold plated stud and put that in. it went away in a week and hasn’t been back since. 1 month bump free. just thought i’d let u know
I’m having the same exact problem everyone else is having with this stupid bump & i’m freaking out! I’m afraid it’s infected but everyone keeps telling me this bump is totally normal, what should i do!!??
I have this same bump, man i’m glad i found this page, i had no idea what it was before.
I would like to follow the instructions and put a CBR in, but i can’t because i can’t wear it at work. I have to wear this plastic clear bar.
anyone got any advice for me?
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP…….I got my nose pierced a month ago and I just recently got a bump it looks nasty, its looks bloody red, should I be worried and what should I do??????????????????????
hi..im soo happy i found this site..i jus came from the pharmacy and i asked them if they have any sea salt juss like the instructions said but they didnt she told me to go to the plac ethey pierced it in…i HATE THIS BUMP IN MY NOSE SO MUCH I WANT IT TO GO AWAY NOW!!!!the place where i got it from they pierced it with a gun.I REGRET IT SO MUCH!..the stud sunk into my nose and it took me adyas to take it out..why is the bumb still there?…is it gunna be permanent?..as a scar PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!
i have this same bump, but it looks much bigger, it looks like a huge pimple
, i’ve had it for a while now.. like a month or two. when cleaning it with sea salt water, do you keep the nose ring in or do you take it out ?
Hey I GOT the BUMP TOO!!!!! have had it for 3 months now…healing went great then like after 2 months got this bump, not red but like a bubble likem anyways I WENT TO THE DOC and they gave me pills for infection and this gel i rub on it to fight bacteria.it’s been 4 days and it’s working.just hope it comes right down and i am thinking of doin the whole gold STUD..BLING BLING!! LOL
ive had my nose pierced for almost 2 years now.
and the bump just keeps coming and going.
when it goes, i keep thinking its gone, but then it comes back..
i even brought a real gold nose screw, that hasnt even worked.
any ideas?
I heard that you DONT use tea tree oil and stuff like that because if you dont miss it correctly then it can actually burn the skin.
i have the same bump and it comes and goes, and goes and comes. it annoys me but I use sea salt water. I guess it kind of works
its really common with nose piercings to get those bumps. i have my nose pierced on both sides and the bumps come and go on each side. dont use tea tree oil. if you think the sea salt soaks dry out your skin, tea tree oil is a nightmare. ive tried h2ocean, ripping it off, its going to keep coming back if you play with your jewelry, or take it out too much. i know its gross when it gets crusty, but dont twist it around! leave it or use a qtip with cold water to clean it. and if you just HAVE to take it out and cant stand the bump till it goes away on its own, take it out for a little bit. do a hot sea salt compress, or a hot chamomile tea compress. do that 2 or 3 times a day for ten minutes. but DONT leave your piercing out for like more than an hour or it will start to close up. hope that works for some of you.
here’s something else you can try. might work i have no idea
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_get_rid_of_bumps_next_to_your_nose_piercing
I have a bump too. It’s not only on my outside of my nose but inside too. I’ve had the piercing for about a month. I Don’t know hat to do!! And I certainly don’t want to hear “I told you so!” From my mother!!!!! HELP!
Hey, don’t worry about the bump, it’s nothing serious. It’s called granuloma and is nothing more than a bit of scar tissue. I have the same thing on my nose and what I’ve found that is helping are hot compresses. You just heat water up to as hot as you can take it comfortably (anymore and you’ll burn it and that wouldn’t help) and then take a cloth and soak it in there and apply it to your nose for about 5-15 minutes. I recommend using bottled water because it IS cleaner than tap. Also, cleaning twice a day (once in the morning, once before bedtime) with a sea salt solution (500 mL of water to 1/4 sea salt) and a single drop of slightly diluted tea tree oil once or twice a week should help it clear up. If you find the skin around your nose starts drying and flaking, stop using the tea tree oil because that means it’s drying the area out and your piercing needs moisture. Good luck, I hope yours goes away; mine’s getting there.
heyy! i’m getting my nose pierced next weekend and i am scared that i am going to get that bump!!! it took me 3 months to get my mom to say yes to this in the first place and if i get it then my mom will FLIP OUTTT!!!!!! is there anything i can do to prevent it????
i have an industrial piercing, and i have the same problem.
but i have to UGLY bumps on my ear, on the inside not where the balls are.
but i read everyones comments, and ill jus wait it out. i dont want to try all those things and be discouraged if they dont work.
but my bumps came a few weeks, a little over a month after i got it done. dec 17, 2007 to be exact. but yes the skin is now starting to peel like someone mentioned. and no they arent pain ful…just eye sores, lol.
and heres another question. what is the difference between these bumps and kiloids? i know kiloids never go away unless removed threw sugery, but how can i be so sure it isnt a kiloid??
ommmmmmggggggggg i’m scared i hope i don’t have a killoid seriouslly i’m hiding it from my parents and now it’s infected all i can say is i’m screwed well i’ll definitely try everything
wow i got mine pierced around christmas time and the bump just popped up. i thought it was a pimple, but i never hardly changed my nose ring so i did and cleaned it. its not infected though right? and if i dont go to a professional do you think it will still go away if i clean it?
ugh omg, i cant stop thinking about it. and im really really mad. my nose piercing was so cute and now i have this big ugly bump. i think it might be cause it got lotion in it or something cause i dont know what else it could have been. i hardly ever change it, but i do twist it alot idk im mad
take it out now!!! i had that and its scar tissue forming, it will only get worse and the mark will never go away. honestly take it out while you can.
TEA TREE OIL!!!
WORKS MAGIC I PROMISE YOU!!!
Use at night, soak a q-tip, and I mean dripping soak, get it all around the piercing, not the inside though…
it will peel away. my bump was larger than my actual piercing, so it took like a week, but most people have reported 3 days.
Try it out, Australian Tea Tree Oil.
I had the same problem. I had a bump around my nose ring. But mine kept scabbing up, and it would bleed. For a few minutes. I kept cleaning,and i put neporsn on it it did this for a few weeks. i removed it the other day. But i’ve had piercing’s before and never had a problem like that before. But one thing is I will not get my nose pierced again……
I have the bump too! My nose ring fell out in the shower, so I just left it out. But, now I have this bump and I need it to go away. I’m trying to soak it in sea salt, but nothing is working. Are you sure this is normal?
I’ve seriously had the same problem.
My bump looks bloody red though and it’s small, and everyone says they can’t notice it, but I DO!!
it’s so annoying. my mom keeps telling me it’s a zit, and i don’t think it is, because it’s seriously right next to the hole. and I’ve been trying sea salt soaks, and it isn’t working.
so I might try the tree oil crap.
But idk man.
everyones telling me it’s a zit. and it’s not.
it doesn’t look like one, nor feel like one.
it’s just weird looking. and i want it gone SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone, seriously give me some good tips, something that’ll actually work.
I have that too.. I just got my nose pierced in february, but the bump is on the inside of my nose…WEIRD! Uhmm, it started when i was changing my stud a lot so I put the stud that i got with it back in and we’ll see whats going to happen!
i have a small red bump actualy on the outside of my piercing and a bigger one in the inside, on the inside its almost so big that the stud isnt logn enough to go ryte the way through..my mum sed just to take it out because its guna get worse n il b left wif a massive mark..but i dont want to..i was thinkin of gettin a 9 carot gold nose stud puttin it in and not changin it just leavin it with that and cleanin it with sea salt water would that help or would i b better just to take it out? it does puss abit from time to time wen i take my nose out ..n wen i apply pressure to the inside but not allways does this mean its infected? im really not suure wat to do?can anyone help me ?that noes form experience??
Ok. I got the red bump the first time and this time as well. Here is what you do…Get the alchol wipes and use them 3 times a day. At night use the Tea tree oil. Don’t mess with the ring. I know it’s hard. They will go away within a week and start looking less red in a day or two. I did this and it never came back!!!!
I DID MINES MYSELF AND I THOUGHT I MADE A MISTAKE BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. BUT I USE NEOSPORN FOR 2 WEEKS AND IT WENT AWAY NOT SCAR OR ANYTHING. I RECOMMEND NEOSPORN FOR SOME PEOPLE.
i did my onw pearcing but i havent put on nothing on it is this bad or not if it is what should i do or start doing? also will it heal back up yes or not cause i dont want my parent to know i have a pearcing on my nose?
hey i just did my industrial(i did it myself) and it got those bumps but i took it out for a couple of days about 1 month after i got it done and scratched off the bumps. i then put it back in and they havent been there ever since.
so i got my nose pirced 2 weeks ago and 2 day’s ago i got a bump. i have a ring and it’s just on the top of the ring. i was freaking out and thought if was an infection and was useing hygrogin proxide. but i think it made it worse. th’s bigger now and redder. and i’ve been doingthe sea salt soak thing since i got it. the dude that pirced my nose said it was to get rid of all the chunkys. but if it’s worked for others then i’m gonna step it up. but any other ideaz? i need help it looks so gross and i’m afraid to put make up over it.
i hate how my nose looks right now & have been doing research, this site http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/03-nose/A50225/noshowno.html really helped with a lot of information
Can someone help? I got my nose pierced a few months ago n one day I was cleaning my nose with a q tip n accidently pulled my ring in so I had to pop it out back I developed da bump everyone is talking about but now its bigger n looks like its filled with white liquid! Is day normal? Its so gross! Help please
I had my nose pierced a couple years ago and a couple months in I got this kind of bump that wouldn’t go away so I took the piercing out because it kept getting bigger (and sea salts soaks weren’t doing anything). But this year I got it re-done. It’s been almost 6 months with no problems, but a few days ago I got bad allergies and the bump appeared! Ahh! So this time I broke down and bought tea tree oil at my local Walgreens. I have been using it for 2 days now and the bump is almost gone! Amazing stuff and I don’t mind the smell (it reminds me of my painting supplies).
Here’s what I do: gently wash the piercing with mild soap and warm water. Then with a q-tip, apply only a small bit to the bump. Do not over saturate it because it will get IN the hole and that’s not the best. Also, do NOT get it in the inside of your nose. I apply it once when I wake up and once before I go to bed. But you might want to start with just once before bed to see how sensitive you are to it. If you have sensitive skin it will dry it out badly.
i have this thing too and it anoys the hell out me but not on a side the middle even worse!!! i have had it with this (bump)dumb!!!
ok I got rid of mine after 2 months of trying everything…This is how I did it… Went to a tattoo and peircing place they removed the stud and put a hoop (ring) and said it will stop the top of the stud from bumping it. Then they told me to get BC or Goodies asprin powder and mix it with 100% tea tree oil to make a toothpaste like paste…apply it to the “bump” and leave it there for 15-20 min and then with warm water wipe it of and apply a little bit of the tea tree oil and within a week it will be gone. And well mine was gone in 2 days but he told me to do it for 7-10 days…Do it it works!!!
Sure enough i have the bump also. I got mine back in march and it did not start acting up untill my stud went thru and i had to shove it back thru to the outside. I tride the soaks and it did not work. Eventually i popped it with a needle and it came back smaller and i popped it again. now i am using vitamin e oil. it has not came back so hopefully it is gone!! glad im not the only one
I had my nose pierced 2 years ago, things went well for the first few months then pooff a gross bump formed. My piercer said to just do like I was doing and clean it with sea salt soaks. 2 months later the bump was still there and so I decided to take my nose ring out. About 3 weeks ago I decided to get it redone hoping I wouldn’t have any problems. A week ago the bump came back, I had gotten H2Ocean spray and provon so I didn’t know why it was there! Turns out my body was having a bad reaction to sea salt and it was causing more problems then helping. I read this website and decided to try the BC asprin and tea tree oil paste, after 2 days my bump was gone! It seriously works wonders and to anyone having this problem I say give it a try!
haha… about a month ago I had my nose pierced and like everyone else, it developed a red, baboon butt pimple/wart-like bump beside the CBR and i love it! i like it more than the actual piercing… if it ever falls off, im going to eat it!
uh, thats really gross comment above me
I had a red bump next to my nose ring and i freaked out! WORD OF ADVICE *DO NOT TAKE NOSE RING OUT*. I made that mistake and it was painful putting it back in. Anyways i went to the place i had gotten it peirced and they told me to do sea salt water soaks where you heat up some water poor in sea salt and use q-tips or a paper towel and soak the bump. Also, the guy told me a trick to do. He said to crunch up advil and coat it over the bump like a past (water then put advil) and leave it over night. After a week it was looking better and then i decided to juse treat it like a blimish and i used face cream on it and now it is completely gone! NO scar or anything! thank god!
I got my piercing about two months ago and about a week ago I noticed the bump. I am going to try the BC asprin and tea tree oil paste. Hopefully it helps.
Ok…I had this and the answer is short but not too sweet! Everyone I’m sure has noticed that this bump does not present any pain. So, I simply took a pair of toe nail clippers and snipped it off! Didn’t hurt a bit.
i got my nose pierced 2 weeks ago, and it has fell out twice when ive been cleaning it and it bled for a while, but was put in stright away after, all of a sudden, its got a reddy purple colour and started to give out a whitey/yellow discharge i guess, is this just healing process or is it something else? ive been so scared about it and would be great if anyone could help me!
i’ve have the same bump yall have on your noses but mine is on my ear around my new snug piercing. my question is the tea tree oil, does it scab up or do i expect. ive been using the tea tree oil for a day and just curious what im getting myself into.
i am having this problam 2 but i tryed tripple anti. cream it went away for a few weeks and now its back i to changed my ring several times do to work
Same thing… the bump then it bled… got HUGE…leaked fluid…
I’m going to use the stone crop gel till it goes away. Nothing else really worked.
then I got some “stone crop” gel by Eminence, its a green color and amazingly, the bump went right down! But i accidentally pulled my stud and its flaring up again
I woke up with a nasty bump the other day, it was bigger then the stud and red and shiny. I read everything I could find online and decided to try a couple things. First I put hydrogen peroxide on a cotton ball and left it on for a few mintues followed by another cotton ball soaked in sea salt and hot water. After using the cotton ball I poured the sea salt water over my nose and that was it. I did this twice in one day and by the next day the bump was half the size it had been and is still going down.
where can u get the tea tree oil and/or the sea salt?
aww man I have one too and its so disgusting I hate it!! lol but I’m going to try the sea salt soak 3 times daily and hopefully it will go away soon!
I just wanted to say too that I learned you have to make sure the salt is natural sea salt (no ionized) (so no table salt) or else its going to sting!
Hey guys, my bump came around two months after I had my nose pierced, it looked EXACTLY like the one in the photo. I must admit I just kind of burst it and squeezed it (eww) but of course it came straight back. Anyway, I got some tea tree oil, not really expecting it to work, but it really has done the trick! It only took about three days and now it’s totally gone! I can wear a little stud again rather than the huge on I’d been wearing to cover the gross bump. If it does return I guess I’ll do the same process again, but I certain recommend at least trying the tea tree oil if you have it, because it really did work wonders for me, plus it did it pretty quickly.
i got my noes peirced about 2 1/2 mounths ago. About 2 weeks after getting it done i got a keloid. I tryed tee tree oil for 2 weeks. then salt water for another 2. nuthing worked. so i went to my peircer and she told me to use emu oil. ive been using it for 3 days. the keloid is starting to look like a wort on the top. is that normal? any one no anything about emu oil?
I am so happy I am not the only one with this problem.. I just got mine the other day.. I got my nose pierced in August and it is now September. I had to change the ring prematurely because the stone fell out of the one I got at the piercing shop. After I did that the lil bump formed. it is really grose but hopefully the sea salt soaks will help.
Well I got my nose pierced about a month & 1/2 ago & tonight I noticed a little bump on the inside of my nostril where the piercing goes through.It doesn’t really hurt & it’s not red so im hoping it will go away.I’m still using my sea salt solution & haven’t changed my ring yet.I think im about to though because I hate the hook lol.It takes forever to get in & out of my nose.Does anyone have any idea of what will make the bump go away?.It’s very small & no one can see it but I know it’s there lol.
Ya man this bump is bummin me out. I too have done the sea salt soaks religeously it’s not help! I changed the ring 2 months ago cause the nose screw I had twisted around when I breathed……….not cool. The new ring is better but my bump still remains. I have heard some people the sea salt irritates more…………wonder if thats my prob…think I’ll do tea tree. Frigin thing……….
ASPERIN WORKS!!! I had mine done in April, and it got the bump, tried everything, went to the piercer, he told me to use a paste made of crushed asperin and water, leave it on for no less than 30 minutes, wash off well with warm water. Worked like a charm. 2 days later, nothing! I woke up with another one today, and have the paste on right now as I write! Sure hope it works again.
Tea Tree Oil is really good. I had a bump on my eyebrow piercing and a painful red bump that came out of no where on my nose. I used 100% Tea Tree Oil, undiluted and soaked on a Q-tip 3-4 times a day on both eye piercing bump, which has flattened out and is nearly invisible, and the acne bump which is no longer there all within 2 weeks.
will witch hazel oil work?
You shouldn’t use Tea Tree Oil undiluted. Not just because it’s really strong, but because if you put one or two drops in a little bit of water, it will last you twice as long.
But it does work wonders. Not just for piercings, but other things too. I’ve been using Tea Tree Oil for my Industrial percing in my ear for a little over 3 days, and it has already cleared up a keloid, which is scar tissue build up around the piercing.
Keloids are fixable, just remember not to pick at any of it. Replacing your stainless steal ring with PTFE, or flexible jewelry can also reduce the amount of stress on a piercing, allowing you to heal faster. Just remember that you should not put in PTFE until you have had the piercing for atleast 6 weeks (the average amount of healing time for MOST piercings, not all). =]
so ive had my piercing sincel ater august and had this ugly bump since september.. been washing it and soaking it religiously because thats what my piercer said is the only thing that works and now im completely fed up because it isnt helping and in fact these past few days it got bigger!! WHAT DO I DOOO!!
first wash it with soap and water, then clean the bump with alcohol wipes, let it sit for a minute then put vitamin E oil on it.
yay
i had that to, for 2 years i even closed it for a year n it was still there, i tried alota diffrent stuff n none of them worked, theni used hydrocortisone and it got alot smaller, another thing that worked was going to the doctor, and they stuck a shot in the bump, it was very painful but it left within 5 days
take pure asprin, crush it up and add very little water just enough to make it moist and get a clump of it on your finger and stick it to the area then cover with a small round band-aid mine wnt away after 4 night of doing this. I do it before bed then take the band-aid off i the morning and rinse it off. Good luck!
IVE HAD THE SAME PROB! WHEN I GOT MY NOSE PIERCED LAST SUMMER, A FEW WEEKS AFTER A BUMP APPEARED ON THE SIDE OF MY PIERCING! I THOUGHT IT WAS SO UNATTRACTIVE. I CLEANED IT WITH SEA SALT AND WARM WATER 3 TIMES A DAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AND IT WENT AWAY AND NEVER CAME BACK! IM HAPPY!
I got my nose pierced in March, and like 2 weeks later a big red bump formed. I didn’t really do much until a month after i got it pierced, when I changed the piercing. When I looked at it closer, i could tell it was like a giant pimple. So I put Neosporin (I’m sure any triple antibiotic would work) on my stud every other day and it went away.
I got my ear pierced two days ago at this place called Icing, which is a branch off of Claire’s and like the piercing is doing great, it’s not all sore or anything. However, my friends told me that since the lady used a gun that I was gonna get a bump on the back of my ear or something and I’m like freaking out now, what should I do, cause I don’t want that to happen to my ear.
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Hi! i had my nose pierced like 3 months ago and everything was going great then like a month and a half later i saw a little bump on the side, it looked like a pimple so i tried to get rid of it like a regular pimple and it went away but then it came back, so tryed the twissers and it kinda peeled off and it bleed a little, it was ok for a few weeks then it came back and i changed my jewerly to a plastic stud and it vanished but the plastic one fell off so i got an L shape surgical steel piercing well i still have the bump although its been just a few days and im the only one who notices it, Im not really worried but i would love to never see it again!! i had my esr pierced like 2 years ago and never had a problem like this i dont know whats up but we will see. good luck everyone
I had my nose pierced too..and theres a bump around it and its freakin huge..waterr fluid inside i think anyweys i took one of my earrings and stabbed the bump and pust cam out and of course lots of BLOOD ..it was nasty and its still there …lol bummer ..aha im going to buy tea tree oil..:) lol i hope it works ..i really want my piercing and im sure other girls do too..gawsh my bump is ever soo hugee..bigger then all of yours..thought it was the biggest pimple i ever had..:L…i tell you if tea tree oil works..:) dont use claire products or anything else…lol it only makes it worse..i know for a fact..:( bummer ….
I have the same problem currently. I got my nose pierced the beginning of September and everything was absolutely perfect! It didn’t hurt when I got it done, it wasn’t red or swollen; I was so happy. About 3 weeks later I had fell asleep with my boyfriend, and he moves around like a maniac in his sleep, so he accidentally pulled it out. Anyways, I eventually got it back in, and that’s when the problem started and I noticed the bump. I tried using sea salt soaks and chamomile compresses but they didn’t make such a difference. It did go down somewhat but didn’t completely go away. I do admit however, I wasn’t so consistent at one point, and did have it pulled a SECOND time by my boyfriend, who is obviously a brute-_-. SO, I finally got annoyed, and picked at it (bad, I know, but I was almost desperate). I pulled off some skin, and it bled quite a lot. I put peroxide and let it dry and then some Neosporin. After this, the bump started to get better and now I’m using Natural Tea Tree Oil. I’m slowly seeing a good improvement, and I’m happy. I clean it every day about 3 times with anti-bacterial soap and warm water, and after apply the Tea Tree Oil. I definitely recommend trying the oil, I have heard from a lot of people it was their answer to get rid of this ugly bump. But, like I said, it’s a slow improvement, so don’t lose faith if it doesn’t work right away !
Good Luck=]
mine does that every now and then. usually last only a few days. hurts like a mofo.
but then just goes away on its own. idk what its deal it.
I got my piercing done the first day of May in 08 and I’ve had that bump the whole time. My piercing really hurt when I got it done so I’m determined on trying to fix it instead of letting it close. I clean my nosering and I use the sea salt or alcohol when I clean it. When I get the bump, I usually try to poke it with a needle or squeeze it to try and get whatever is in it out. 99% of the time I find that inside the ball is puss. What do I do about this?
for the 100th time I HAVE THIS PROBLEM TOO!!….i just took my out and i plan on cleaning it with alcohol….i’ve had mine done twice in one month!!….before i got it my mom told me i wouldnt like it, its a lot of trouble…and she was right!!!! grrrrr…i wont let her know tht tho…..sooo ive had this nose stud for all of 1 month then this bump shows! hopefully my hole doesnt close and this awful thing goes away…
hey guys,
but yeah ive had it for awhile, i just left it alone, and after two months it hasnt gone away yet. so today im going to get the tea tree oil (salt soaks dont work) and ill let you know if it works 
oh yea and ive NEVER changed it. but it has came out twice, once when i was cleaning it, and once when i was sleeping (my thumb ring yanked it out waking me up hurt really bad 0_o) but other then that its never came out
well, ive had my nose pierced since September 13th, and about 2 months ago, the dreaded ‘bump’ showed up. But luckily, mine is on the inside of my nose, so no one can notice it, the outside i never had a problem with, never even was red
I’ve had my nose pierced since November and have also developed this bump. Mine is quite large and I cant seem to make it go away. I’ve been using sea salt and an anti-bacterial soap as well as sea salt hot pack, which seem to relieve it but it never goes away. I have also , however, been having alot of issues with my stomach so I am hesitant to take any kind of multi-vitamin. Im now starting to use vitamin-e oil and I’ve been thinking about witch hazel but i’m not sure if thats the right thing to use. I need to go to my local piercers. I also have not changed my stud from the origional piercing. I really want a titanium nose ring because the stud gets stuck and pulls when i clean it. Anyone have any suggestions?
Hey everyone,
I was thinking of getting my nose pierced again and glad I came across this site. When I initially had it done years ago. I too got the bump. However the only thing that worked was to get injections of cortizone put into it. I had to take my piercing out (my bump was probably the size of a small green pea). In total I probably had six injections as nothing else worked. I went to a Dermatologist to get it done. Just wanted to pass that on for anyone that is still having problems – if in fact the bump is “Keloid”. I never had any bleeding or any puss come out. The bump was hard to the touch.
When I first got my nose pierced mine did the same thing for about a month. I put warm water soaks on it for 15 minutes a day and the sea salt soaks 2 times a day and it got much smaller, but did not go away completely. I then put a drop of warm water on my nose and put salt on with a q-tip and left it there overnight and in the morning it was completely gone! Try this if regular sea salts aren’t working. :]
I tried everything for my nose bump. Finally after a long struggle I read this amazing article about a product that makes it go away!
It’s called HYDROCORTISONE 1%.
I apply it 3 times a day, washing and letting it breathe in between, and the bump is practically gone!
I’ve had the bump for about 3 months now, and this has really worked!!
its called a keloid.
it’s just scar tissue.
when a piercing gets infected it over heals itself and this is what happens.
it usually only happens on cartilage piercings.
you can get tea tree oil from GNC and put that on it up to 3 times a day with a q-tip.
i used this and it worked pretty well but it smelled horrible.
so one day i decided to try neosporin, i put it on the keloid every night before i went to bed and that actually worked better for me.
I’ve had it for about 6 months now. And it would go away every now and then, but now it just stays there. Yea, it looks ugly, yea my friends make fun of me, and yea people say it looks like I messed up my nose, and I did, cause when I take the ring out, theres one big black circle on my nose the size of a bead that will now never ever go away. But hey, I chose to get my nose pierced and I’m willing deal with the consequences =/ it helps me a little when I say that to myself. Good luck everyone! If you ever find a permanent cure, even if it is going to the doctor or makeup, let me know!!!
I had the same bump for about a month and I did a little research on the web to see if I could find out anything…i tried hydrogen peroxiod, which is a bad idea because it kills the healing tissue and makes it take even longer to heal and it can also cause the bumps to form. I then tried neosporin which helped kill the infection, but the ugly bump would not go away….thus I started to search. I came accross a herbal remedy which has worked absolute WONDERS for me. Get some herbal chamomile tea bags…put one tea bag in a little dixie cup and add about 1/8 tsp of sea salt. Add very warm water and let the mixture brew for a few minutes or until it is cool enough that it does not burn your skin. Use the tea bag as a warm compress and just hold it on the piercing and surrounding area for about 15 minutes. Once done toss the tea bag and use a qtip with the normal sea salt water compound to clean around your piercing. Do this 3 to 4 times a day. It worked wonders for me…I was so frustrated and ready to just take the thing out and this was my last resort. I wish I had tried it earlier. My little bump got pretty big…about 2 1/2 mm…after starting this treatment…I could see a noticable difference the next day and within 5 days it was all cleared up….I hope it works for you all!
BTW…poking it with a needle to drain the puss/infection is a BAD idea. You are just inviting bacteria into your piercing. Not all these bumps are keliods. That is a very common misconception. For most people it is just an infection. A keliod is more of a calcification. If your bump is hard then that is probably what it is, however, if your bump is more of the consistancy of a blister then it is more or less just a bad infection. There are many treatments available and it may take you several different ones to figure out what works for you. Poking,popping, and using a needle are still very bad ideas. Those are all good ways of spreading the infection as well as causing a bigger infection.
i got mine done 2 weeks ago…i have this ugly bump..its getting better after i clean it with just a tap water everytime like 20 times a day..and the piercer told me that its just normal and part of the healing process..
PLEASE HELP !!!!! I pierced my nose once in 2007 and that ugly bump came on my nose,so i had no choice but to take the nose ring out and let the piercing close,then in August 2008 i pierced my nose again and this irritating,big,ugly bump came again,so i took a needle and poked it and it started to bleed unstoppable,so i then took off the nose ring again and let the hole close ,but thats not all ,the thing is its been like seven months and the bump is still here,not that huge like before but it still here with a black spot on my nose,i went to aruyvedic doctors and i used alot of different cremes from india hoping the bump will leave but unfortunately its still here…can anyone please tell me what to do to get rid of this nasty looking thing….please……….
This just happened to me recently.
I took the nose ring out so that it could properly heal. I may get it repierced after its fully healed. I would reccomend not messing with it. And taking your jewlery out so it can heal without being irritated.
I have a bump, and it gets bigger and smaller by days. I got the “hot silver” nose studs and thats when mine came up, i’ve been putting rubbing alchol on it alot and i’ve tried regualar soap and water too. does anyone know anything else that will help?
Also, did the actual sergical steel, titamiun rings work? PLEASE HELP it looks dreadful “/
I had a bump on my nose piercing, but it’s completely gone now, I used HYDROCORTISONE CREAM 1 %.
After washing with salt water dab some cream on the bump, twice a day.
It took about 3 days to look better, but now completely gone after just a week.
Try it, I hope it works for you too.
yea i got a lump too had my piercing for around 4 months got the lump a few weeks ago
as strange as it sounds i put plain Colgate toothpaste on it at night and lavender oil during the day every few hours and it was gone in about 2 days
both lavender oil and toothpaste can be bought in the supermarket reasonably cheap in the toiletries isle
Yeah, i have a bump too. it came from when my friend hit my ear and it ripped the hole. i was going to try popping it to see if it is a build-up of fluids. my tragus did the same thing (except without getting ripped) and the bump went away.
hey i pierced my nose 10 months ago and after a month of the piercing there was this bump this around the stud it looked so disgusting that i had no choice but to take out the nose ring….after 10 months now hoping the bump will go down, but unfortunately it never did,so after so long and the bump is here….can anyone please tell me what to use for the bump to go down…i used vitamin e oil and nothing never happened.. cud do because it looks disgusting..your help will be appreciated….thankyou
TEA TREE OIL! do it.. do it!
tea tree oil is saving my nose lol
I have the exact same problem, but it doesn’t hurt. My piercer told me to clean the nose piercing with dial soap and I did. The bump appeared and I’ve tried asprin and the swelling went down a bit, I tried tree tea oil, nothing. So I did some research on the internet, I’m thinkg it might be my nose ring, so I was looking into buying that boflex nose ring thing? Does anyone know if this actually works? I don’t know if thats a good idea but I’m about to start the sea salt soaking today to see if it works.
maria, definately try the salt soaks first. You can also use sea salt and mix with a drop of water and put the paste like substance on your piercing and let it dry. If it is a new piercing try to aviod changing it unless you find you are allergic to the metal in the nose ring used. Usually your initial nose piercing is completed with a ring from surgical stainless steel and it is very unlikely that you are having an allergic reaction to it. These bumbs are often cause by removing and re-inserting your jewelry to soon. It rips the healing tissue and causes a mild infection, thus the bump. There are many different treatment and something that may work for one may not work for the other. Try the sea salt soaks 3 or 4 times a day and if you have the time and resources use a clean paper towel soaked in water(as hot as you can stand) and hold it on the piercing and surrounding skin as a hot compress for about 10 minutes (or until the towel turns cold) 3 to 4 times a day. Do not touch your piercing in excess and make sure you wash your hands if you have to touch it at all. These methods should definately help but if after about a week you have not noticed any improvement you might try some methods listed above or if you are desperate you can visit your doctor.
i got one too but mines is huge is so embarassing! i got it done like 1 month ago and i’ve had this bump for like 2 weeks is so disgusting i went to look for help at the place i got it done “SNAKEMAN’S LEATHERS” here in frederick maryland but the guy was absolutely rude and told me it was my fault i have it and he didnt even tell me a solution for it he actually told me to stop washing it because it might be a reaction to the soap but is an infection how dare he tell me to stop washing it?!?!? and i just found out a couple of days aga that this man had a hepathitis breakout a couple of months ago im so scared..! do not go to snakeman leather’s here in frederick maryland the guy is extremely rude and they wont help if u have a problem
This happened to me also. I had to change my jewelry to titanium, I had surgical steel, and that was what was causing my bump. After they switched me to titanium, it started going down within the first few days. Continue to do the sea salt for sure, and don’t miss a day! Do it atleast 2 times everyday, it will go away! And it will take time, don’t expect it to be gone in a week! Hope this helps!
I had this problem too after i got my nose piercing.
The best thing to do is wash it with sea salt 2-3 times a day to keep it clean. One thing that PEOPLE FORGET TO DO is after cleaning with sea salt, to rinse with warm water. if you don’t then the salt crystalizes around the piercing and causes irritation and “crusties”.
one other thing i did to get rid of the bump was to use the refining mask from proactive.
it dried out the bump and within a week it was gone.
I had this problem too after i got my nose piercing.
The best thing to do is wash it with sea salt 2-3 times a day to keep it clean. One thing that PEOPLE FORGET TO DO is after cleaning with sea salt, to rinse with warm water. if you don’t then the salt crystalizes around the piercing and causes irritation and “crusties”.
one other thing i did to get rid of the bump was to use the refining mask from proactive.
it dried out the bump and within a week it was gone.
Hi guys, i have had my piercing for over a year and STILL get the bump. i have it right now. i changed to gold. i use tea tree oil. i clean it. i don’t know what to do anymore!! Right now its so big and bright red =[
i really like it and i don’t wanna take it out but its really starting to annoy the heck outta me.
should i try titanium? i know my ears are sensitive so thats why i changed to a gold ring but i am still getting this thing. help me
ugh i have this bump too. im going to see my piercer about it tomorrow, i think it may just be a keloid but i dont know.. anyway, go see your piercer.
I have the same problem! I’ve had my nose ring for a little under 2 months. Mine is red and filled with blood(it really looks like flesh popping out my nose! Disgusting I know). And it bleeds when I like move my nose ring when I wash it.
Just a few days ago I started the Sea Salt Soak. They say you want to do 1/4 teaspoon sea salt for 8oz. cup of water. I made it in an empty poland spring water bottle and I heat it up in the microwave for about 15/20 seconds, just checking to make sure its not too hot! I pour some in a small dish(or bowl) and lean over it and soak my nose that way…can be a little annoying. I do that for about 10 minutes. Then I stand over the bathroom sink and pour the sea salt soak over my nose(remember I have it in a water bottle).
Even though I only did it like 3 times I do notice a small difference..and even my niece asked me is my bloody bump gone! Lol.
I have heard you shouldn’t use peroxide or alcohol on it but I’m thinking about putting some alcohol on a cotton swap and then on my nose..just to see if it will dry it out.
hey guys- i really want my nose pierced- however I do NOT want to get this bump, how common is this? Has anyone NOT gotten this bump?
- also i was wondering- i do a lot of snowboarding and was wondering if anyone has gotten frostbite or if that is even an issue?
-when you take your piercing out perminatly, is the scar very big?
HEY EVERYONE! WELL I GOT MY PIERCING DONE IN AUGUST 31 OF 2008. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR A WHOLE THREE WEEKS UNTIL MY NEPHEW KNOCKED IT AND I GOT THE BUMP. I DIDNT GO TO THE DOCTOR OR PIERCER RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE. AFTER CLEANING IT WITH SEAL SALT SPRAY AND DIAL SOAP, IT WENT DOWN FOR LIKE A MONTH. THEN IT CAME BACK AROUND DECEMBER AGAIN. HAVE IN MIND THAT BY THIS TIME, IVE GONE THROUGH 3-4 BOTTLES OF H2OCEAN (SEA SALT SPRAY FOR PIERCINGS). THE BUMP WENT FROM LIGHT PINK TO BRIGHT RED. I POPPED IT MANY TIMES, I USED BACTINE, TEA TREE OIL, ASPIRIN PASTE, ALCOHOL, CHAMOMILE BAG COMPRESSIONS AND IT WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND CAME BACK AT THE END OF FEBRUARY OF 2009. TODAY I AM STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE BUMP. THE WORST THING YOU COULD DO IS POP IT SO DONT DO IT! ANYWAYS I PRETTY MUCH DONT USE ANYTHING ANYMORE ONLY WARM WATER COMPRESSIONS AND A TINY DROP OF ASPIRIN MIXED WITH TEA TREE OIL AND THE BUMP IS ALMOST FLAT. HOPEFULLY IT GOES DOWN AND LEAVES FOREVER BECAUSE IT’S A STRUGGLE AND I DONT WANT TO TAKE IT OUT. ANYWAYS I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE LUCK IN MAKIN IT GO AWAY. I HOPE MINE NEVER COMES BACK IF NOT ILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE DAMN PIERCING. BY THE WAY MY BUMP HAS NEVER BEEN PAINFUL!
BYE GUYS.
heeeey i have it too.
buht right now im using tea treel oil.
and it looks like its drying uup ?
im wondering if its gonna get smaller and smaller until it dissapears.
or if i have to like pick it off.
ughhh i juus want it G O N E !
i had that probleme when i first had mine done it eventually does swell down it is unsightly for a while but it deffo will clear up, i cleaned mine alot and just kept same stud in for a while to prevent any more problemes,
x
SO FRUSTURATING! I have the bump too, it’s a weird flesh colored bump just on the outside on my piercing. I had my nose pierced before for 2 years with an L shaped stud and never had this problem before. I had to take that one out because of work, and decided to get it repierced. My new stud is a screw shape and the healing process was fine up until I woke up with this annoying bump, usually I heal quick so I left it alone. The bump wouldn’t go away, so thinking it was just like a regular zit I tried to pop it.. BIG MISTAKE! The bump got huge red and swollen. I researched all over the internet, and decided to try the salt soaks. The swelling went down, but the bump didn’t go away. I’ve increased the sea salt soaks treaments to twice a day (in the morning and then at night) but the bump is still there! I’m pretty much at my wits in and plan seeing my piercer to maybe upgrade to the Titanium and return to the L shaped stud. I’m going to definitely try out the Asprin paste to the Tea Tree Oil and let you guys know how the results.. Good to know I’m not alone!
heey i pierced my own nose im 13 its fine(: so i goot luucky!!(: thank jesus.
One of the problems most common to this whole thing seems to be ‘I woke up and found this lump…’ perhaps we should just stay asleep then….?!
i have the same thing right now >_
Such Bumps are common especially when piercing by a novice or an amateur piercer. Make sure you always get piercing done from a body piercer. Sometimes, the body jewelry piece is not clean enough.
Our body then tends to reject the piercing as a foreign element.
Thanks for sharing. Great Advice, Karen!
Dave Johnson
http://www.thechaingang.com/
I had/ have the same problem too. It IS really gross, but it goes away. It does come back though. I’m thinking of taking my nose ring out so I don’t have the problem again. It’s embarrasing with it. You have to explain what it is and stuff. I feel your pain.
helloooo.
i posted a comment earlier saying that i was using tea tree oil.
& i think i can safely say that the bump is G O N E !
tea tree oil works like fuckin magic !
haha, i dipped a Q tip in a bottle of it every night and put it right on top of the bump.
and after a few weeks it dissapeared.
buht i see that people are saying it comes backk ?
well ima just keep putting tea tree oil on it even though its gone.
because i definatly DONT want it to come baaackk.
buht yeahh, just use tea tree oil.
thas all you need.
it works, truuuust mee !
I was told that Virgin olive oil with garlic works wonders.. they said they tried everything else when they had the bump and then they tried the olive oil and it worked! The garlic is a must, thats the trick. Im going to buy it tmrw because I am so tired of this bump.. I took my piercing out and i’ve just been trying to put the piercing through it barely just to make sure it doesn’t close but I don’t think it will because i’ve had it for a few months now.
Yeah man every single time i get my nose pierced i keep getting that same bump it is so embarrassing to look in the mirror an see a big ass bump on ur nose i am using this stupid H2Oceaon thing the peircer gave me so hopefully this helps if not i wont know what else to do.
It is very common probably just an allergic reaction.
I just got my nose pierced 2 weeks ago and I have the same bump. It looks kind of like a zit, but kept getting bigger everyday. I have been doing the salt sokes but I was told to try the chamomille tea. I did it last night, when I woke up this morning I did the salt soke and another Chamomille tea bag on my nose. The bump is almost gone already, I just hope it stays gone. Also, you shouldn’t use dial it is harsh on your new skin cells. Just yesterday I started using Dr. Brommer’s Castille Soap (at Whole Food’s). It could be helping too. Hopefully it stays gone!!
I had a huge bump on nose after having my nose pierced for about two months. I made the huge mistake of popping it and it got even bigger and began bleeding. Now I had this huge red monster on my nose. I decided to start using tea tree oil and . . . it actually worked!!! In 4 days the monster that was living on my nose was gone. I would wash my face and then place the oil on my nose with a q-tip, I would do this in the morning and in the evening. I highly recommend it!!!
the MOST common cause of this ‘bump’ (about 92% of the time) is from people removing thier piercing or changing thier piercing before it is healed. When your peircing is healing the tissue is extremely sensitive and removing or replacing jewelry when the tissue is still in the stages of healing will rip the healed tissue causing this ‘bump’ the simple solution to resolving this problem is leaving your jewelry in the suggested 6 months before changing. If it is all ready too late for you to do that then you need to put a clean piece of jewelry in the piercing and leave it there, continuing the sea salt soaks until your six months is complete. If you take your jewelry out all together while it is infected you risk locking the infection in the healing tissue causing an even more unsightly mess on your face.
hey i have an eybrow ring and had it for just about over 6 months and i just got a bump on the top of the stud do any of you have a solution to my problem????
I see over and over comments about, hey i have this gross bump on my piercing can anyone help me or have a solution or advise.
My advised is to actually read the comments that are posted on this page there are over 140 comments,, with those are person after person answering the very question you posed… take the time to read and you will find what you are looking for
i’ve had my nose peirced for a month and i have a huge bump, i think it started because my nose ring ripped a little, and i think its where it trys to heal, or maybe because i have diabetes, it always bleed when i mess with it.
so, i messed with it and put salt water on it, in the last hour its shrinked half the size, so i hope that did the trick.
it may also be because i changed my ring out before it healed? idk.
but, i got the same problem on my tattoo, as soon as it healed a little dry bump popped up.
for all of you guys who are asking for help.
do you not see that most of the people are saying that tea tree oil works ?
it does.
so stop asking about what to do.
go buy some tea tree oil and start using it.
tea tree oil !
USE IT.
TEA TREE OIL.
TEA TREE OIL.
TEA TREE OIL.
TEA TREE OIL.
TEA TREE OIL.
get itt ?
I got a bump just like the on e in the picture 3 weeks after having my nose pierced. I tried the salt water compress twice daily for two weeks but it only got worse. I was fed up with the bump and wanted my nose back so I went to the Docs. He prescribed me some anti-biotic lotion to put on it 2-3 times a day. 10 days on and the lump has almost gone. If you’re sick on the lump I’d seriously suggest seeing your doctor for some of this wonderful lotion and reclaim your nose!
If you have a silver ring, take it out! It’s something about silver that agitates the situation. Cleanse the nose w/ anti-bacterial soap like Cetaphil, do the sea salt/aspirin soak 2-3 times day and each time also apply tea tree oil. I got the bump almost 3 mths after my piercing and did this process and kept a surgical steel bone in my nose and by the end of the first day the bump was almost gone! I swear by it.
I had the same problem. It is call a kiloid, and it is common among piercings. It isn’t just the ring that is the problem, it could have been the way it was pierced.
I always tried ripping mine off, thinking it would get rid of it. But they always ame back.
Tea tree oil, a lotion that can be found at any body shop, is designed really
Okay I Have this same problem but mine is bigger and way nastierr. It’s disgusting like ewww..I don’t know how to get rid of it. should I pop it?
i pierced my nose last month. few weeks later the BUMP started to appear.ive tried bio-silver, cocnut oil and salt soak but nothing worked.so now i take out my nose stud n jz leave it.i duno wat to do with the bump.im so sad cz my nose look so cute with the gold stud……
Tea tree oil just made my lump harder. :/ I went down a little then just came back again.
Any other ideas? I really don’t want to take my stud out. xD
My nose was pierced about 2 months ago, and a large, red bump appeared underneath my cute little stud about a month after I got it pierced. I tried EVERYTHING I could find online to get rid of it…sea salt soaks, chamomile tea bags, tea tree oil, even antibacterial ointment(which was a BAD idea, btw!). Finally, I tried hydrocortisone cream (1%). I dabbed some over the bump and stud before bed and the bump had gone down SIGNIFICANTLY by the morning. I don’t know how safe it actually is to use a steroid cream on your nose, but I think a doctor would usually give you a steroid shot if you went in to see him/her.
Now the bump has completely disappeared and my cute nose piercing is saved! Try it – 1% hydrocortisone cream.
I had the same problem and what freaked me out was actually talking to the tattoo place because immediately without completely hearing my story they assumed it was a keloid. Finally when I told them that it couldn’t be a keloid and that my nose piercing was already 3 weeks old and my boyfriend accidently bumped my nose the piercer told me to clean with the H20 like i had already had been doing and then crush up aspirin and add water to it to make a paste once a day for no more then 15 mins. Well that didn’t work and I started to get desperate because it has already been almost a week with no improvement. So two days ago I bought the tea tree oil and started applying and noting was happening. then last night i got this brilliant idea. I cut out a tiny square from a baby wipe dipped it in tea tree oil and left it on my nose overnight. I woke up this morning and voila!! nose bump has gone down a whole bunch!!! I def. recommend the tea tree oil!!!!
i used to have my nose pierced & it constantly rejected it self & i would get the purple bubble alot…then i finally took it out & i have a permanent black dot thing which is a scar from the nose ring….i also have my tongue & i got my industrial about 2 months ago & im really scared thats gunan get infected
Omg…i feel so relived, I amnot alone.! LOL. I have one right now and i am gonna try tyhe sea salt. The bumps only come when it yanked in some way…and when i put the salt water soulution on it, then i pul off the scab it usually clears up!
True Australian Tea Tree Oil works! Put in on like more then twice a day! and soak it real good!!!
so ive had my piercing for about a year now and that bump keeps coming back everytime i take it off. i decided to take the piercing off instead and its not worth making my nose ugly. i have it infected now. and its healing. im getting my lip instead. hopefully that goes as planned.
omg !! i have the same thing ! what is the most effective and afforadable way i can get rid of this ?
Hey, i pierced my ear about 2 years ago but shortly after getting it pierced i let it close up… & then shortly after that the red bump appeared its been probabley about 2 years that ive been having this red bump, but lately its been more noticable… i was wondering if i could still cure it even though the piercing hole has been closed??
I had the problem with the bump on my nose ring, too. I was cleaning it and doing the sea salt soaks but I still got a bump!I read that if you leave the sea salt on the bump it would help (although many will say that it will irritate it more) and I saw a difference after ONE day. I did this for a week and there is no bump anymore. Of course, I still clean it with antibacterial soap and do the routine sea salt soaks, but leaving the salt on the bump as long as I could was the best!
Tea tree oil worked really well for me. II’ve had my piercing about 6 months and it will occasionally start to form a small lump beside it. The bump is never really red or sore, it’s just there and looks bad. I put tea tree oil on a cotton swap and rub it over the piercinig and the lump is gown within a day or two. I have pretty sensitive skin but the tea tree oil has never caused any skin irritation.
Okay, well I took my nose ring out about a year ago now, and I still have a black little dot on my nose, which kind of looks like a scar. I cover it up with make-up, but its really annoying. Is there any way to get this black spot removed, or make it go away???? I am 24 years old, and I really don’t want to have this thing for the rest of my life!!
I had the same bump problem as everyone else so i decided to take it out. I was highly disappointed since it was ridiculously cute. I still have the scar on my nose and a scar tissue bump on the inside of my nose. So if you take it out, clean it well and maybe talk to a professional. There’s no getting rid of scars.
I got mine done around August 20th, and my bump just formed about a week or so ago. It started with puss, and now this red bump has formed around my nose stud. So, to put my nose stud in, it has to go through the bump.
Idk what to do. Ive used antibacterial soap, the stuff the lady told me to use, alcohol. Everything. Please help me. Its so gross looking. In the middle, it looks like the skin from the inside is ripped and like, sticking out. Idk. Its horrible. It bleeds too. Please help me. Seriously, I cant take this… 
I had both of my tragus’ pierced in march & they both got lumps on them that look just like that. One of them has completely gone though over the past week, so it must just be something that goes over time.
hope this helps, just stick with it & try some of the suggestions above. 
Still waiting for the other lump to go though! There’s no way i’m getting rid of these piercings
Dear April,
but hopefully it works …
Are you touching it? Peeling and whatnot? If so, please STOP TOUCHING IT,
I know, I have a habit of touching it for no reason, but obviously only bad comes from it. I developed a lil dump on the side of my nose piercing…but i went to walgreens and bought this Jasons Tea Tree Oil for 10 bucks. I just put it on and gross,…smells like chemicals all over the place haha
Keep yall posted
So it’s me again…….
I woke up a few minutes ago and went to the bathroom to check on the red bump..I had put that Tea Tree Oil on the bump ONLY, I didn’t drown my piercing wit the stuff….and wow, I am not lying, it as honestly shrunk like half the size. Before my bump was just a tad bigger than my nose stud and was bright red and seemed to be vry puffy, (& like an idiot i tried poking it with a needle too…DO NOT DO THAT PLEASE),….however, when i look at it now,…it’s not as red or puffy so yay!!!
First…I cleaned it with my H20cean spray that I purchased at some local piercing/tattoo shop and when that has completely dried up, I took a q-tip and soaked it with the tea tree oil…the smell is fuckin horrible…SOO BAD that i now have a sore throat from breathing out of my nose….wtf? has this happened to anyone before??? Thankfully I had a cough drop but now I dont have anymore!!!! I was wondering where the hell did my sore throat come from last nght…i was assuming I might be getting sick sinc its flu season, but neehh…its the stupid smell…it’s really strong, so be careful!
Has anyone posted some pictures for their bumps?
Mine is huge, bigger than the stud & loks terrible, I feel so bad going out with that sticking out of my nose.
How long will this last? Its been 1 month!